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11 Jesus said to Peter, “Put your sword back into its scabbard! Am I not to drink the cup[a] that the Father has given me?”

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Footnotes

  1. John 18:11 Cup: symbol of a person’s calling and, above all, of his tragic destiny (“lots” were shaken in a cup); here it signifies the bitter hour of the Passion (see Mt 22:39).

11 Jesus commanded Peter, “Put your sword away! Shall I not drink the cup(A) the Father has given me?”

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11 Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?

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