Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit Volume 48 · 1881
The Weakened Christ Strengthened.
Luke 22:43
I SUPPOSE that this incident happened immediately after our Lord’s first prayer in the garden of Gethsemane. His pleading became so fervent, so intense, that it forced from him a bloody sweat. He was, evidently, in a great agony of fear as he prayed and wrestled even unto blood.