Luke 22:44
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“And in His anguish, He prayed more earnestly, and His sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground.”
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“And in His anguish, He prayed more earnestly, and His sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and having been in agony, he was more earnestly praying, and his sweat became, as it were, great drops of blood falling upon the ground.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Luke 22:44 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 32:24So Jacob was left all alone, and there a man wrestled with him until daybreak.
- Psalms 22:1My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from saving me, so far from my words of groaning?
- Psalms 22:12Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan encircle me.
- Psalms 40:1I waited patiently for the LORD; He inclined to me and heard my cry.
- Psalms 69:14Rescue me from the mire and do not let me sink; deliver me from my foes and out of the deep waters.
- Psalms 88:1O LORD, the God of my salvation, day and night I cry out before You.
- Psalms 130:1Out of the depths I cry to You, O LORD!
- Psalms 143:6I stretch out my hands to You; my soul thirsts for You like a parched land. Selah
- Isaiah 53:10Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush Him and to cause Him to suffer; and when His soul is made a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, and the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand.
- Lamentations 1:12Is this nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look around and see! Is there any sorrow like mine, which was inflicted on me, which the LORD made me suffer on the day of His fierce anger?
- Lamentations 3:53They dropped me alive into a pit and cast stones upon me.
- Jonah 2:2saying: “In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered me. From the belly of Sheol I called for help, and You heard my voice.
- John 12:27Now My soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? No, it is for this purpose that I have come to this hour.
- Romans 8:32He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also, along with Him, freely give us all things?
- Hebrews 5:7During the days of Jesus’ earthly life, He offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the One who could save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverence.
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