What was in the cup?

John 18:3 Then Judas, having received a detachment of troops, and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, came there with lanterns, torches, and weapons.

If they actually thought Jesus was just a man, who openly taught without any bodygaurds or slef-defense weapons of any kind, why did they have such a crowd with weapons?

John 18:6 Now when He said to them, "I am He," they drew back and fell to the ground.

Isn't that strange? He simply says, "I am He" and they fall down?

John 18:10-11 Then Simon Peter, having a sword, drew it and struck the high priest's servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant's name was Malchus.
11 So Jesus said to Peter, "Put your sword into the sheath. Shall I not drink the cup which My Father has given Me?"

Jesus uses this same term in Luke 22:

Luke 22:42 saying, "Father, if it is Your will, take this cup away from Me; nevertheless not My will, but Yours, be done."

What is in the cup?

It isn't just a beating, afterall is Jesus any less of a man than other men in history that have endured brutality? Look at William Wallace and countless others who have endured for one cause or another. So, it can't be that. Is it the humiliation and disrespect. Many men would rather face physical torture than humiliation and disrespect, but many meek men have endured both. So, what was in the cup that had Jesus sweating blood?

God's Wrath!

Joh 3:36 He who believes in the Son has everlasting life; and he who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him."

Rom 2:5 But in accordance with your hardness and your impenitent heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God,

If Jesus took what we rightfully deserve, He took God's Wrath. He took it to the last drop, even to the point where for the first time in eternity He felt separation from God. Remember what He said?

Matthew 27:46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, "Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?" that is, "MY GOD, MY GOD, WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME?"