Yet it was the Lord’s will to crush him and cause him to suffer, and though the Lord makes his life an offering for sin, he will see his offspring and prolong his days, and the will of the Lord will prosper in his hand.
Luke 22:44 - New International Version (Anglicised) And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And being in an agony [of mind], He prayed [all the] more earnestly and intently, and His sweat became like great clots of blood dropping down upon the ground. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible He was in anguish and prayed even more earnestly. His sweat became like drops of blood falling on the ground. Catholic Public Domain Version and so his sweat became like drops of blood, running down to the ground. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And his sweat became as drops of blood, trickling down upon the ground. |
Yet it was the Lord’s will to crush him and cause him to suffer, and though the Lord makes his life an offering for sin, he will see his offspring and prolong his days, and the will of the Lord will prosper in his hand.
‘Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look around and see. Is any suffering like my suffering that was inflicted on me, that the Lord brought on me in the day of his fierce anger?
When he rose from prayer and went back to the disciples, he found them asleep, exhausted from sorrow.
‘Now my soul is troubled, and what shall I say? “Father, save me from this hour”? No, it was for this very reason I came to this hour.
He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all – how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?
During the days of Jesus’ life on earth, he offered up prayers and petitions with fervent cries and tears to the one who could save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverent submission.