Luke 22:44
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Luke 22:44 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Luke 22:44 is a verse from the book of Luke in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the gr..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Luke 22:44 — 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.”
— Luke 22:44 (KJV)
Luke 22:44 in Context — About the Book of Luke
Luke, the physician-historian, writes the most carefully researched Gospel — and the most tender. Outsiders take center stage: shepherds, women, Samaritans, tax collectors, the prodigal son. More than any Gospel, Luke shows Jesus praying at every turning point of His life.
Cross-References for Luke 22:44
“Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.”
Shares key themes with Luke 22:44: great, blood, down
“And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, and were in the going down to Bethhoron, that the LORD cast down great stones from heaven upon them unto Azekah, and they died: they were more which died with hailstones than they whom the children of Israel slew with the sword.”
Shares key themes with Luke 22:44: more, great, down
“Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children: for the people wept very sore. wept...: Heb. wept a great weeping”
Shares key themes with Luke 22:44: prayed, great, down
“So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great.”
Shares key themes with Luke 22:44: great, down, ground
“Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.”
Shares key themes with Luke 22:44: more, down, ground
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