27Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour.
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And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified.
Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;
He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done.
What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done it: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.
When Jesus had thus said, he was troubled in spirit, and testified, and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 27-36)Honour is here done to Christ by his Father in a voice from heaven, occasioned by the following part of his discourse, and which gave occasion to a further conference with the people. In these verses we have, I. Christ’s address to his Father, upon occasion of the trouble which seized his spirit at this time: Now is my soul troubled , John 12:27. A strange word to come from Christ’s mouth, and at…
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