1 Now the feast of unleavened bread, which [is] called the passover, drew nigh, 2 and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might kill him; for they feared the people. 3 And Satan entered into Judas, who was surnamed Iscariote, being of the number of the twelve. 4 And he went away and spoke with the chief priests and captains as to how he should deliver him up to them. 5 And they were rejoiced, and agreed to give him money. 6 And he came to an agreement to do it, and sought an opportunity to deliver him up to them away from the crowd. 7 And the day of unleavened bread came, in which the passover was to be killed. 8 And he sent Peter and John, saying, Go and prepare the passover for us, that we may eat [it]. 9 But they said to him, Where wilt thou that we prepare [it]? 10 And he said to them, Behold, as ye enter into the city a man will meet you, carrying an earthen pitcher of water; follow him into the house where he goes in; 11 and ye shall say to the master of the house, The Teacher says to thee, Where is the guest-chamber where I may eat the passover with my disciples? 12 And he will shew you a large upper room furnished: there make ready. 13 And having gone they found it as he had said to them; and they prepared the passover. 14 And when the hour was come, he placed himself at table, and the [twelve] apostles with him. 15 And he said to them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer. 16 For I say unto you, that I will not eat any more at all of it until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God. 17 And having received a cup, when he had given thanks he said, Take this and divide it among yourselves. 18 For I say unto you, that I will not drink at all of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God come. 19 And having taken a loaf, when he had given thanks, he broke [it], and gave [it] to them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me. 20 In like manner also the cup, after having supped, saying, This cup [is] the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you. 21 Moreover, behold, the hand of him that delivers me up [is] with me on the table; 22 and the Son of man indeed goes as it is determined, but woe unto that man by whom he is delivered up. 23 And they began to question together among themselves who then it could be of them who was about to do this. 24 And there was also a strife among them which of them should be held to be [the] greatest. 25 And he said to them, The kings of the nations rule over them, and they that exercise authority over them are called benefactors. 26 But ye [shall] not [be] thus; but let the greater among you be as the younger, and the leader as he that serves. 27 For which [is] greater, he that is at table or he that serves? [Is] not he that is at table? But I am in the midst of you as the one that serves. 28 But ye are they who have persevered with me in my temptations. 29 And I appoint unto you, as my Father has appointed unto me, a kingdom, 30 that ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel. 31 And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has demanded to have you, to sift [you] as wheat; 32 but I have besought for thee that thy faith fail not; and thou, when once thou hast been restored, confirm thy brethren. 33 And he said to him, Lord, with thee I am ready to go both to prison and to death. 34 And he said, I tell thee, Peter, [the] cock shall not crow to-day before that thou shalt thrice deny that thou knowest me. 35 And he said to them, When I sent you without purse and scrip and sandals, did ye lack anything? And they said, Nothing. 36 He said therefore to them, But now he that has a purse let him take [it], in like manner also a scrip, and he that has none let him sell his garment and buy a sword; 37 for I say unto you, that this that is written must yet be accomplished in me, And he was reckoned with [the] lawless: for also the things concerning me have an end. 38 And they said, Lord, behold here are two swords. And he said to them, It is enough. 39 And going forth he went according to his custom to the mount of Olives, and the disciples also followed him. 40 And when he was at the place he said to them, Pray that ye enter not into temptation. 41 And he was withdrawn from them about a stone's throw, and having knelt down he prayed, 42 saying, Father, if thou wilt remove this cup from me: — but then, not my will, but thine be done. 43◆ And an angel appeared to him from heaven strengthening him. 44◆ And being in conflict he prayed more intently. And his sweat became as great drops of blood, falling down upon the earth. 45 And rising up from his prayer, coming to the disciples, he found them sleeping from grief. 46 And he said to them, Why sleep ye? rise up and pray that ye enter not into temptation. 47 As he was yet speaking, behold, a crowd, and he that was called Judas, one of the twelve, went on before them, and drew near to Jesus to kiss him. 48 And Jesus said to him, Judas, deliverest thou up the Son of man with a kiss? 49 And they who were around him, seeing what was going to follow, said [to him], Lord, shall we smite with [the] sword? 50 And a certain one from among them smote the bondman of the high priest and took off his right ear. 51 And Jesus answering said, Suffer thus far; and having touched his ear, he healed him. 52 And Jesus said to the chief priests and captains of the temple and elders, who were come against him, Have ye come out as against a robber with swords and sticks? 53 When I was day by day with you in the temple ye did not stretch out your hands against me; but this is your hour and the power of darkness. 54 And having laid hold on him, they led him [away], and they led [him] into the house of the high priest. And Peter followed afar off. 55 And they having lit a fire in the midst of the court and sat down together, Peter sat among them. 56 And a certain maid, having seen him sitting by the light, and having fixed her eyes upon him, said, And this [man] was with him. 57 But he denied [him], saying, Woman, I do not know him. 58 And after a short time another seeing him said, And thou art of them. But Peter said, Man, I am not. 59 And after the lapse of about one hour another stoutly maintained it, saying, In truth this [man] also was with him, for also he is a Galilaean. 60 And Peter said, Man, I know not what thou sayest. And immediately, while he was yet speaking, [the] cock crew. 61 And the Lord, turning round, looked at Peter; and Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he said to him, Before [the] cock crow thou shalt deny me thrice. 62 And Peter, going forth without, wept bitterly. 63 And the men who held him mocked him, beating [him]; 64 and covering him up, asked him saying, Prophesy, who is it that struck thee? 65 And they said many other injurious things to him. 66 And when it was day, the elderhood of the people, both [the] chief priests and scribes, were gathered together, and led him into their council, saying, 67 If thou art the Christ, tell us. And he said to them, If I tell you, ye will not at all believe; 68 and if I should ask [you], ye would not answer me at all, nor let me go; 69 but henceforth shall the Son of man be sitting on the right hand of the power of God. 70 And they all said, Thou then art the Son of God? And he said to them, Ye say that I am. 71 And they said, What need have we any more of witness, for we have heard ourselves out of his mouth?
