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Luke 22:44
44And being in agony [deeply distressed and anguished; almost to the point of death], He prayed more intently; and His sweat became like drops of blood, falling down on the ground.
Luke 22:44 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.
- New International Version (NIV)And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And being in agony he prayed more earnestly; and his sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And being in agony, He prayed more earnestly. Then His sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground.
Context of Luke 22:44
42saying, “Father, if You are willing, remove this cup [of divine wrath] from Me; yet not My will, but [always] Yours be done.” 43Now an angel appeared to Him from heaven, strengthening Him. And being in agony [deeply distressed and anguished; almost to the point of death], He prayed more intently; and His sweat became like drops of blood, falling down on the ground. 45When He rose from prayer, He came to the disciples and found them sleeping from sorrow, 46and He said to them, “Why are you sleeping? Get up and pray that you may not fall into temptation.”
Read all of Luke 22Luke 22:44 word by word
καὶ γενόμενος ἐν ἀγωνίᾳ ἐκτενέστερον προσηύχετο. καὶ ἐγένετο ὁ ἱδρὼς αὐτοῦ ὡσεὶ θρόμβοι αἵματος καταβαίνοντες ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν.]]Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Andκαίkai · andG2532
- beingγίνομαιginomai · to beG1096
- inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
- an agonyἀγωνίαagōnia · a struggleG74
- he prayedπροσεύχομαιproseuchomai · to prayG4336
- more earnestlyἐκτενέστερονektenesteron · earnestlyG1617
- andδέde · thenG1161
- hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
- sweatὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- sweatἱδρώςhidros · sweatG2402
- as it wereὡσείhōsei · like/as/aboutG5616
- great dropsθρόμβοςthrombos · dropG2361
- of bloodαἷμαaima · bloodG129
- falling downκαταβαίνωkatabainō · to come/go downG2597
- toἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
- the groundγῆgē · earth: soilG1093
Cross-references for Luke 22:44
- Genesis 32:24So Jacob was left alone, and a Man [came and] wrestled with him until daybreak.
- Psalms 22:1My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning?
- Psalms 40:1I waited patiently and expectantly for the Lord; And He inclined to me and heard my cry.
- Psalms 69:14Rescue me from the mire and do not let me sink; Let me be rescued from those who hate me and from the deep waters.
- Psalms 88:1O Lord, the God of my salvation, I have cried out [for help] by day and in the night before You.
- Psalms 130:1Out of the depths [of distress] I have cried to You, O Lord.
- Psalms 143:6I reach out my hands to You; My throat thirsts for You, as a parched land [thirsts for water]. Selah.
- Lamentations 1:12“Is it nothing to you, all you who pass this way? Look and see if there is any pain like my pain Which was severely dealt out to me, Which the Lord has inflicted [on me] on the day of His fierce anger.
- Lamentations 3:53They silenced me in the pit And placed a stone over me.
- Jonah 2:2and said, “I called out of my trouble and distress to the Lord, And He answered me; Out of the belly of Sheol I cried for help, And You heard my voice.
- John 12:27“Now My soul is troubled and deeply distressed; what shall I say? ‘Father, save Me from this hour [of trial and agony]’? But it is for this [very] purpose that I have come to this hour [this time and place].
- Hebrews 5:7In the days of His earthly life, Jesus offered up both [specific] petitions and [urgent] supplications [for that which He needed] with fervent crying and tears to the One who was [always] able to save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverent submission toward God [His sinlessness and His unfailing determination to do the Father’s will].
- Isaiah 53:10Yet the Lord was willing To crush Him, causing Him to suffer; If He would give Himself as a guilt offering [an atonement for sin], He shall see His [spiritual] offspring, He shall prolong His days, And the will (good pleasure) of the Lord shall succeed and prosper in His hand.
- Romans 8:32He who did not spare [even] His own Son, but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also, along with Him, graciously give us all things?
Commentaries on Luke 22:44
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 44Prayed more earnestly - With greater emphasis and earnestness than usual, with strong crying and tears, Hebrews 5:7; the reason given for which is, that he was in an agony. Kypke well observes, Vox summum animi angorem et dolorem indicat; et idem est, quod , Matthew 26:37; Mark 14:34. "The word (agony) points out the utmost anguish and grief of soul, and is of the same import with in Matthew and Mark." See the note on Matthew 26:37. Drops of blood - See…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 39-46Verses 39-46 See the Luke 22:43 Strengthening him - His human nature, to sustain the great burden that was upon his soul. Some have supposed from this that he was not divine as well as human; for if he was “God,” how could an angel give any strength or comfort? and why did not the divine nature “alone” sustain the human? But the fact that he was “divine” does not affect the case at all. It might be asked with the same propriety, If he was, as all admit…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 39-46Verses 39-46 Every description which the evangelists give of the state of mind in which our Lord entered upon this conflict, proves the tremendous nature of the assault, and the perfect foreknowledge of its terrors possessed by the meek and lowly Jesus. Here are three things not in the other evangelists. 1. When Christ was in his agony, there appeared to him an angel from heaven, strengthening him. It was a part of his humiliation that he was thus…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 44His sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground: The text does not say that Jesus sweated blood, as people often think. It says that his sweat fell to the ground like blood. This probably means that, in his agony, he was sweating very heavily.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 39-4639. as ... wont--(See Joh 18:2).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Luke 22
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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