Luke 22:39-46 Extra

Notes

Lexham Geographic Commentary on the Gospels (Chapter 45: In the Garden of Gethsemane: Jesus’ Choice to Remain or Run from His Father’s Will (Matt 26:36–46, Mark 14:32–42, Luke 22:39–46))

• The Mount of Olives is situated along the main road connecting Jerusalem and Jericho, with the Judean Wilderness between.• This route was often used by God’s people for pilgrimage purposes or even to escape from enemies by fleeing deep into the wilderness.• When Jesus retired to the garden the night of his arrest, he had two options: recommit himself to his Father’s will, or escape his accusers by fleeing over the ridge and into the wilderness.

Lexham Geographic Commentary on the Gospels (Jesus’ Choice to Run Away or Remain)

In Gethsemane, Jesus was kneeling in prayer alongside the very road his people had always used for escape. Within a few more minutes’ walk, he could crest the hill and disappear into the wilderness.

Luke: An Introduction and Commentary (C. The Agony (22:39–46))

The cup has associations of suffering and of the wrath of God (cf. Ps. 11:6; Isa. 51:17; Ezek. 23:33).

Luke: An Introduction and Commentary (C. The Agony (22:39–46))

falling down upon the ground. The word agony is found here only in the New Testament. Why was Jesus in such perturbation as he faced death? Others, including many who owe their inspiration to the Master, have faced death quite calmly. It cannot be death as such that caused this tremendous depth of feeling. Rather it was the kind of death that Jesus would die, that death in which he was forsaken by God (Mark 14:34), in which God made him to be sin for us (2 Cor. 5:21).

The will of the Trinity—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—is that Father ordain salvation by means of the Son’s sacrifice, that the Son accomplish salvation by His obedience to His Father’s will as He laid down His life in sacrifice, and that the Holy Spirit apply the salvation ordained and accomplished to those who were chosen by God before the foundations of the earth. This is the will of God. This is the will that Jesus refers to when He say, “but Yours be done.”