Thirdly, Jesus knew all along that He was going to die and He knew why. What was in The Bitter Cup that Jesus had to Drink? Secondly, Jesus said that anything He asks The Father to do, The Father will do it (John 11:41-42). Scripture: Lu. When the Father handed Jesus the cup.

51:17 Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of the Lord the cup of his fury; thou hast drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling, and wrung them out. Jesus questions the will of the Father as to the necessity of drinking the cup. 26:38-44 TEXT: Matthew 26:39 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.

Yet, how the cup became a Passover symbol remains a mystery. In fact, He predicted it … Thesis: Explore three things included in the “Cup of Suffering,” which Jesus drank – the Curse, the Cross and the Cure. ... O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done. Many other Old Testament passages use the metaphor of the cup as a reference to God’s fierce judgment.

Jesus' Drank His Cup. A few decades ago there was a movie that asked a similar question. 26:27). Nelson's Bible Commentary on Matthew 26:36 - 39 makes an interesting comment in this regard. As He prayed fervently and emotionally to His Father in heaven, the symbol of the cup was fresh in His mind. THE CONTENT OF CHRIST’S CUP AND HOW SEEING THEM AFFECTED THE MAN CHRIST JESUS. 44 And he left them, and went away again, and prayed the third time, saying the same words. He would not just take a sip of it, but would drink to the bottom of the cup, until there was nothing left. The Holy Chalice, also known as the Holy Grail, is in some Christian traditions the vessel that Jesus used at the Last Supper to serve wine. 39–40).

Good News Translation "You will indeed drink from my cup," Jesus told them, "but I do not have the right to choose who will sit at my right and my left. If Jesus was asking The Father to not let Him be crucified, there would be no atonement. Jesus then asked the men if they’re able to drink from the same cup that He was about to drink from, and with no hesitation, James and John said, “Yes.” (Matt 20:22). The cup (or chalice in some translations) is the fourth cup, the final cup of the Passover meal. The Content of the Cup Which Christ Did Drink by Wayne Camp. – The Roman soldiers are forced to take turns drinking hemlock if they were not disciplined in battle. The Four Cups of The Lord’s Supper The passage that we refer to as “The Lord’s Supper” is often taken for granted. This cup that Jesus had to drink is an important symbol of his suffering and death in all four Gospels, in Matthew (26:39, 42), Mark (14:36); Luke (22:42), and John (18:11). The cup Jesus dreaded to drink from was his Father's wrath against sin. 116:13). Jesus did agree about their eventually drinking from His cup, but as for whether or not they would sit at Jesus… Isa. 22:39-44; Mat. Answer: The gospels contain an account of the time the disciples and Jesus spent in the Garden of Gethsemane, just before Jesus was arrested.In the garden Jesus prayed to his Father three times, saying, “My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Question: "Why did Jesus ask God to ‘let this cup pass from me’?" In fact, an ancient rabbinic source, the Mishnah, instructs those celebrating to drink from the cup four times during the Passover seder (Pesahim 10:1). 22:39-44; Mat. 43 And he came and found them asleep again: for their eyes were heavy.

But what about that fourth cup? Before the world was created, Jesus had agreed to drink this cup to save the ones He loves.

Jesus replied, "You certainly will drink from my cup! This is for my Father to say." If a soldier would drink the entire cup when it was his turn, none of the other soldiers would suffer and die. Jesus was offering them this cup when He said, “Take, drink from it” (Matt. Some say it was the cup of God’s wrath poured upon Christ for men’s sins, but when James and John asked to have the right and left-hand positions in Christ’s kingdom, answering that they were indeed prepared and able to drink of the same cup that Christ drank, Jesus affirmed that they would indeed drink of the cup that He drank. But it isn't for me to say who will sit at my right side and at my left. If the was emptied, it would be filled again before being passed on. It is a cup of horror, desolation, shame and destruction.