Luke 22:44

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

42“Father, if it is your will, take this cup ⌞of suffering⌟ away from me. However, your will must be done, not mine.” 43Then an angel from heaven appeared to him and gave him strength. So he prayed very hard in anguish. His sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground. 45When Jesus ended his prayer, he got up and went to the disciples. He found them asleep and overcome with sadness. 46He said to them, “Why are you sleeping? Get up, and pray that you won’t be tempted.”

Luke 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. Then a man wrestled with him until dawn.
• Psalms 22:1My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? Why are you so far away from helping me, so far away from the words of my groaning?
• Psalms 40:1I waited patiently for the Lord. He turned to me and heard my cry for help.
• Psalms 69:14Rescue me from the mud. Do not let me sink ⌞into it⌟. I want to be rescued from those who hate me and from the deep water.
• Psalms 88:1O Lord God, my savior, I cry out to you during the day and at night.
• Psalms 130:1O Lord, out of the depths I call to you.
• Psalms 143:6I stretch out my hands to you in prayer. Like parched land, my soul thirsts for you. Selah
• Lamentations 1:12“Doesn’t this affect all of you who pass by? Look and see if there’s any pain like the pain that the Lord has caused me, like the pain that he has made me suffer on the day of his fierce anger.
• Lamentations 3:53They threw me alive into a pit and threw rocks at me.
• Jonah 2:2Jonah prayed: “I called to the Lord in my distress, and he answered me. From the depths of my ⌞watery⌟ grave I cried for help, and you heard my cry.
• John 12:27“I am too deeply troubled now to know how to express my feelings. Should I say, ‘Father, save me from this time ⌞of suffering⌟’? No! I came for this time of suffering.
• Hebrews 5:7During his life on earth, Jesus prayed to God, who could save him from death. He prayed and pleaded with loud crying and tears, and he was heard because of his devotion to God.
• Isaiah 53:10Yet, it was the Lord’s will to crush him with suffering. When the Lord has made his life a sacrifice for our wrongdoings, he will see his descendants for many days. The will of the Lord will succeed through him.
• Romans 8:32God didn’t spare his own Son but handed him over ⌞to death⌟ for all of us. So he will also give us everything along with him.

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

Topics related to Luke 22:44

• Gethsemane
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Peter
• Prayer
• Sorrow
• Sweat

In the dictionaries

• Accomplish
• Agony
• Bloody sweat
• Cast
• Earnestly
• Gethsemane
• Humiliation of Christ
• Peter
• Reckon
• Armenian Versions, of the Bible

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