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  • Luke 22:44
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 44 But he was in such agony that he kept praying more earnestly;+ and his sweat became as drops of blood falling to the ground.

  • Luke 22:44
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
    • 44 καὶ And γενόμενος having come to be ἐν in ἀγωνίᾳ agony ἐκτενέστερον more earnestly προσηύχετο· he was praying; καὶ and ἐγένετο became ὁ the ἱδρὼς sweat αὐτοῦ of him ὡσεὶ as if θρόμβοι drops αἵματος of blood καταβαίνοντες going down ἐπὶ upon τὴν the γῆν.]] earth.]]

  • Luke 22:44
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 44 But getting into an agony he continued praying more earnestly;+ and his sweat became as drops of blood falling to the ground.*+

  • Luke 22:44
    The Bible in Living English
    • 44 And he fell into a quiver of excitement, and prayed more ardently; and his sweat became like gouts of blood running down to the ground.]

  • Luke 22:44
    American Standard Version
    • 44 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.

  • Luke 22:44
    The Emphasized Bible
    • 44 and coming to be in an agony more intensely was he praying; and his perspiration became as if great drops of blood, falling upon the ground.]]

  • Luke 22:44
    King James Version
    • 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
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2023
    • 22:44 cf 66; w22.01 18-19; it-2 1047-1048; jy 282-283; w08 3/15 32; w07 8/1 6; kp 25; w00 11/15 22-23; w99 3/15 4-5; g98 3/22 12; gt chapter 117; w90 10/1 9

  • Luke
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
    • 22:44 w76 131; w71 274; ad 1562; w62 6; yb62 6; w59 733; w53 126

  • Luke
    Research Guide for Jehovah’s Witnesses—2019 Edition
    • 22:44

      The Watchtower (Study),

      1/2022, pp. 18-19

      Insight, Volume 2, pp. 1047-1048

      Jesus—The Way, pp. 282-283

      The Watchtower,

      3/15/2008, p. 32

      8/1/2007, p. 6

      11/15/2000, pp. 22-23

      3/15/1999, pp. 4-5

      10/1/1990, p. 9

      3/1/1976, p. 131

      5/1/1971, p. 274

      1/1/1962, pp. 5-6

      12/1/1959, pp. 733-734

      2/15/1953, pp. 125-127

      “My Follower,” p. 66

      Watch!, p. 25

      Awake!,

      3/22/1998, pp. 12-13

  • Luke Study Notes—Chapter 22
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 22:44

      his sweat became as drops of blood: Luke may have been drawing a comparison by indicating that Christ’s perspiration formed like drops of blood or by describing how the dripping of Jesus’ sweat resembled the dripping of blood from a wound. On the other hand, some have suggested that Jesus’ blood may have exuded through his skin and may have been mixed with his sweat, a condition that has reportedly occurred in certain cases of extreme mental stress. Blood or the elements thereof will seep through unruptured walls of blood vessels in a condition called diapedesis. In a condition known as hematidrosis, there is an excreting of perspiration tinged with blood pigment or blood or of bodily fluid mingled with blood, thus resulting in the ‘sweating of blood.’ These, of course, are only possible explanations for what may have taken place in Jesus’ case.

      . . . falling to the ground: Verses 43, 44 appear in some early manuscripts, though others omit them. However, they are found in most Bible translations.

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