TSK · John 12:27

For the music director; according to the tune of“Lilies;” by David. Deliver me, O God, for the water has reached my neck.

What can I say? He has decreed and acted. I will walk slowly all my years because I am overcome with grief.

Jesus’ Invitation At that time Jesus said,“I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent, and have revealed them to little children.

He went away a second time and prayed,“My Father, if this cup cannot be taken away unless I drink it, your will must be done.”

He took Peter, James, and John with him, and became very troubled and distressed.

And in his anguish he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.]

When Jesus saw her weeping, and the people who had come with her weeping, he was intensely moved in spirit and greatly distressed.

Jesus replied,“The time has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.

Then Pilate said,“So you are a king!” Jesus replied,“You say that I am a king. For this reason I was born, and for this reason I came into the world– to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice.”

Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, he likewise shared in their humanity, so that through death he could destroy the one who holds the power of death(that is, the devil),

So when he came into the world, he said,“Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but a body you prepared for me.