Matt. 26:36 Then Jesus *came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and *said to His disciples, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.” 37 And He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be grieved and distressed. 38 Then He *said to them, “My soul is deeply grieved, to the point of death; remain here and keep watch with Me.”
39 And He went a little beyond them, and fell on His face and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; yet not as I will, but as You will.” 40 And He *came to the disciples and *found them sleeping, and *said to Peter, “So, you men could not keep watch with Me for one hour? 41 Keep watching and praying that you may not enter into temptation; the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
42 He went away again a second time and prayed, saying, “My Father, if this cannot pass away unless I drink it, Your will be done.” 43 Again He came and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy. 44 And He left them again, and went away and prayed a third time, saying the same thing once more. 45 Then He *came to the disciples and *said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? Behold, the hour is at hand and the Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of sinners.”
Jesus came to make all things new. Isaiah 53, says that Jesus bore our sicknesses, our griefs, and all of our pains. At Gethsemane Jesus said that His soul was “deeply grieved.” I believe His grief wasn’t just about Him carrying humanities sin, sorrow, and pain, but was simply because He, in the garden, saw mankind’s great sorrow and pain, and it broke His heart “beyond repair.” In verse 39 Jesus asked if there was anyway the cup of bearing man’s sin, and sorrow, and pain could pass from Him, but the second time He prayed instead of asking for the cup to pass from Him, He said, ” “My Father, if this cannot pass away unless I drink it, Your will be done.”
I believe that the “this” He referred to in verse 42 was fallen Man’s, sin, and pain. He knew, that the only way for “this” to stop was for Him to take it all on Himself, which is what He did on the Cross, so that He could make all things new.