Luke 22:44
In an agony ( εν αγωνια ). It was conflict, contest from αγων. An old word, but only here in the N.T. Satan pressed Jesus harder than ever before.As it were great drops of blood ( ωσε θρομβο αιματος ). Thick, clotted blood. An old word ( θρομβο ) common in medical works, but here only in the N.T. This passage (verses 43, 44) is absent from some ancient documents. Aristotle speaks of a bloody sweat as does Theophrastus.
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