Luke 22:39-53
A few days ago I posted a comment where I noticed Jesus calling Phillip by name. I noted that it was a very personal touch and that it was not often recorded that Jesus called one of His disciples by name. I also mentioned there about Jesus referring to Simon Peter by name at the Last Supper, about Satan sifting him like wheat. Now today Jesus calls Judas by name (v. 48b). A small point, mostly an enhancement to that earlier comment.
A correction to a comment from two years ago: Then Jesus said to the chief priests and officers of the temple and elders, who had come out against Him… (v. 52a) I had commented in 2019 that no chief priests or elders had come to the Garden to apprehend Jesus, but here Luke tells us otherwise. Certainly the high priest(s) stayed behind, but a number of Jewish leaders were present. Surprisingly, I noted this same correction two years ago, two days after I posted my “cowards” comment!
Verse 42, Jesus praying: Father, if You are willing, remove this cup from Me. Nevertheless, not My will, but Yours, be done. We end many of our supplication prayers with some variant on this verse, both individually and in shared prayer, “not my/our will, but yours be done”. It is here in Luke that we have these exact words spoken by Jesus. Matthew and Mark record similar words, but Luke is whom we quote verbatim when we end our prayers like this.
See also: November 16 / Luke 22:39-53
I also noted that an angel came to minister to Jesus in Gethsemane as in His 40 days in the wilderness. Both times when they are mentioned were of severe temptation. But I also wonder if they were there to help him slip away when crowds were going to stone him or attack him before his time. Yes, they were there to protect him, just like their messages to Joseph to accept him and to flee to Egypt.