HEMATIDROSIS

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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.”

Among the four gospel writers, only Luke recorded the phenomenon in the given verse above. This is understandable because among the four of them, only Luke is a doctor. And there’s no better perspective of this phenomenon than the perspective of a doctor.

Science calls this phenomenon “HEMATIDROSIS or HEMATOHIDROSIS”. Hematidrosis is a VERY RARE CONDITION in which a person sweats blood. It may occur when a person is suffering extreme levels of stress, for example, facing his or her own death. Several historical references have been described; notably by Leonardo da Vinci: describing a soldier who sweated blood before battle or men unexpectedly given a death sentence.

This is what the Lord Jesus was experiencing facing His own death. His body would not allow Him to be killed even if His spirit is very willing to be sacrificed. Still, He go because he wanted to save you and me and it is the only way.