Luke 22:44 Parallel Translations

So he prayed very hard in anguish. His sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground. (GOD'S WORD®)

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.

ASV:

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.

BBE:

And being in great trouble of soul, the force of his prayer became stronger, and great drops, like blood, came from him, falling to the earth.

DBY:

And being in conflict he prayed more intently. And his sweat became as great drops of blood, falling down upon the earth.

ERV:

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.

WEY:

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.

WBS:

And being in an agony, he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling to the ground.

WEB:

Being in agony he prayed more earnestly. His sweat became like great drops of blood falling down on the ground.

YLT:

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.

Luke 22:44 Cross References

XREF:

Hebrews 5:7 In the days of His flesh, He offered up both prayers and supplications with loud crying and tears to the One able to save Him from death, and He was heard because of His piety. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

22:44 And being in an {n} agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great {o} drops of blood falling down to the ground.
(n) This agony shows that Christ struggled hard and was in great distress: for Christ struggled hard not only with the fears of death as other men do (for in this regard many martyrs might seem more constant then Christ), but also with the fearful judgment of his angry Father, which is the most fearful thing in the world: and this was because he took the burden of all our sins upon himself.
(o) These do not only show that Christ was true man, but also other things which the godly have to consider of, in which the secret of the redemption of all mankind is contained in the Son of God when he debased himself to the state of a servant: such things as these no man can sufficiently declare.

PNT:

22:44 Being in agony. Luke alone mentions that his sweat became as great drops of blood, a fact that portrays, as language could not, the agony of our Lord's struggle.

WES:

22:44 And being in an agony - Probably just now grappling with the powers of darkness: feeling the weight of the wrath of God, and at the same time surrounded with a mighty host of devils, who exercised all their force and malice to persecute and distract his wounded spirit. He prayed more earnestly - Even with stronger cries and tars: and his sweat - As cold as the weather was, was as it were great drops of blood - Which, by the vehement distress of his soul, were forced out of the pores, in so great a quantity as afterward united in large, thick, grumous drops, and even fell to the ground.

MHC:

22:39-46 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 strengthened by a ministering spirit. 2. Being in agony, he prayed more earnestly. Prayer, though never out of season, is in a special manner seasonable when we are in an agony. 3. In this agony his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down. This showed the travail of his soul. We should pray also to be enabled to resist unto the shedding of our blood, striving against sin, if ever called to it. When next you dwell in imagination upon the delights of some favourite sin, think of its effects as you behold them here! See its fearful effects in the garden of Gethsemane, and desire, by the help of God, deeply to hate and to forsake that enemy, to ransom sinners from whom the Redeemer prayed, agonized, and bled.

CONC:

Agony Blood Clots Conflict Distress Dropping Drops Earnestly Earnestness Falling Fervently Force Ground Intense Intently Prayed Prayer Praying Soul Stronger Sweat Trouble

Agony Blood Conflict Distress Dropping Drops Earnestly Earnestness Earth Falling Fervently Force Great Ground Intense Intently Prayed Prayer Praying Soul Stronger Sweat Trouble

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