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Bill:
Do you believe Christ sweat blood?

(Luk 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 [GL. gē - Sometimes translated as earth].

It seems to me that his sweat was as if it was blood but not actually blood.

On a more important note what does Luk 22:44  mean spiritually.  Interestingly sweat is only found in the bible 3 times.

(Gen 3:19 KJV)  In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
(Eze 44:18 KJV)  They shall have linen bonnets upon their heads, and shall have linen breeches upon their loins; they shall not gird themselves with any thing that causeth sweat.
(Luk 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.


Thanks and God Bless

hillsbororiver:
Hi Bill,

I find it interesting that this description is only found in (Doctor) Luke's Gospel, there is a medical term for this condition, it is called hermatidrosis;

he·ma·ti·dro·sis (hm-t-drss, hm-)
n.
The excretion of blood or blood pigment in the sweat. Also called hemidrosis1.

(American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary)

hematidrosis /he·ma·tid·ro·sis/ (he?mah-tid-ro´sis) excretion of bloody sweat.

(Dorland's Medical Dictionary for Health Consumers)

From Askipedia;

Is it possible to sweat blood?

Yes it is possible to sweat blood although it is very rare.  The condition is called hermatidrosis.   Dr Frederick Zugibe explains that there are many blood vessels around out sweat glands, they form a sort of net surrounding the gland.  If these vessels are put under great stress the vessels constrict.  When they release from this pressure they expand until they rupture.  The blood molecules spread out and since they are so close the sweat gland they enter it.  When the person sweats the sweat washes the blood our of the sweat gland and onto the skin.  The sweat is not only made up of blood, but it has some blood in it, enough to notice that it is red.

Typically high levels of stress on a person will cause the stress on the blood vessels, anxiety and other aliments will not only force these blood vessels to constrict, but they will often make the person sweat.  When the stress or anxiety leaves the person, the blood gets into the sweat gland.

His Peace to you,

Joe

Deborah-Leigh:
Hello Bill

You ask : Do you believe Christ sweat blood?

Matthew 26 : 36 Then Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane, and He told His disciples, Sit down here while I go over yonder to pray. 37. And taking with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, He began to show grief and distress of mind and was deeply depressed. 38. Then He said to them, My soul is very sad and deeply grieved, so that I am almost dying of sorrow..

I believe Jesus said what He meant and meant what He said. Also this sweat that was carrying His blood fulfills the sweat noted by God in Genesis 3 : 19 In the sweat of your face shall you eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for dust you are and to dust you shall return.

Christ has fulfilled this through sweat sheding blood that finally became His blood outpoured on His cross on Calvery. Jesus is truly the fulfilment of the Scriptures and He alone is the first fruites of this fulfilment!

Peace to you

Arcturus :)

Redbird:
This indicates to me that our dear Jesus endured much through shedding his blood, sweat and tears, and this was no easy task to say the least.

Mathew 26:28 For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.

Romans 3:25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; 26 To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.

1 John 5:6 This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood.  And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth.

In His Love, Lisa

Bill:
Hi Joe,

Thanks for the response.


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I to found this interesting.  Why is this account is only in Luke?  Where is the witness to this event?  Unless there is a deeper spirtual meaning to it.

Thanks again joe.

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