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Selected Verse: Luke 22:43 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Lu 22:43 |
King James |
And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
angel
(See Scofield) - (Heb 1:4). |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
There appeared (ὤφθη)
The word most commonly used in the New Testament of seeing visions. See Mat 17:3; Mar 9:4; Luk 1:11; Luk 22:43; Act 2:17; Act 7:35. The kindred noun ὀπτασία, wherever it occurs in the New Testament, means a vision. See Luk 1:2; Luk 24:23, etc.
Strengthening (ἐνισχύων)
Only here and Act 9:19. See on was not able, Luk 14:30; and cannot, Luk 16:3. Commonly intransitive; to prevail in or among. Used transitively only by Hippocrates and Luke. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Strengthening him - Lest his body should sink and die before the time. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| 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. See at the end of Luk 22:44 (note). |
4 Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.
3 Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed.
30 Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
19 And when he had received meat, he was strengthened. Then was Saul certain days with the disciples which were at Damascus.
23 And when they found not his body, they came, saying, that they had also seen a vision of angels, which said that he was alive.
2 Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word;
35 This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? the same did God send to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel which appeared to him in the bush.
17 And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:
43 And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him.
11 And there appeared unto him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of incense.
4 And there appeared unto them Elias with Moses: and they were talking with Jesus.
3 And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him.
44 And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.