Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground. New Living Translation He prayed more fervently, and he was in such agony of spirit that his sweat fell to the ground like great drops of blood. English Standard Version And being in agony he prayed more earnestly; and his sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground. Berean Standard Bible And in His anguish, He prayed more earnestly, and His sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground. Berean Literal Bible And having been in agony, He was praying more earnestly. And His sweat became like great drops of blood falling down upon the ground. King James Bible 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 King James Version And being in agony, He prayed more earnestly. Then His sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground. New American Standard Bible And being in agony, He was praying very fervently; and His sweat became like drops of blood, falling down upon the ground]. NASB 1995 And being in agony He was praying very fervently; and His sweat became like drops of blood, falling down upon the ground. NASB 1977 And being in agony He was praying very fervently; and His sweat became like drops of blood, falling down upon the ground. Legacy Standard Bible And being in agony He was praying very fervently, and His sweat became like drops of blood, falling down upon the ground. Amplified Bible 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. Christian Standard Bible Being in anguish, he prayed more fervently, and his sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground. Holman Christian Standard Bible Being in anguish, He prayed more fervently, and His sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground. American Standard Version And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly; and his sweat became as it were great drops of blood falling down upon the ground. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And as he was in fear, he prayed urgently, and his sweat was like drops of blood, and he fell upon the ground. Contemporary English Version Jesus was in great pain and prayed so sincerely that his sweat fell to the ground like drops of blood. Douay-Rheims Bible And his sweat became as drops of blood, trickling down upon the ground. English Revised Version And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat became as it were great drops of blood falling down upon the ground. GOD'S WORD® Translation So he prayed very hard in anguish. His sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground. Good News Translation In great anguish he prayed even more fervently; his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground. International Standard Version In his anguish he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat became like large drops of blood falling on the ground. Literal Standard Version and having been in agony, He was more earnestly praying, and His sweat became, as it were, great drops of blood falling on the ground. Majority Standard Bible And in His anguish, He prayed more earnestly, and His sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground. New American Bible He was in such agony and he prayed so fervently that his sweat became like drops of blood falling on the ground.] NET Bible And in his anguish he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.] New Revised Standard Version In his anguish he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat became like great drops of blood falling down on the ground. New Heart English Bible Being in agony he prayed more earnestly. His sweat became like great drops of blood falling down on the ground. Webster's Bible Translation And being in an agony, he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling to the ground. Weymouth New Testament while He--an agony of distress having come upon Him--prayed all the more with intense earnestness, and His sweat became like clots of blood dropping on the ground. World English Bible Being in agony, he prayed more earnestly. His sweat became like great drops of blood falling down on the ground. Young's Literal Translation and having been in agony, he was more earnestly praying, and his sweat became, as it were, great drops of blood falling upon the ground. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Jesus Prays on the Mount of Olives…43Then an angel from heaven appeared to Him and strengthened Him. 44And in His anguish, He prayed more earnestly, and His sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground. 45When Jesus rose from prayer and returned to the disciples, He found them asleep, exhausted from sorrow.… Cross References Luke 22:45 When Jesus rose from prayer and returned to the disciples, He found them asleep, exhausted from sorrow. Hebrews 5:7 During the days of Jesus' earthly life, He offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the One who could save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverence. Treasury of Scripture 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. being. Genesis 32:24-28 And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day… Psalm 22:1,2,12-21 To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring? … Psalm 40:1-3 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry… his. Isaiah 53:10 Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand. Lamentations 1:12 Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, wherewith the LORD hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger. Romans 8:32 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things? Jump to Previous Agony Blood Conflict Distress Dropping Drops Earnestly Earnestness Earth Falling Fervently Force Great Ground Intense Intently Prayed Prayer Praying Soul Stronger Sweat TroubleJump to Next Agony Blood Conflict Distress Dropping Drops Earnestly Earnestness Earth Falling Fervently Force Great Ground Intense Intently Prayed Prayer Praying Soul Stronger Sweat TroubleLuke 22 1. The leaders conspire against Jesus.3. Satan prepares Judas to betray him. 7. The apostles prepare the Passover. 