And he said,
Abba, Father, all things are possible unto you; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what you will.
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Hilary of Poitiers
AD 368
He does not pray that the cup may pass around him. He prays that the cup may pass away from him, but it cannot pass away unless he drinks it. To pass away does not mean to depart from its place, but not to exist at all. And this is indeed the very meaning that the apostles have in mind when they say: “Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.”
