भाष्य सध्या फक्त इंग्रजीत उपलब्ध आहे. मराठी भाषांतर प्रगतीपथावर आहे.
Matthew 26 — Not As I Will, But As Thou Wilt
The chief priests plot. A woman pours alabaster ointment on His head. Judas bargains for thirty pieces of silver. The Last Supper — Take, eat; this is my body... This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins. In Gethsemane — if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt. The disciples sleep. Judas comes with armed men; the kiss. Peter strikes off the ear of the servant. Before Caiaphas — I am. Peter denies three times. The cock crows; he weeps bitterly.
“And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.”
— Matthew 26:39
- v.1-16 Plot; anointing; Judas
- v.17-30 The Last Supper
- v.31-46 Gethsemane
- v.47-56 The arrest
- v.57-68 Before Caiaphas
- v.69-75 Peter's denial
If it be possible. He probes the will of God. The asking is real, not theatrical.
Nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt. The submission is real, not minimal. The prayer is a model — honest ache, yielded outcome. The whole Christian school of suffering is in this verse.
The disciples slept. He told them to watch and pray; they did neither. The fall He warned them against they walked into hours later when they ran.
The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak. A confession that explains many later failures of disciples. The remedy is not stronger flesh but supported spirit — by watch and prayer.
Wept bitterly. The sign that grace was still at work. Judas would despair; Peter wept. The same word that exposed his failure was the doorway back. Sorrow that ends in repentance is the saved man's sorrow.
Christ's look (Luke 22:61) and Christ's word — both came to mind together. The Master had told him; the Master had looked. The two combined broke him and saved him.
Verse 39 is the prayer to pray when the cup is bitter. Christ did not pretend the suffering was preferred; He owned the recoil and yielded the verdict. When your trial does not yield to your wish, this is the prayer. Nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt — the line that holds the Christian to the Father in the worst night.
The chapter is Christ moving toward the cross by His own choice, even as betrayal, denial, and arrest gather around Him. The supper instituted, the prayer prayed, the kiss received, the trial endured — every detail is the Saviour bearing what He has come to bear. The disciples scatter; the Christ does not. He is alone, by design, so that none of His people would ever be.
New testament. The new covenant promised by Jeremiah 31, sealed in His own blood. The cup is the visible sign of the deepest reality of redemption.
For many for the remission of sins. The price He pays purchases the forgiveness of a definite people. Not symbolic, not general — for the remission of sins.