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The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 22:44

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... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 22:45-46

He found them sleeping for sorrow, and said unto them, Why sleep ye rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation . The events of the past evening; the long excitement stirred up by listening to such words as their Master had been speaking to them during the sad hours of the Last Supper; the sure consciousness of coming sorrow; then the walk through the silent city:—all predisposed them to sleep. Commentators are never weary with pressing these excuses for the slumber of the eleven at that... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 22:39-46

See the Matthew 26:30-46 notes; Mark 14:26-42 notes.Luke 22:43Strengthening 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, the friend... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Luke 22:39-46

Luke 22:39-46. He went, as he was wont As was his custom every night; to the mount of Olives See on Matthew 26:30-32. And when he was at the place When he had entered the garden of Gethsemane; he said, Pray that ye enter not into temptation Having forewarned them of the lamentable effect which his sufferings would have upon them; that they would all stumble that very night, according to the prophecy of Zechariah, he exhorted them to pray that the temptation might not entirely prevail... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Luke 22:45-46

Luke 22:45-46. And when he rose up from prayer After this dreadful conflict; and was come to his disciples Namely, the third time; notwithstanding the repeated admonitions he had given them, he again found them sleeping And that, as the evangelist says, for sorrow The sensations of grief which they felt at the sight of their Master’s distress so overpowering them, that they sunk into sleep; a circumstance which shows how much they were affected with his sufferings. And said unto... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Luke 22:39-46

150. Jesus prays in Gethsemane (Matthew 26:36-46; Mark 14:32-42; Luke 22:39-46; John 18:1)It must have been getting towards midnight by the time Jesus and his disciples reached the Garden of Gethsemane. Then, taking Peter, James and John with him, Jesus moved to a spot where they could be alone. He was filled with anguish and horror as he saw clearly what his death would mean. The three friends could do little to lessen his anguish except stay awake in sympathy with him. He had to battle... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 22:44

being = becoming. Implying in creasing intensity, an agony . Greek. agenia. Occurs only here. more earnestly. Only here. was = became. to = upon. Greek. epi. App-104 . ground = earth. Greek. ge. App-129 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 22:45

to. Greek. pros. App-104 . for = from. Greek. apo. App-104 . Verses 47-53. Compare Matthew 26:47-56 . Mark 14:43-52 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 22:44

And being in agony he prayed more earnestly; and his sweat became as it were great drops of blood falling down upon the ground.The Greek word for "drops of blood" is [@thromboi], used only here in the New Testament. "It means clots of blood"[26] and was used by the physician Luke in the same manner as was common in ancient medical works. The spiritual overtones of this were noted by Henry, thus:Sweat came in with sin, and was a branch of the curse (Genesis 3:19). When Christ was made sin and a... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 22:45

And when he rose up from his prayer, he came unto his disciples, and found them sleeping for sorrow, and said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, that ye enter not into temptation.Mortal men are incapable of knowing fully the nature and extent of the saviour's awful agony; but it was there in Gethsemane that our Lord made the final, irrevocable decision to bear our sins on the tree. Morgan said:All I can say is that as I ponder it, through the darkened window there is a mystic light... read more

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