DAILY READINGS: Ezra 7; Daniel 8; Revelation 3:7-22
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. Luke 22:44
Luke the beloved physician describes to his readers this rare condition called hematidrosis. In extreme anxiety, chemicals break down the capillaries in the sweat glands. As a result the sweat comes out tinged with blood. Thus suffered the Lamb of God as He contemplated the cross and the pain of divine separation He would endure there while bearing the sins of the whole world. —E. MacLelland
It was alone the Saviour prayed,
In dark Gethsemane;
Alone He drained the bitter cup,
And suffered there for me. —Ben H. Price