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Luke 22:44 KJV
Luke · chapter 22 · verse 44
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.Luke 22:44 · King James Version
Luke 22:44 in context
42Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.
43And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him.
44And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.
45And when he rose up from prayer, and was come to his disciples, he found them sleeping for sorrow,
46And said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.
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Key words (Strong's)
- earnestlyektenesteronmore intently, more earnestlyG1617 →
- prayedproseuchomaito offer prayers, to prayG4336 →
- agonyagōniaa struggle for victory, gymnastic exercise, wrestling, of severe mental struggles and…G74 →
- sweathidrōssweatG2402 →
- dropsthrombosa large thick drop, esp. of clotted bloodG2361 →
- bloodhaimablood, of man or animals, refers to the seat of life, of those things that resemble…G129 →
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We have here the awful story of Christ's agony in the garden, just before he was betrayed, which was largely related by the other evangelists. In it Christ accommodated himself to that part of his undertaking which he was now entering upon - the making of his soul an offering for sin.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 39-46