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"He withdrew about a stone’s throw beyond them, knelt down and prayed, “Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done.” An angel from heaven appeared to him and strengthened him. And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground. Luke 22: 41-44
Then He said to them, "My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death, stay here and keep watch with me." Mathew 26:38
This powerful and evocative painting displays Jesus' intense distress in the knowledge of what was to come. In one hand, Jesus holds eternity in a glowing orb, in the other the nails that would soon pierce His wrists and feet. His hands act as a set of scales weighing up the equal trade-off between excruciating trauma and unequivocal love. Our sins are woven into the metal of those nails and our promise of eternal life is swirling inside that orb.
In His prayer to His father, He did not shy away from the magnitude of His mission by asking God to take this cup from Him. Instead, He models to us how to bring our raw, honest emotions to God in prayer during times of intense suffering. He ended His plea multiple times in Mathew's account with "May your will be done!" Thus, showing us to ultimately choose submission to the Father's will over our own desires.
"He withdrew about a stone’s throw beyond them, knelt down and prayed, “Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done.” An angel from heaven appeared to him and strengthened him. And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground. Luke 22: 41-44
Then He said to them, "My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death, stay here and keep watch with me." Mathew 26:38
This powerful and evocative painting displays Jesus' intense distress in the knowledge of what was to come. In one hand, Jesus holds eternity in a glowing orb, in the other the nails that would soon pierce His wrists and feet. His hands act as a set of scales weighing up the equal trade-off between excruciating trauma and unequivocal love. Our sins are woven into the metal of those nails and our promise of eternal life is swirling inside that orb.
In His prayer to His father, He did not shy away from the magnitude of His mission by asking God to take this cup from Him. Instead, He models to us how to bring our raw, honest emotions to God in prayer during times of intense suffering. He ended His plea multiple times in Mathew's account with "May your will be done!" Thus, showing us to ultimately choose submission to the Father's will over our own desires.