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Verse	Translation	Text
Joh 18:11	Strong Concordance	Then [3767] said [2036] Jesus [2424] unto Peter [4074], Put up [906] thy [4675] sword [3162] into [1519] the sheath [2336]: the cup [4221] which [3739] my Father [3962] hath given [1325] me [3427], shall I [4095] not [3378] drink [4095] it [846]?
	King James	Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
Then said Jesus--"Suffer ye thus far" (Luk 22:51). Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?--This expresses both the feelings which struggled in the Lord's breast during the Agony in the garden--aversion to the cup viewed in itself, but, in the light of the Father's will, perfect preparedness to drink it. (See on Luk 22:39-46). Matthew adds to the address to Peter the following:--"For all they that take the sword shall perish by the sword" (Mat 26:52) --that is, 'Those who take the sword must run all the risks of human warfare; but Mine is a warfare whose weapons, as they are not carnal, are attended with no such hazards, but carry certain victory.' "Thinkest thou that I cannot now"--even after things have proceeded so far--"pray to My Father, and He shall presently give Me"--rather, "place at My disposal"--"more than twelve legions of angels"; with allusion, possibly, to the one angel who had, in His agony, "appeared to Him from heaven strengthening Him" (Luk 22:43); and in the precise number, alluding to the twelve who needed the help, Himself and His eleven disciples. (The full complement of a legion of Roman soldiers was six thousand). "But how then shall the scripture be fulfilled that thus it must be?" (Mat 26:53-54). He could not suffer, according to the Scripture, if He allowed Himself to be delivered from the predicted death. "And He touched his ear and healed him" (Luk 22:51); for "the Son of man came not to destroy men's lives, but to save them" (Luk 9:56), and, even while they were destroying His, to save theirs.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

Then said Jesus--"Suffer ye thus far" (Luk 22:51).

Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?--This expresses both the feelings which struggled in the Lord's breast during the Agony in the garden--aversion to the cup viewed in itself, but, in the light of the Father's will, perfect preparedness to drink it. (See on Luk 22:39-46). Matthew adds to the address to Peter the following:--"For all they that take the sword shall perish by the sword" (Mat 26:52) --that is, 'Those who take the sword must run all the risks of human warfare; but Mine is a warfare whose weapons, as they are not carnal, are attended with no such hazards, but carry certain victory.' "Thinkest thou that I cannot now"--even after things have proceeded so far--"pray to My Father, and He shall presently give Me"--rather, "place at My disposal"--"more than twelve legions of angels"; with allusion, possibly, to the one angel who had, in His agony, "appeared to Him from heaven strengthening Him" (Luk 22:43); and in the precise number, alluding to the twelve who needed the help, Himself and His eleven disciples. (The full complement of a legion of Roman soldiers was six thousand). "But how then shall the scripture be fulfilled that thus it must be?" (Mat 26:53-54). He could not suffer, according to the Scripture, if He allowed Himself to be delivered from the predicted death. "And He touched his ear and healed him" (Luk 22:51); for "the Son of man came not to destroy men's lives, but to save them" (Luk 9:56), and, even while they were destroying His, to save theirs.

Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886]
Thy sword Omit thy, and read, the sword. Sheath (θήκην) Only here in the New Testament. From τίθημι, to put. That into which the sword is put. The cup Compare Mat 26:39; Mar 14:36; Luk 22:42. Peculiar to John.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
The cup which my Father hath given me - The cup signifies, sometimes the lot of life, whether prosperous or adverse: here it signifies the final sufferings of Christ.

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⁵⁶ For [1063] the Son [5207] of man [444] is [2064] not [3756] come [2064] to destroy [622] men's [444] lives [5590], but [235] to save [4982] them. And [2532] they went [4198] to [1519] another [2087] village [2968].

⁵¹ And [1161] Jesus [2424] answered [611] and said [2036], Suffer ye [1439] thus [5127] far [2193]. And [2532] he touched [680] his [846] ear [5621], and healed [2390] him [846].

⁵³ [2228] Thinkest thou [1380] that [3754] I cannot [3756] [1410] now [737] pray [3870] to my [3450] Father [3962], and [2532] he shall presently give [3936] me [3427] more [4119] than [2228] twelve [1427] legions [3003] of angels [32]?
⁵⁴ But how [4459] then [3767] shall the scriptures [1124] be fulfilled [4137], that [3754] thus [3779] it must [1163] be [1096]?

⁴³ And [1161] there appeared [3700] an angel [32] unto him [846] from [575] heaven [3772], strengthening [1765] him [846].

⁵² Then [5119] said [3004] Jesus [2424] unto him [846], Put up again [654] thy [4675] sword [3162] into [1519] his [846] place [5117]: for [1063] all they [3956] that take [2983] the sword [3162] shall perish [622] with [1722] the sword [3162].

³⁹ And [2532] he came out [1831], and went [4198], as [2596] he was wont [1485], to [1519] the mount [3735] of Olives [1636]; and [1161] his [846] disciples [3101] also [2532] followed [190] him [846].
⁴⁰ And [1161] when he was [1096] at [1909] the place [5117], he said [2036] unto them [846], Pray [4336] that ye enter [1525] not [3361] into [1519] temptation [3986].
⁴¹ And [2532] he [846] was withdrawn [645] from [575] them [846] about [5616] a stone's [3037] cast [1000], and [2532] kneeled down [5087] [1119], and prayed [4336],
⁴² Saying [3004], Father [3962], if [1487] thou be willing [1014], remove [3911] [3911] this [5124] cup [4221] from [575] me [1700]: nevertheless [4133] not [3361] my [3450] will [2307], but [235] thine [4674], be done [1096].
⁴³ And [1161] there appeared [3700] an angel [32] unto him [846] from [575] heaven [3772], strengthening [1765] him [846].
⁴⁴ And [2532] being [1096] in [1722] an agony [74] he prayed [4336] more earnestly [1617]: and [1161] his [846] sweat [2402] was [1096] as it were [5616] great drops [2361] of blood [129] falling down [2597] to [1909] the ground [1093].
⁴⁵ And [2532] when he rose up [450] from [575] prayer [4335], and was come [2064] to [4314] his [846] disciples [3101], he found [2147] them [846] sleeping [2837] for [575] sorrow [3077],
⁴⁶ And [2532] said [2036] unto them [846], Why [5101] sleep ye [2518]? rise [450] and pray [4336], lest [3363] ye enter [1525] into [1519] temptation [3986].

⁵¹ And [1161] Jesus [2424] answered [611] and said [2036], Suffer ye [1439] thus [5127] far [2193]. And [2532] he touched [680] his [846] ear [5621], and healed [2390] him [846].

⁴² Saying [3004], Father [3962], if [1487] thou be willing [1014], remove [3911] [3911] this [5124] cup [4221] from [575] me [1700]: nevertheless [4133] not [3361] my [3450] will [2307], but [235] thine [4674], be done [1096].

³⁶ And [2532] he said [3004], Abba [5], Father [3962], all things [3956] are possible [1415] unto thee [4671]; take away [3911] this [5124] cup [4221] from [575] me [1700]: nevertheless [235] not [3756] what [5101] I [1473] will [2309], but [235] what [5101] thou [4771] wilt.

³⁹ And [2532] he went [4281] a little [3397] further [4281], and fell [4098] on [1909] his [846] face [4383], and [2532] prayed [4336], saying [3004], O my [3450] Father [3962], if [1487] it be [2076] possible [1415], let [3928] this [5124] cup [4221] pass [3928] from [575] me [1700]: nevertheless [4133] not [3756] as [5613] I [1473] will [2309], but [235] as [5613] thou [4771] wilt.