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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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Prelude to Agony
† 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

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Matthew 26:36- Mark 14:32-42 John 18:1-11

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… My soul is … he began to Shall I not drink the
overwhelmed deeply cup father has
with sorrow to distressed & given me?...11
point of troubled….33
death….38
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

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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)

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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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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 Neurons
Motor Neurons
Sensory Neurons: It carries the message
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relates to Pain, Temperature,
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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
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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–
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Contrast
Cup which He denied to drink:
Jesus staggered in Gethsemane as Contd . . . into the
he gazed
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
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tears, that we hear him crying out for deliverance. It
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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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