John 18:11 (WEB)
Jesus therefore said to Peter, “Put the sword into its sheath. The cup which the Father has given me, shall I not surely drink it?”
Catechism · 1
“No, for this purpose I have come to this hour." and again, "Shall I not drink the cup which the Father has given me?"” — Catechism footnote: Jn 18:11.
Fathers and councils · 17
Augustine of Hippo
“Along with these words we may also place the question to which John tells us He gave utterance on the same occasion, namely, “The cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?”” — editor's note: John xviii. 11.
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John Chrysostom
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Read the whole comment“For when he heard, “Put up thy sword into its sheath,”he obeyed straightway, and afterwards nowhere doeth this.” — editor's note: John xviii. 11.
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Hilary of Poitiers
“…hand of power; so also between Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass away, from Me, and The cup which the Father hath given Me, shall I not drink it? and further between My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me? and Verily I say unto thee, Today shalt thou be with Me in Paradise, and between Father, into…” — editor's note: St. John xviii. 11.
Read the whole comment“To take the narrowest ground of argument, might you not have refuted for yourself this dull impiety by your own reading of the words, Put up thy sword into its sheath: the cup which My Father hath given Me, shall I not drink it?” — editor's note: St. John xviii. 11.
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Leo the Great
“…forbids Peter, when he was burning with devoted faith and love, to use the sword, saying, “The cup which the Father hath given Me, shall I not drink it?” and seeing that that is certain which the Lord also says, according to John’s Gospel, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that…” — editor's note: S. John xviii. 11.
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Catena Aurea on John
- John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on John
Peter trusting to these last words of our Lord’s, and to what He had just done, assaults those who came to take Him: Then Simon Peter having a sword drew it, and smote the high priest’s servant. But how, commanded as…
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Or, he had got one for sacrificing the lamb, and carried it away with him from the Supper.
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But how could he, who had been forbidden ever to strike on the cheek, be a murderer? Because what he had been forbidden to do was to avenge himself, but here he was not avenging himself, but his Master. They were not…
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The servant’s name was Malchus; John is the only Evangelist who mentions the servant’s name; as Luke is the only one who mentions that our Lord touched the ear and healed him.
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He wrought this miracle both to teach us, that we ought to do good to those who suffer, and to manifest His power. The Evangelist gives the name, that those who then read it might have the opportunity of enquiring…
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The name Malchus signifies, about to reign. What then does the ear cut off for our Lord, and healed by our Lord, denote, but the abolition of the old, and the creating of a new, hearing1 in the newness of the Spirit,…
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Or, the cutting off of the high priest’s servant’s right ear is a type of the people’s deafness, of which the chief priests partook most strongly: the restoration of the ear, of ultimate reenlightenment of the…
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Our Lord condemned Peter’s act, and forbad him proceeding further: Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath. He was to be admonished to have patience: and this was written for our learning.
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He not only restrained Him however by threats, but consoled him also at the same time: The cup that My Father giveth Me, shall I not drink it? Whereby He shews that it was not by their power, but by His permission,…
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In that He calls it a cup, He shews how pleasing and acceptable death for the salvation of men was to Him.
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The cup being given Him by the Father, is the same with what the Apostle saith, Who spared not His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all. (Rom. 8:32) But the Giver of this cup and the Drinker of it are the same;…
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Cross-references · 13
Cited together in Catechism §607.
Cited together in Catechism §607.
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 18:10–11 (4) (Catena Aurea) and 1 other place.
Cited together in Sermons Sermon 58.
Cited together in Sermons Sermon 58.
Cited together in Catechism §607.
Cited together in Catechism §607.
Cited together in Catechism §607.
Cited together in Sermons Sermon 58.
Cited together in Catechism §607.
Cited together in Catechism §607.
Cited together in Catechism §607.
Cited together in Sermons Sermon 58.