John 12:27
“Now my soul is greatly distressed. And what should I say?‘Father, deliver me from this hour’? No, but for this very reason I have come to this hour.
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- John 13:21 : 21 When he had said these things, Jesus was greatly distressed in spirit, and testified,“I tell you the solemn truth, one of you will betray me.”
- John 18:37 : 37 Then Pilate said,“So you are a king!” Jesus replied,“You say that I am a king. For this reason I was born, and for this reason I came into the world– to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice.”
- Luke 22:44 : 44 And in his anguish he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.]
- Luke 22:53 : 53 Day after day when I was with you in the temple courts, you did not arrest me. But this is your hour, and that of the power of darkness!”
- Matt 26:38-39 : 38 Then he said to them,“My soul is deeply grieved, even to the point of death. Remain here and stay awake with me.” 39 Going a little farther, he threw himself down with his face to the ground and prayed,“My Father, if possible, let this cup pass from me! Yet not what I will, but what you will.”
- Heb 5:7 : 7 During his earthly life Christ offered both requests and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to the one who was able to save him from death and he was heard because of his devotion.
- John 12:23 : 23 Jesus replied,“The time has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.
- Heb 10:5-9 : 5 So when he came into the world, he said,“Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but a body you prepared for me. 6 “Whole burnt offerings and sin-offerings you took no delight in. 7 “Then I said,‘Here I am: I have come– it is written of me in the scroll of the book– to do your will, O God.’” 8 When he says above,“Sacrifices and offerings and whole burnt offerings and sin-offerings you did not desire nor did you take delight in them”(which are offered according to the law), 9 then he says,“Here I am: I have come to do your will.” He does away with the first to establish the second.
- Matt 26:42 : 42 He went away a second time and prayed,“My Father, if this cup cannot be taken away unless I drink it, your will must be done.”
- Matt 26:53-54 : 53 Or do you think that I cannot call on my Father, and that he would send me more than twelve legions of angels right now? 54 How then would the scriptures that say it must happen this way be fulfilled?”
- Mark 14:33-36 : 33 He took Peter, James, and John with him, and became very troubled and distressed. 34 He said to them,“My soul is deeply grieved, even to the point of death. Remain here and stay alert.” 35 Going a little farther, he threw himself to the ground and prayed that if it were possible the hour would pass from him. 36 He said,“Abba, Father, all things are possible for you. Take this cup away from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will.”
- Luke 12:49-50 : 49 Not Peace, but Division“I have come to bring fire on the earth– and how I wish it were already kindled! 50 I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is finished!
- Ps 69:1-3 : 1 For the music director; according to the tune of“Lilies;” by David. Deliver me, O God, for the water has reached my neck. 2 I sink into the deep mire where there is no solid ground; I am in deep water, and the current overpowers me. 3 I am exhausted from shouting for help; my throat is sore; my eyes grow tired of looking for my God.
- Ps 88:3 : 3 For my life is filled with troubles and I am ready to enter Sheol.
- Isa 38:15 : 15 What can I say? He has decreed and acted. I will walk slowly all my years because I am overcome with grief.
- Isa 53:3 : 3 He was despised and rejected by people, one who experienced pain and was acquainted with illness; people hid their faces from him; he was despised, and we considered him insignificant.
- Matt 11:25 : 25 Jesus’ Invitation At that time Jesus said,“I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent, and have revealed them to little children.
- John 11:33-35 : 33 When Jesus saw her weeping, and the people who had come with her weeping, he was intensely moved in spirit and greatly distressed. 34 He asked,“Where have you laid him?” They replied,“Lord, come and see.” 35 Jesus wept.
- John 11:41 : 41 So they took away the stone. Jesus looked upward and said,“Father, I thank you that you have listened to me.
- 1 Tim 1:15 : 15 This saying is trustworthy and deserves full acceptance:“Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners”– and I am the worst of them!
- Heb 2:14 : 14 Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, he likewise shared in their humanity, so that through death he could destroy the one who holds the power of death(that is, the devil),
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