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The Agony & Physiological

phenomenon in Gethsemane Luke 22:39-46

Context Prelude to Agony Physician Perspective Possible Contrast Conclusion

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† “At the beginning of this dark way he speaks of not yet being alone, but that the Father is with him (John 16:32)

† “With fervent desire I have desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer” (Luke 22:15)

† Christ’s suffering is intensified beyond human comprehension.

“Every life has its Gethsemane, and every Gethsemane has its angel.”

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† He went forth intrepidly to meet his end.

† He received the terrible kiss of betrayal, and responded with love.

† He submitted to the arrest of the mob.

† He refused the exercise of natural strength.

† He depended upon the Father and his angels.

† He did it all alone

Prelude to Agony

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phenomenon in Gethsemane Luke 22:39-46 Prelude to Agony Contd .

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Matthew 26:36-46

Mark 14:32-42 John 18:1-11

… My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to point of death….38

… he began to deeply distressed & troubled….33

Shall I not drink the cup father has given me?...11

More Clarity

Daniel 2:1 …his mind was troubled & he could not sleep…

Daniel 5:6 … his face turned pale & he was so frightened that his knees knocked together

Revelation 1:17

…. I feel at his feet as though dead…

Revelation 6:16

… they called the mountains & the rocks, “fell on us & hide us from the face of….

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Gethsemane:† Gethsemane (from the Hebrew "Gat Shemanim, which

means "oil press")

Agony:† "And being in agony, He prayed more earnestly. Then His

sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground." (Luke 22:43)

† “My soul is exceeding sorrowful even unto death” (Matthew. 26:38; Mark. 14:34)

† "agonia...1) a struggle for victory 1a) gymnastic exercise, wrestling 2) of severe mental struggles and emotions, agony, anguish" (Thayer's Greek Lexicon)

† Jacob's wrestling contest was a type of Christ's struggle in the Garden:Jacob’s: (Genesis 32:24-28) & (Hosea 12:4-5)Christ’s: (Matthew 26:42) & (Hebrews 5:6-8)

Prelude to Agony Contd .

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Physician Perspective

Basic Clinical Aspects:WHAT IS BLOOD† Blood is a fluid that travels through the

human body. Blood carries oxygen, carbon dioxide, nutrients, waste and heat throughout the body and helps defend against infection.

BLOOD IS MADE UP OF † RED BLOOD CELLS that carry oxygen,

antibodies and platelets. † PLATELETS that help blood to clot † WHITE BLOOD CELLS that fight infections † PLASMA

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Physician Perspective Contd . . .

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About cells and tissues:

Cells: Billions of cells in our body, in fact nature has designed “cells to carry out every necessary bodily task.(Ex: some work when our brain tells them to perform)

Tissue: When many cells of the same or different types are arranged together they form a “Tissue”.

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Nervous system Function:

The N.S. is a ‘Network’ of ‘Nerve cells’ called ‘Neurons’. (That send message to and from all parts of body)

The N.S. is divided into two parts:Central N.S. (it contains Brian and Spinal Cord)Peripheral N.S.

There are two types of ‘Nerve Cells’ or ‘Neurons’Sensory NeuronsMotor Neurons

Sensory Neurons: It carries the message from different part of the body towards the Brain, this relates to Pain, Temperature, Pressure and other message.

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HEMATIDROSIS:The clinical term is “hematidrosis.” “Around the sweat glands, there are multiple blood vessels in a net-like form.” Under the pressure of great stress the vessels constrict. Then as the anxiety passes “the blood vessels dilate to the point of rupture. The blood goes into the sweat glands.” As the sweat glands are producing a lot of sweat, it pushes the blood to the surface - coming out as droplets of blood mixed with sweat.

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Inflammation: (Burning sensation): it’s a process aroused by ‘Sub letal’, “Injuries to Tissues” that involves reaction in tissue cells, blood vessels, and blood cells (Celcus in 1st century AD) summarized the clinical signs of inflammation as, Redness, Swelling, Heat & Pain (or it can call as “Loss of function)

Causes: Infection by bacteria, virus, Toxins and also pneumonia due to virus, in most of the cases there is also a ‘Fever’ & ‘Trauma’ a different kind & degree evokes inflammatory response, Excessive heat or Cold (Heat burn, Frostbite)

Note: [Charles IX of France once suffered like this, Ref. Dr. Stroude’s book]

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Microscopic observation of Inflammation:

At first the blood cells maintain their normal position in the central axis stream but soon the distinction between ‘clear outer zone’ in the small vessels disappears, and ‘Leucocytes’ begins to stick to damaged ‘Endothelium’.In the most cases injury causes leakage of plasma portions long before ‘Leucocytes’ occurs the escape of plasma is purely passive affair and this is partly true for ‘Leucocytes’ which how ever also active amoebid movement called DIAPEDISIS.

A Leucocytes can passes through a vessel wall is 2 to 13 minutes, this passing direction is through damage tissue & this movements is ‘Chemotaxis’.Injury also caused platelets to adhere to ‘Endothelium’ and each other, thus forming platelets clumps or ‘Thrombi’.

[Note: Sweat Sickness during 1485-1551 England, as epidemic disease]

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phenomenon in Gethsemane Luke 22:39-46 Possible

Contrast Bible history can be summarized with Four gardens:

(1) Eden, where sin entered(2) Gethsemane, where Christ yielded to death(3) Calvary, where He died and was buried (John 19:41–42) (4) The heavenly “paradise garden” (Rev. 21:1ff).

† The first Adam sinned in a Garden and was condemned to living by the sweat of his brow (Gen. 3:19).

† Jesus, the Last Adam, obeyed the Father in a Garden and conquered Adam’s sin (Rom. 5:12–21).

† Lonely Garden, (Luke 22;39) But why a garden

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phenomenon in Gethsemane Luke 22:39-46 Possible

Contrast Contd . . .Cup which He denied to drink:Jesus staggered in Gethsemane as he gazed into the cup he must drink, for taking it meant he would drink man’s sin to the full and would drink the wrath of God which man’s sin deserved.

Christ asked that the cup be taken away because he was truly man as well as God. We must also realize that his request for another way came from the two things he saw in the cup.

First, it was a cup full of sin. (Galatians: 5:19)Second, he saw that it was a cup full of wrath.” (2 Corinthians 5:21). The drinking also made him a curse. (Galatians 3:13)

Gazing into the cup, Jesus saw Hell opened for him, and he staggered (Isaiah 51:17, 22). It is no wonder that we see the blood-like sweat and the tears, that we hear him crying out for deliverance. It is no wonder, as we read in Luke, that the Father sent an angel to strengthen him (Luke 22:43).

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phenomenon in Gethsemane Luke 22:39-46 Conclusion

“You see that death was not voluntary for Christ as far as the flesh was concerned, but it was voluntary, because by it, according to the will of the Father, salvation and life were given to all men.”

His sufferings were only intended to teach the human race how to love one another.

“He learned obedience in the school of suffering”

His obedience of course was toward God’s holy law but it was also and “obedience unto death, even the death of the cross” (Phil. 2:8).

As partakers of the life of Christ, we must realize there is only one acceptable posture—submission to him who gave himself for us. (Romans 12:1)

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