King James Version

Luke 22:44

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.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “And” (καὶ) before became here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “now” (δὲ) before the here.

καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andγενόμενοςgenomenosbeingγίνομαι (ginomai)verb, aorist middle participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “being”, a single actionG1096I come into being, am born, become, come about, happen.beingἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.inἀγωνίᾳagōniaan agonyἀγωνίαnoun, dative, singular, feminine — “an agony”, the to- or for-formG74(properly the feeling of the athlete before a contest), great fear, terror, of death; anxiety, agony.This verse uses “agony”.an agonyἐκτενέστερονektenesteronmore earnestlyἐκτενέστερονadjective, comparative, accusative, singular, neuter — “more earnestly”, the object formG1617more earnestly.more earnestlyπροσηύχετοprosēuchetoto prayπροσεύχομαι (proseuchomai)verb, imperfect middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “to pray”, an ongoing action in the pastG4336I pray, pray for, offer prayer.This verse uses “pray”.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.ἐγένετοegenetowasγίνομαι (ginomai)verb, aorist middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “was”, a single actionG1096I come into being, am born, become, come about, happen.wasὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ἱδρὼςhidrōssweatἱδρώςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “sweat”, the subject formG2402sweat, perspiration.This verse uses “sweat”.αὐτοῦautouheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.ὡσεὶhōseias it wereὡσείconjunction — “as it were”G5616as if, as it were, like; with numbers: about.This verse uses “as it were”.as it wereθρόμβοιthromboigreat dropsθρόμβος (thrombos)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “great drops”, the subject formG2361a clot, large drop (of blood).great dropsαἵματοςhaimatosof bloodαἷμα (haima)noun, genitive, singular, neuter — “of blood”, the of-formG129blood (especially as shed).of bloodκαταβαίνοντεςkatabainontesfalling downκαταβαίνω (katabainō)verb, present active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “falling down”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2597I go down, come down, either from the sky or from higher land, descend.falling downἐπὶepitoἐπίpreposition — “to”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.toτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.γῆνgēngroundγῆ (gē)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “ground”, the object formG1093the earth, soil, land, region, country, inhabitants of a region.the ground

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δὲdeandδέconjunction — “and”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “and”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

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.

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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.

Young’s Literal Translation

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.

World English Bible

Being in agony, he prayed more earnestly. His sweat became like great drops of blood falling down on the ground.

Darby Translation

And being in conflict he prayed more intently. And his sweat became as great drops of blood, falling down upon the earth.

Douay-Rheims

And his sweat became as drops of blood, trickling down upon the ground.

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