19. Jesus institutes his holy supper; 21. covertly foretells of the traitor; 24. rebukes the rest of his apostles from ambition; 31. assures Peter his faith should not fail; 34. and yet he should deny him thrice. 39. He prays in the mount, and sweats blood; 47. is betrayed with a kiss; 50. he heals Malchus' ear; 54. he is thrice denied by Peter; 63. shamefully abused; 66. and confesses himself to be the Son of God. (44) And being in an agony.--The Greek noun primarily describes a "conflict" or "struggle," rather than mere physical pain. The phenomenon described is obviously one which would have a special interest for one of St. Luke's calling, and the four words which he uses for "agony," "drops," "sweat," "more earnestly" (literally, more intensely), though not exclusively technical, are yet such as a medical writer would naturally use. They do not occur elsewhere in the New Testament. The form of the expression, "as it were, great drops (better, clots) of blood," leaves us uncertain, as the same Greek word does in "descending like a dove," in Matthew 3:16, whether it applies to manner or to visible appearance. On the latter, and generally received view, the phenomenon is not unparalleled, both in ancient and modern times. (Comp. the very term, "bloody sweat," noted as a symptom of extreme exhaustion in Aristotle, Hist. Anim. iii.19, and Medical Gazette for December, 1848, quoted by Alford.) If we ask who were St. Luke's informants, we may think either, as before, of one of the disciples, or, possibly, one of the women from whom, as above, he manifestly derived so much that he records. That "bloody sweat" must have left its traces upon the tunic that our Lord wore, and when the soldiers cast lots for it (Matthew 27:35; John 19:24), Mary Magdalene, who stood by the cross, may have seen and noticed the fact (John 19:25), nor could it well have escaped the notice of Nicodemus and Joseph when they embalmed the body (John 19:40).Verse 44. - And his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground. Some (for instance, Theophylact) understand this "as it were" to signify that the expression, "drops of blood," was simply parabolic; but it is far better to understand the words in their literal sense, as our Church does when it prays, "By thine agony and bloody sweat." Athanasius even goes so far as to pronounce a ban upon those who deny this sweat of blood. Commentators give instances of this blood-sweat under abnormal pathological circumstances. Some, though by no means all, of the oldest authorities omit these last two verses (43, 44). Their omission in many of these ancient manuscripts was probably due to mistaken reverence. The two oldest and most authoritative translations, the Itala (Latin) and Peshito (Syriac), contain them, however, as do the most important Fathers of the second century, Justin and Irenaeus. We have, then, apart from the evidence of manuscripts, the testimony of the earliest Christianity in Italy and Syria, Asia Minor and Gaul, to the genuineness of these two famous verses. They are printed in the ordinary text of the Revised English Version, with a side-note alluding to their absence in some of the ancient authorities. Parallel Commentaries ... Greek Andκαὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. in [His] ἐν (en) Preposition Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. anguish, ἀγωνίᾳ (agōnia) Noun - Dative Feminine Singular Strong's 74: From agon; a struggle, i.e. anguish. He prayed προσηύχετο (prosēucheto) Verb - Imperfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 4336: To pray, pray for, offer prayer. From pros and euchomai; to pray to God, i.e. Supplicate, worship. more earnestly, ἐκτενέστερον (ektenesteron) Adverb - Comparative Strong's 1617: More earnestly. Neuter of the comparative of ektenes; more intently. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. His αὐτοῦ (autou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. sweat ἱδρὼς (hidrōs) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 2402: Sweat, perspiration. A strengthened form of a primary idos: perspiration. became ἐγένετο (egeneto) Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 1096: A prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be, i.e. to become, used with great latitude. like ὡσεὶ (hōsei) Adverb Strong's 5616: As if, as it were, like; with numbers: about. From hos and ei; as if. drops θρόμβοι (thromboi) Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural Strong's 2361: A clot, large drop (of blood). Perhaps from trepho; a clot. of blood αἵματος (haimatos) Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular Strong's 129: Blood, literally, figuratively or specially; by implication, bloodshed, also kindred. falling καταβαίνοντες (katabainontes) Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural Strong's 2597: To go down, come down, either from the sky or from higher land, descend. From kata and the base of basis; to descend. to ἐπὶ (epi) Preposition Strong's 1909: On, to, against, on the basis of, at. the τὴν (tēn) Article - Accusative Feminine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. ground. γῆν (gēn) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Strong's 1093: Contracted from a primary word; soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe. Links Luke 22:44 NIVLuke 22:44 NLT Luke 22:44 ESV Luke 22:44 NASB Luke 22:44 KJV Luke 22:44 BibleApps.com Luke 22:44 Biblia Paralela Luke 22:44 Chinese Bible Luke 22:44 French Bible Luke 22:44 Catholic Bible NT Gospels: Luke 22:44 Being in agony he prayed more earnestly (Luke Lu Lk) |
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