Mark 14:36 meaning and explanation

“Abba, Father,” He said, “all things are possible for You. Take this cup from Me. Yet not what I will, but what You will.”

Mark 14:36, Berean Standard Bible

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In Gethsemane, after the Passover meal, Jesus takes Peter, James and John aside and falls to the ground in prayer, deeply distressed at what awaits him. He addresses God as Abba, an Aramaic word for father used in ordinary family speech, then adds the Greek ho Patēr, father.

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