Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
Into the sheath (eiv thn qhkhn). Old word from tiqhmi, to put for box or sheath, only here in N.T. In Matthew 26:52 Christ's warning is given.
The cup (to pothrion). Metaphor for Christ's death, used already in reply to request of James and John (Mark 10:39; Matthew 20:22) and in the agony in Gethsemane before Judas came (Mark 14:36; Matthew 26:39; Luke 22:42), which is not given by John. The case of to pothrion is the suspended nominative for note auto (it) referring to it.
Shall I not drink? (ou mh piw). Second aorist active subjunctive of pinw with the double negative ou mh in a question expecting the affirmative answer. Abbott takes it as an exclamation and compares John 6:37; Mark 14:25.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing John 18:11:
Matthew 27:34
1 Peter 2:14
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