Luke 22:44

LUKE—NOTE ON Luke 22:44 Jesus was in agony in anticipation of bearing “our sins in his own body on the tree” (1 Peter 2:24). his sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground. Though the word “like” may indicate that this is a metaphor, there are other accounts of people sweating blood—a condition known as hematidrosis, where extreme anguish or physical strain causes one’s capillary blood vessels to dilate and burst, mixing sweat and blood. In either case, Luke is describing the intensity of Jesus’ emotional and physical trauma.