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Jesus Prays on the Mount of Olives

Luke 22:44

In 9 translations

BSB
And in His anguish, He prayed more earnestly, and His sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground.Some manuscripts do not include verses 43 and 44.
KJV
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.
WEB
Being in agony, he prayed more earnestly. His sweat became like great drops of blood falling down on the ground.
ASV
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.
LSV
and having been in agony, He was more earnestly praying, and His sweat became, as it were, great drops of blood falling on the ground.
YLT
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.
DBY
And being in conflict he prayed more intently. And his sweat became as great drops of blood, falling down upon the earth.
DRC
And his sweat became as drops of blood, trickling down upon the ground.
GNV
But being in an agonie, hee prayed more earnestly: and his sweate was like drops of blood, trickling downe to the ground.

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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
  • In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort include καὶ (“And”); Tyndale House, Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text do not include this wording.
  • In STEPBible’s comparison, Tyndale House, Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include δὲ (“now”); NA28, NA27, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort do not include this wording.

Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.

Original-language editions

SBLGNT
καὶ γενόμενος ἐν ἀγωνίᾳ ἐκτενέστερον προσηύχετο· καὶ ἐγένετο ὁ ἱδρὼς αὐτοῦ ὡσεὶ θρόμβοι αἵματος καταβαίνοντες ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν.
RP2018
Καὶ γενόμενος ἐν ἀγωνίᾳ, ἐκτενέστερον προσηύχετο. Ἐγένετο δὲ ὁ ἱδρὼς αὐτοῦ ὡσεὶ θρόμβοι αἵματος καταβαίνοντες ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν.
TR-Boyd
Καὶ γενόμενος ἐν ἀγωνίᾳ, ἐκτενέστερον προσηύχετο. Ἐγένετο δὲ ὁ ἱδρὼς αὐτοῦ ὡσεὶ θρόμβοι αἵματος καταβαίνοντες ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν.
SCR1894
και γενομενος εν αγωνια εκτενεστερον προσηυχετο εγενετο δε ο ιδρως αυτου ωσει θρομβοι αιματος καταβαινοντες επι την γην

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  • 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?
  • 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.
  • Psalms 22:12–21Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan encircle me. They open their jaws against me like lions that roar and maul. I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts…
  • 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?
  • Psalms 130:1–2Out of the depths I cry to You, O LORD! O Lord, hear my voice; let Your ears be attentive to my plea for mercy.
  • 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…
  • 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.
  • Psalms 143:6–7I stretch out my hands to You; my soul thirsts for You like a parched land. Selah Answer me quickly, O LORD; my spirit fails. Do not hide Your face from me, or I will be like those who descend to the Pit.
  • Jonah 2:2–3saying: “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. For You cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the current swirled…
  • Genesis 32:24–28So Jacob was left all alone, and there a man wrestled with him until daybreak. When the man saw that he could not overpower Jacob, he struck the socket of Jacob’s hip and dislocated it as they wrestled. Then the man…
  • Lamentations 3:53–56They dropped me alive into a pit and cast stones upon me. The waters flowed over my head, and I thought I was going to die. I called on Your name, O LORD, out of the depths of the Pit. You heard my plea: “Do not ignore…
  • Psalms 88:1–18O LORD, the God of my salvation, day and night I cry out before You. May my prayer come before You; incline Your ear to my cry. For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol. I am counted among those…
  • Psalms 22:1–2My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from saving me, so far from my words of groaning? I cry out by day, O my God, but You do not answer, and by night, but I have no rest.
  • Psalms 69:14–18Rescue me from the mire and do not let me sink; deliver me from my foes and out of the deep waters. Do not let the floods engulf me or the depths swallow me up; let not the Pit close its mouth over me. Answer me, O…
  • Psalms 40:1–3I waited patiently for the LORD; He inclined to me and heard my cry. He lifted me up from the pit of despair, out of the miry clay; He set my feet upon a rock, and made my footsteps firm. He put a new song in my mouth,…

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