{He went forward a little} (proelth(936e) mikron). As if he
could not fight the battle in their immediate presence. He was on
his face, not on his knees (McNeile). {This cup} (	o pot(8872)ion
touto). The figure can mean only the approaching death. Jesus
had used it of his coming death when James and John came to him
with their ambitious request, "the cup which I am about to drink"
( Mt 20:22 ). But now the Master is about to taste the bitter
dregs in the cup of death for the sin of the world. He was not
afraid that he would die before the Cross, though he
instinctively shrank from the cup, but instantly surrendered his
will to the Father's will and drank it to the full. Evidently
Satan tempted Christ now to draw back from the Cross. Here Jesus
won the power to go on to Calvary.