Luke 22:44
“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.”
What does Luke 22:44 mean?
Luke 22:44 in the KJV reads, “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.” The verse belongs to the scene in which Jesus withdraws to pray on the Mount of Olives, at the place called Gethsemane, on…
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As we approach the heart of our devotion today, let us turn our attention to one of the most profound moments in the New Testament—Jesus’ prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane, as described in Luke 22:44: "And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were…
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O Gracious and Everlasting God, We come before Thee, in the stillness of our hearts, reflecting on the deep agony endured by Thy Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, as He knelt in prayer in the shadow of the cross. As it is written in the Gospel of Luke, chapter 22, verse 44: "And being…
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