Matthew 26:39

Jesus falls on His face and prays that the cup pass, yet submits to the Father's will. His prayer reveals perfect obedience amid agony.

Cross-references · 24

• John 6:38For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but to do the will of Him who sent Me.
• Phil 2:8And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to death—even death on a cross.
• Matt 26:42A second time He went away and prayed, “My Father, if this cup cannot pass unless I drink it, may Your will be done.”
• Luke 22:41–42And He withdrew about a stone’s throw beyond them, where He knelt down and prayed,
• John 5:30I can do nothing by Myself; I judge only as I hear. And My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.
• Heb 5:7During the days of Jesus’ earthly life, He offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the One who could save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverence.
• Mark 14:35–36Going a little farther, He fell to the ground and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour would pass from Him.
• John 14:31But I do exactly what the Father has commanded Me, so that the world may know that I love the Father. Get up! Let us go on from here.
• John 12:27–28Now My soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? No, it is for this purpose that I have come to this hour.
• John 18:11“Put your sword back in its sheath!” Jesus said to Peter. “Shall I not drink the cup the Father has given Me?”
• John 11:41So they took away the stone. Then Jesus lifted His eyes upward and said, “Father, I thank You that You have heard Me.
• Matt 20:22“You do not know what you are asking,” Jesus replied. “Can you drink the cup I am going to drink?” “We can,” the brothers answered.
• Num 16:22But Moses and Aaron fell facedown and said, “O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, when one man sins, will You be angry with the whole congregation?”
• Rom 15:1–3We who are strong ought to bear with the shortcomings of the weak and not to please ourselves.
• 2 Sam 15:26But if He should say, ‘I do not delight in you,’ then here I am; let Him do to me whatever seems good to Him.”
• Matt 24:24For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders that would deceive even the elect, if that were possible.
• Num 14:5Then Moses and Aaron fell facedown before the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel.
• Gen 17:3Then Abram fell facedown, and God said to him,
• Ezek 1:28The appearance of the brilliant light all around Him was like that of a rainbow in a cloud on a rainy day. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell facedown and heard a voice speaking.
• 1 Chr 21:16When David lifted up his eyes and saw the angel of the LORD standing between heaven and earth, with a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem, David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell facedown.
• Rev 19:10So I fell at his feet to worship him. But he told me, “Do not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers who rely on the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”
• Acts 10:25As Peter was about to enter, Cornelius met him and fell at his feet to worship him.
• Mark 13:22For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform signs and wonders that would deceive even the elect, if that were possible.
• Luke 17:16He fell facedown at Jesus’ feet in thanksgiving to Him—and he was a Samaritan.

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