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Luke 22:44
Luke 22:44 is verse 44 of Luke chapter 22, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
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.
King James Version
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.
World English Bible
Being in agony, he prayed more earnestly. His sweat became like great drops of blood falling down on the ground.
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Luke 22:42–46 · Berean Standard Bible
42 “Father, if You are willing, take this cup from Me. Yet not My will, but Yours be done.”
43 Then an angel from heaven appeared to Him and strengthened Him.
44 And in His anguish, He prayed more earnestly, and His sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground.
45 When Jesus rose from prayer and returned to the disciples, He found them asleep, exhausted from sorrow.
46 “Why are you sleeping?” He asked. “Get up and pray so that you will not enter into temptation.”
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Genesis 32:24So Jacob was left all alone, and there a man wrestled with him until daybreak.
Genesis 32:25When the man saw that he could not overpower Jacob, he struck the socket of Jacob’s hip and dislocated it as they wrestled.
Genesis 32:26Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.” But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”
Genesis 32:27“What is your name?” the man asked. “Jacob,” he replied.
Genesis 32:28Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men, and you have prevailed.”
Psalms 22:1My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from saving me, so far from my words of groaning?
Psalms 22:2I cry out by day, O my God, but You do not answer, and by night, but I have no rest.
Psalms 22:12Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan encircle me.
Psalms 22:13They open their jaws against me like lions that roar and maul.
Psalms 22:14I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me.
Psalms 22:15My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You lay me in the dust of death.
Psalms 22:16For dogs surround me; a band of evil men encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet.
Psalms 22:17I can count all my bones; they stare and gloat over me.
Psalms 22:18They divide my garments among them and cast lots for my clothing.
Psalms 22:19But You, O LORD, be not far off; O my Strength, come quickly to help me.
Psalms 22:20Deliver my soul from the sword, my precious life from the power of wild dogs.
Psalms 22:21Save me from the mouth of the lion; at the horns of the wild oxen You have answered me!
Psalms 40:1I waited patiently for the LORD; He inclined to me and heard my cry.
Psalms 40:2He 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.
Psalms 40:3He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear and put their trust in the LORD.
Psalms 69:14Rescue me from the mire and do not let me sink; deliver me from my foes and out of the deep waters.
Psalms 69:15Do not let the floods engulf me or the depths swallow me up; let not the Pit close its mouth over me.
Psalms 69:16Answer me, O LORD, for Your loving devotion is good; turn to me in keeping with Your great compassion.
Psalms 69:17Hide not Your face from Your servant, for I am in distress. Answer me quickly!
Psalms 69:18Draw near to my soul and redeem me; ransom me because of my foes.
Psalms 88:1O LORD, the God of my salvation, day and night I cry out before You.
Psalms 88:2May my prayer come before You; incline Your ear to my cry.
Psalms 88:3For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol.
Psalms 88:4I am counted among those descending to the Pit. I am like a man without strength.
Psalms 88:5I am forsaken among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom You remember no more, who are cut off from Your care.
Psalms 88:6You have laid me in the lowest Pit, in the darkest of the depths.
Psalms 88:7Your wrath weighs heavily upon me; all Your waves have submerged me. Selah
Psalms 88:8You have removed my friends from me; You have made me repulsive to them; I am confined and cannot escape.
Psalms 88:9My eyes grow dim with grief. I call to You daily, O LORD; I spread out my hands to You.
Psalms 88:10Do You work wonders for the dead? Do departed spirits rise up to praise You? Selah
Psalms 88:11Can Your loving devotion be proclaimed in the grave, Your faithfulness in Abaddon ?
Psalms 88:12Will Your wonders be known in the darkness, or Your righteousness in the land of oblivion?
Psalms 88:13But to You, O LORD, I cry for help; in the morning my prayer comes before You.
Psalms 88:14Why, O LORD, do You reject me? Why do You hide Your face from me?
Psalms 88:15From my youth I was afflicted and near death. I have borne Your terrors; I am in despair.
Psalms 88:16Your wrath has swept over me; Your terrors have destroyed me.
Psalms 88:17All day long they engulf me like water; they enclose me on every side.
Psalms 88:18You have removed my beloved and my friend; darkness is my closest companion.
Psalms 130:1Out of the depths I cry to You, O LORD!
Psalms 130:2O Lord, hear my voice; let Your ears be attentive to my plea for mercy.
Psalms 143:6I stretch out my hands to You; my soul thirsts for You like a parched land. Selah
Psalms 143:7Answer 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.
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?
Lamentations 3:53They dropped me alive into a pit and cast stones upon me.
Lamentations 3:54The waters flowed over my head, and I thought I was going to die.
Lamentations 3:55I called on Your name, O LORD, out of the depths of the Pit.
Lamentations 3:56You heard my plea: “Do not ignore my cry for relief.”
Jonah 2:2saying: “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.
Jonah 2:3For You cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the current swirled about me; all Your breakers and waves swept over me.
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.
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.
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 hand.
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?