What was Jesus trying to say to his Father when he prayed to him on the night he was betrayed?

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wasn’t it “if you want, you can take this cup from me” or something like that?

I think the answer was, “you keep the cup”, considering he fulfilled his Father’s will on the cross.
 
Jesus prayed to avoid a horrible experience, but also prayed to keep God’s will first and foremost above his own human anxiety.
 
We agree.

It’s important to remember Jesus did suffer from human emotions like anxiety, reflecting his human nature. Just another reason to love him more-especially considering everything that happened to him.

Jesu’, Bon Homme!!!
 
I think this is the greatest example of the two natures of Christ in the Bible. Here we see Christ in his humanity, wanting to resist the wrath that he will undergo on our behalf, yet in his divinity, submitting to the will of the Father. Absolutely awesome.

“Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.”
 
That’s deep and was probably written before the Gospel.

How would one gleam that from the literal Gospel by reading it? That writing by St. Paul goes to show how tradition is important to the Church.
 
Matthew 26:39
“And going a little further, he fell upon his face, praying, and saying: My Father, if it be possible, let this chalice pass from me. Nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.”
 
He, like anyone recoiled from death and the excruciating agony to come. He only hoped there might be another way. It makes me appreciate His Sacrifice that much more.
 
I would add that he wanted to set an example for the martyrs to come, to put God’s will first, to love God even unto death.
 
A number of meditations on Christ’s agony also say it was compounded by His being able to sense and know the amount of sin in the world then and in the future, and the huge number of people who would be totally indifferent to His sacrifice. Some of them also say when the angel comforted Him, he saw all the people then and in the future who would be saved by His sacrifice and would show their love and gratitude in some way.
 
You were already given some great answers.

Matthew 26:39 And going a little farther he fell on his face and prayed, “My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt.”

Just wanted to add if you would like to understand the significance of the meaning of the words let this cup pass from me I would recommend listening to Dr. Scott Hahn’s talk…


Hope this helps,

God Bless
 
I think it was said largely for us, even as it was an absolutely sincere cry of the heart. We can absolutely identify with His pain, the pain that He ended up willingly resolving to endure.
 
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Yes, Jesus was sharing in our earthly suffering too.

See the suffering of Jesus in those who you see suffering,
 
MT1926 said:
I would recommend listening to Dr. Scott Hahn’s talk
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I just started reading his book, The Fourth Cup, tonight. I am very intrigued to find out what he has to say about “this cup” in Matthew 26.
 
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