[Luke 22:44] And his sweat
became like drops of blood, falling down on the ground. Let no one impute
this sweat to weakness, because it is also contrary to nature to sweat
blood. It does not support the heresy of weakness, but the sweat of blood
establishes the reality of Christ’s body against the heresy which claims that
it was only an apparent body. But rather, by the earth watered and
sanctified by Christ’s blood, one may understand that it was declared—not to
Christ, who knew it, but openly to us—that he already achieved the purpose of
his prayer, namely that he should cleanse by his blood the faith of the
disciples that earthly weakness still accused; and whatever stumbling block
that weakness endured because of his death, he himself destroyed it all by
dying. On the contrary, by his innocent death he restored to heavenly life the
whole world that was dead far and wide from sins. (Bede, Commentary on the
Gospel of Luke [trans. Calvin B. Kendall and Faith Wallis; Translated Texts
for Historians 85; Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2025], 600)
To Support this Blog:
Email for Amazon Gift card: ScripturalMormonism@gmail.com
Email for Logos.com Gift Card: IrishLDS87@gmail.com
