{In an agony} (en ag(936e)i(8369)). It was conflict, contest from
ag(936e). An old word, but only here in the N.T. Satan pressed
Jesus harder than ever before. {As it were great drops of blood}
(h(9373)ei thromboi haimatos). Thick, clotted blood. An old word
(	hromboi) common in medical works, but here only in the N.T.
This passage (verses  43,44 ) is absent from some ancient
documents. Aristotle speaks of a bloody sweat as does
Theophrastus.