Luke 22:43

Literal Standard Version

And there appeared to Him a messenger from Heaven strengthening Him;

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then an angel from heaven appeared to him, strengthening him.

King James Version (1611)
And there appeared an Angel vnto him from heauen, strengthening him.

King James Version
And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him.

English Standard Version
And there appeared to him an angel from heaven, strengthening him.

New American Standard Bible
[Now an angel from heaven appeared to Him, strengthening Him.

New Century Version
Then an angel from heaven appeared to him to strengthen him.

Amplified Bible
Now an angel appeared to Him from heaven, strengthening Him.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Now an angel from heaven appeared to Him, strengthening Him.

Legacy Standard Bible
Now an angel from heaven appeared to Him, strengthening Him.

Berean Standard Bible
Then an angel from heaven appeared to Him and strengthened Him.

Contemporary English Version
Then an angel from heaven came to help him.

Complete Jewish Bible
There appeared to him an angel from heaven giving him strength,

Darby Translation
And an angel appeared to him from heaven strengthening him.

Easy-to-Read Version
Then an angel from heaven came to help him.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And there appeared an Angell vnto him from heauen, comforting him.

George Lamsa Translation
And there appeared to him an angel from heaven, to strengthen him.

Good News Translation
An angel from heaven appeared to him and strengthened him.

Lexham English Bible
[[And an angel from heaven appeared to him, strengthening him.

Literal Translation
And an angel from Heaven appeared to Him, strengthening Him.

American Standard Version
And there appeared unto him an angel from heaven, strengthening him.

Bible in Basic English
And an angel from heaven came to him, to give him strength.

Hebrew Names Version
An angel from heaven appeared to him, strengthening him.

International Standard Version
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Etheridge Translation
And an angel appeared to him from heaven, who strengthened him.

Murdock Translation
And there appeared to him an angel from heaven, who strengthened him.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And there appeared an angell vnto hym from heauen, comfortyng hym.

English Revised Version
And there appeared unto him an angel from heaven, strengthening him.

World English Bible
An angel from heaven appeared to him, strengthening him.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And there appeared to him an angel from heaven strengthening him.

Weymouth's New Testament
And there appeared to Him an angel from Heaven, strengthening Him;

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And an aungel apperide to hym fro heuene, and coumfortide hym. And he was maad in agonye, and preyede the lenger;

Webster's Bible Translation
And there appeared to him an angel from heaven, strengthening him.

New English Translation
[Then an angel from heaven appeared to him and strengthened him.

New King James Version
Then an angel appeared to Him from heaven, strengthening Him.

New Living Translation
Then an angel from heaven appeared and strengthened him.

New Life Bible
An angel from heaven came and gave Him strength.

New Revised Standard
[[Then an angel from heaven appeared to him and gave him strength.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

Douay-Rheims Bible
And there appeared to him an angel from heaven, strengthening him. And being in an agony, he prayed the longer.

Revised Standard Version
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Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And ther appered an angell vnto him from heaven confortinge him.

Young's Literal Translation
And there appeared to him a messenger from heaven strengthening him;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And there appeared vnto him an angell fro heauen, and conforted him.

Mace New Testament (1729)
then an angel from heaven appear'd to him, and comforted him.

Simplified Cowboy Version
Then an angel showed up and strengthened his body for what was to come.

Contextual Overview

³⁹And having gone forth, He went on, according to custom, to the Mount of Olives, and His disciples also followed Him, ⁴⁰and having come to the place, He said to them, "Pray to not enter into temptation." ⁴¹And He was withdrawn from them, as it were a stone's cast, and having fallen on the knees He was praying, ⁴²saying, "Father, if You are willing, remove this cup from Me, but not My will, but Yours be done." ⁴³And there appeared to Him a messenger from Heaven strengthening Him;⁴⁴and having been in agony, He was more earnestly praying, and His sweat became, as it were, great drops of blood falling on the ground. ⁴⁵And having risen up from the prayer, having come to the disciples, He found them sleeping from the sorrow, ⁴⁶and He said to them, "Why do you sleep? Having risen, pray that you may not enter into temptation."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

an: Luke 4:10, Luke 4:11, Psalms 91:11, Psalms 91:12, Matthew 4:6, Matthew 4:11, Matthew 26:53, 1 Timothy 3:16, Hebrews 1:6, Hebrews 1:14

strengthening: Luke 22:32, Deuteronomy 3:28, Job 4:3, Job 4:4, Daniel 10:16-19, Daniel 11:1, Acts 18:23, Hebrews 2:17

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 23:16 - strengthened Isaiah 35:3 - General Daniel 10:18 - he John 1:51 - and the 2 Corinthians 13:4 - he was

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven,.... Whether this was Michael the archangel, as some have conjectured, or Gabriel, or what particular angel, is not for us to know, nor is it of any importance: it is certain, it was a good angel: "an angel of God", as the Ethiopic version reads; since he came from heaven, and was one of the angels of heaven, sent by God on this occasion; and it is clear also, that he was in a visible form, and was seen by Christ, since he is said to appear to him:

strengthening him; under his present distress, against the terrors of Satan, and the fears of death, by assuring him of the divine favour, as man, and of the fulfilment of the promises to him to stand by him, assist, strengthen, and carry him through what was before him; and by observing to him the glory and honour he should be crowned with, after his sufferings and death, find the complete salvation of his people, which would be obtained hereby, and which was the joy set before him; and which animated him, as man, to bear the cross, and despise the shame with a brave and heroic Spirit. Now, though God the Father could have strengthened the human nature of Christ, without making use of an angel; and Christ could have strengthened it himself, by his divine nature, to which it was united; but the human nature was to be brought into so low a condition, and to be left to itself, as to stand in need of the assistance of an angel: and this shows not only the ministration of angels to Christ, as man, but that he was at this present time made a little lower than the angels, who was the Creator and Lord of them; as he afterwards more apparently was, through the sufferings of death.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the Matthew 26:30-46 notes; Mark 14:26-42 notes.

Luke 22:43

Strengthening him - His human nature, to sustain the great burden that was upon his soul. Some have supposed from this that he was not divine as well as human; for if he was “God,” how could an angel give any strength or comfort? and why did not the divine nature “alone” sustain the human? But the fact that he was “divine” does not affect the case at all. It might be asked with the same propriety, If he was, as all admit, the friend of God, and beloved of God, and holy, why, if he was a mere man, did not “God” sustain him alone, without an angel’s intervening? But the objection in neither case would have any force. The “man, Christ Jesus,” was suffering. His human nature was in agony, and it is the “manner” of God to sustain the afflicted by the intervention of others; nor was there any more “unfitness” in sustaining the human nature of his Son in this manner than any other sufferer.

Luke 22:44

In an agony - See this verse explained in the notes at Matthew 26:42-44.

Luke 22:45

Sleeping for sorrow - On account of the greatness of their sorrow. See the notes at Matthew 26:40.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 43. There appeared an angel - from heaven — It was as necessary that the fullest evidence should be given, not only of our Lord's Divinity, but also of his humanity: his miracles sufficiently attested the former; his hunger, weariness, and agony in the garden, as well as his death and burial, were proofs of the latter. As man, he needs the assistance of an angel to support his body, worn down by fatigue and suffering. Luke 22:44.