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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)He prayed more fervently, and he was in such agony of spirit that his sweat fell to the ground like great drops of blood.

Context of Luke 22:44

42“Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done.” 43An angel from heaven appeared to him and strengthened him. And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground. 45When he rose from prayer and went back to the disciples, he found them asleep, exhausted from sorrow. 46“Why are you sleeping?” he asked them. “Get up and pray so that you will not fall into temptation.”

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, and a man wrestled with him till daybreak.
• Psalms 22:1My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, so far from my cries of anguish?
• Psalms 40:1I waited patiently for the Lord; he turned to me and heard my cry.
• Psalms 69:14Rescue me from the mire, do not let me sink; deliver me from those who hate me, from the deep waters.
• Psalms 88:1Lord, you are the God who saves me; day and night I cry out to you.
• Psalms 130:1Out of the depths I cry to you, Lord;
• Psalms 143:6I spread out my hands to you; I thirst for you like a parched land.
• Lamentations 1:12“Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look around and see. Is any suffering like my suffering that was inflicted on me, that the Lord brought on me in the day of his fierce anger?
• Lamentations 3:53They tried to end my life in a pit and threw stones at me;
• Jonah 2:2He said: “In my distress I called to the Lord, and he answered me. From deep in the realm of the dead I called for help, and you listened to my cry.
• John 12:27“Now my soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour’? No, it was for this very reason I came to this hour.
• Hebrews 5:7During the days of Jesus’ life on earth, he offered up prayers and petitions with fervent cries and tears to the one who could save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverent submission.
• Isaiah 53:10Yet it was the Lord’s will to crush him and cause him to suffer, and though the Lord makes his life an offering for sin, he will see his offspring and prolong his days, and the will of the Lord will prosper in his hand.
• Romans 8:32He who did not spare 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

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