Luke 22:43
“And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him.”

What does Luke 22:43 mean?
Luke 22:43 in the King James Version reads, “And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him.” The verse belongs to the scene in Gethsemane, immediately after Jesus has withdrawn from the disciples “about a stone’s cast” to pray, and just after he has voiced…
Read full commentaryDevotionalStrength in the Garden: Heaven’s Help for Earth’s Heaviest Hour
“And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him.” — Luke 22:43 (KJV) Luke 22 places us in the shadowed stillness of Gethsemane, where the Lord Jesus faces the darkest approach of His earthly mission. The verse is brief, but it opens a window into something…
Read devotionalPrayerStrengthened From Heaven in the Hour of Agony
Most holy and gracious Father, I come before Thee in reverence, with a heart that confesses its need of Thy help. I draw near to Thee through the remembrance of Thy Son in His suffering, and I hold fast to Thy word as it is written in Luke 22:43, “And there appeared an angel…
Read prayer