Did Jesus sweat blood or was it like blood?
The Blood of Jesus (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Hematidrosis, is when blood pressure becomes so high that the subject’s subcutaneous capillaries rupture and leak out the pores and tear ducts. Because of the causes of the condition— intense fear in the face of impending death—there are very few stories involving hematidrosis that have a happy ending. So, did Jesus experience hematidrosis? Maybe. Only Luke elucidates Christ ’s Gethsemane prayer with this detail: “And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly; and his sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground” (Luke 22:44). There are three objections to the hypothesis that Jesus actually sweated blood, each in its own genus: theological, syntactic, and textual. Welcome to the CSI part of a pastor’s sermon prep. The theological objection goes something like this: Jesus had no sin and thus was not vulnerable to the curse on sin in the same way we are. He couldn’t catch the flu, get a boil, or become near-sig