Luke 22:44
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.
KJV
καὶ γενόμενος ἐν ἀγωνίᾳ ἐκτενέστερον προσηύχετο· καὶ ἐγένετο ὁ ἱδρὼς αὐτοῦ ὡσεὶ θρόμβοι αἵματος καταβαίνοντος ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν.
Greek NT
Et factus est sudor ejus sicut guttæ sanguinis decurrentis in terram.
Vulgate
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.
ASV
And his sweat became as drops of blood, trickling down upon the ground.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
3 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- ὤφθη δὲ αὐτῷ ἄγγελος ἀπ᾽ — SBLGNT
- ἀπ᾽ — Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
- ἀπὸ τοῦ — Westcott-Hort (spurious), Tregelles
- Luke 22:42 flows directly to 22:45 without the angel and bloody sweat. — P75; Codex Sinaiticus (01/ℵ*); Codex Vaticanus (03/B); Codex Alexandrinus (02/A); Minuscule 579; Some Sahidic MSS
- ὤφθη δὲ αὐτῷ ἄγγελος ἀπ’ οὐρανοῦ ἐνισχύων αὐτόν. καὶ γενόμενος ἐν ἀγωνίᾳ ἐκτενέστερον προσηύχετο· καὶ ἐγένετο ὁ ἱδρὼς αὐτοῦ ὡσεὶ θρόμβοι αἵματος... — Codex Sinaiticus (01/ℵ²); Codex Bezae (05/D); Majority of Byzantine MSS; Justin Martyr; Irenaeus; Vulgate
- καὶ ἐγένετο — SBLGNT
- καὶ ἐγένετο — Westcott-Hort (spurious), Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ἐγένετο δὲ — Tregelles, Robinson-Pierpont
Themes
Theophany
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§2600The Gospel according to St. Luke emphasizes the action of the Holy Spirit and the meaning of prayer in Christ's ministry. Jesus prays before the decisive moments of his mission: before his Father's witness to him during his baptism and Transfiguration, and before his own fulfillment of the Father's plan of love by his Passion.43 He also prays before the decisive moments involvi…
We believe that Jesus Christ is a high priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek—made such by an oath—and that he presented himself in our name before his Father, to appease his Father's wrath with full satisfaction by offering himself on the tree of the cross and pouring out his precious blood for the cleansing of our sins, as the prophets had predicted. For it is w…
Cross-references
- 1Sam 1:10 — And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore.
- 2Sam 22:7 — In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried to my God: and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into his ears.
- Acts 16:25 — And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.
- Gal 4:19 — My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,
- Gen 32:24 — And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.
- Gen 32:24 — And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.
- Heb 5:7 — Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;
- Isa 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
- Jas 5:13 — Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.
- Job 7:11 — Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
- John 12:27 — Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour.
- John 12:27 — Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour.
- Jonah 2:2 — And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice.
- Lam 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.
- Lam 3:53 — They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.
- Luke 22:55 — And when they had kindled a fire in the midst of the hall, and were set down together, Peter sat down among them.
- Mark 14:33 — And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be sore amazed, and to be very heavy;
- Ps 22:12 — Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.
- Ps 22:14 — I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
- Ps 50:15 — And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
- Ps 55:5 — Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.
- Ps 61:2 — From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
- Ps 69:13 — But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O LORD, in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.
- Ps 86:7 — In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee: for thou wilt answer me.
- Ps 88:15 — I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.
- Ps 102:1 — Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee.
- Ps 109:22 — For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
- Ps 116:3 — The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
- Ps 120:1 — In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me.
- Ps 130:1 — Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD.
- Ps 143:4 — Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.
- Ps 143:6 — I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.
- Rom 8:26 — Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
- Rom 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?