The apostle John wrote how Judas, “received a band of men and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, came there with lanterns and torches and weapons. Jesus therefore, knowing all things that should come upon him, went forth, and said unto them, Whom seek you? They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus said unto them, I am he. And Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them. As soon then as he had said unto them, I am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground. Then asked he them again, Whom seek you? And they said, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus answered, I have told you that I am he: if therefore you seek me, let these go their way. That the saying might be fulfilled, which he spoke, Of them which you gave me have I lost none. Then Simon Peter having a sword drew it, and smote the high priest's servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant's name was Malchus”, and in chapter eighteen and verse eleven of his book John shared how Jesus told Peter, “Put up your sword” where we read:
Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up your sword into the sheath:
the cup which my Father has given me, shall I not drink it?
The verse reads, “Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up your sword into the sheath:” John began with the words, “Then said Jesus” which means “at that time uttered, declared and proclaimed Jesus whose name means Jehovah is Salvation and is the Son of God, the Savior of mankind and God incarnate” “unto Peter” or “to His disciple Peter which means a little rock or stone”, “Put up your sword” which means “insert or sheathe your, Peter's, straight sword for thrusting” “into the sheath” or “into the receptacle or repository”. John shared how “Jesus” directed “Peter” to “sheathe” His “sword”.
The verse continues, “the cup which my Father has given me, shall I not drink it?” John added the words, “the cup” or “the drinking vessel” “which my Father has given me” which means, “that my, Jesus', Heavenly Father God has granted, bestowed, furnished and supplied” to me, Jesus, “shall I not drink it” or “should not I, Jesus, imbibe of the drinking vessel”? John shared how “Jesus” asked “Peter” whether He should “imbibe” of the “drinking vessel” that God the Heavenly Father bestowed upon Him.
When we consider John's words in this verse, we see how Jesus reacted to Peter striking off the “right ear” of “Malchus”. Rather than approving Peter's action, He stopped him and told Him to “sheathe” His “sword”. He also questioned whether Peter thought He should be “fulfilling” God the Heavenly Father's “cup” or plan for “salvation”. A “cupbearer” tasted the drink of the King before He partook of it, and if there was “trouble or poison” in the “cup”, the cupbearer would pay the price. Jesus came to provide “salvation” through His sacrifice for “sins”. If Jesus did not “drink” of this “cup”, no one could be saved, however, because He imbibed it, everyone who surrenders their life to Jesus will be forgiven of their sins and receive everlasting life with God in Heaven. Let all who read these words be grateful that Jesus drank of His Father God's “cup”.
Next time we see John shares how, “the band and the captain and the officers of the Jews took Jesus, and bound him”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.
Until tomorrow…there is more…
Look for the daily devotional book “Equipped for Battle – From Generation to Generation”, the marriage book “So, You Want to Be Married”, “One Year in the Sermon on the Mount” and the new poetry book "Random Mushrooms Volumes I and II" and the new novel "Elizabeth County" in all major bookstore sites, http://www.amazon.com ; http://www.barnesandnobles.com ; download to e-books, and find it locally at www.mrzlc.com/bookstore. All references are from "Strongs Concordance".
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