John 12:27-29 Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I to this hour.… I see in the whole event here described a short summary of what took place afterwards more fully at Gethsemane. There is a remarkable parallelism at every step. Does our Lord say here — 1. "My soul is troubled"? Just so He said in Gethsemane: "My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death" (Matthew 26:38) 2. "Father, save Me from this hour"? Just so He says in Gethsemane: "O My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from Me" (Matthew 26:39). 3. Does our Lord say here, "For this cause came I unto this hour"? Just so He says in Gethsemane: "If this cup may not pass away from Me except I drink it, Thy will be done." 4. Does our Lord say, finally, "Father, glorify Thy name"? Just so our Lord says, lastly, "The cup which My Father hast given Me, shall I not drink it" (chap. John 18:11). The brief prayer which our Lord here offers, we should remember, is the highest, greatest thing that we can ask God to do. The utmost reach of the renewed will of a believer, is to be able to say always, "Father glorify Thy name in Me. Do with Me what Thou wilt, only glorify Thy name." The glory of God after all is the end for which all things were created. Paul's joyful hope, he told the Philippians, when a prisoner at Rome, was "that in all things, by life or by death, Christ might be magnified in his body" (Philippians 1:20). (Bp. Ryle.) Parallel Verses KJV: Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour. |
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