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 Luke 22:43; Luke 22:44) is absent from some ancient documents. Aristotle speaks of a bloody sweat as does Theophrastus.

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Old Testament