Luke 22 Darby Translation
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Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Exodus 12:6–23; Leviticus 23:5–6; Mark 14:1–2; Matthew 26:2–5; John 11:55–57
- 2 John 11:47–53; Matthew 12:14; Luke 19:47–48; Matthew 21:45–46; Luke 20:19
- 3 John 13:2; Mark 14:10–11; John 13:18; John 13:26–27; Psalm 55:12–14
- 4 Acts 5:24; Acts 4:1; Acts 5:26; Matthew 26:14; Mark 14:10–11
- 5 Zechariah 11:12–13; Matthew 26:15–16; Matthew 27:3–5; Acts 1:18; 1 Timothy 6:9–10
- 6 Matthew 26:5; Mark 14:2
- 7 Exodus 12:18; Mark 14:12–16; Exodus 12:6; 1 Corinthians 5:7; Luke 22:1
- 8 Mark 14:13–16; Acts 3:11; Acts 4:13; Luke 1:6; Acts 3:1
- 10 Acts 8:26–29; John 16:4; 1 Samuel 10:2–7; Matthew 26:18–19; Luke 19:29–40
- 11 John 11:28; Revelation 3:20; Luke 19:5; Luke 19:34; Matthew 21:3
- 12 Acts 1:13; Acts 16:14–15; Acts 20:8; John 2:25; John 21:17
- 13 Luke 21:33; Luke 19:32; Hebrews 11:8; John 2:5
- 14 Matthew 26:20; Mark 14:17; Deuteronomy 16:6–7; Mark 6:30
- 15 Luke 12:50; John 4:34; John 13:1; John 17:1
- 16 Luke 14:15; Revelation 19:9; Luke 22:30; 1 Corinthians 5:7–8; John 6:50–58
- 17 Psalm 116:13; Luke 22:19; 1 Timothy 4:4–5; Deuteronomy 8:10; Luke 9:16
- 18 Matthew 26:29; Isaiah 55:1; Luke 22:16; Mark 14:25; Luke 21:31
- 19 1 Corinthians 11:23–29; 1 Corinthians 10:16; Mark 14:22–24; Luke 22:20; Matthew 26:26–28
- 20 Matthew 26:28; 1 Corinthians 11:25; Zechariah 9:11; Exodus 24:8; Hebrews 13:20
- 21 Psalm 41:9; John 13:26; John 13:21–22; John 13:18–19; Mark 14:18–21
- 22 Acts 2:23; Psalm 109:6–15; Luke 24:25–27; Psalm 55:12–15; Luke 24:46
- 23 John 13:22–25; Matthew 26:22; Mark 14:19
- 24 Luke 9:46; Mark 9:34; Matthew 20:20–24; Mark 10:37–41; Philippians 2:3–5
- 25 Matthew 20:25–28; Mark 10:41–45
- 26 1 Peter 5:5; 1 Peter 5:3; Mark 9:35; Matthew 18:3–5; Matthew 23:8–12
- 27 Matthew 20:28; Luke 12:37; John 13:5–16; 2 Corinthians 8:9; Luke 17:7–9
- 28 Hebrews 4:15; Hebrews 2:18; Acts 1:25; Matthew 24:13; Matthew 19:28–29
- 29 Matthew 25:34; 2 Timothy 2:12; James 2:5; Matthew 24:47; Matthew 28:18
- 30 Matthew 19:28; Matthew 8:11; Revelation 2:26–27; Revelation 3:21; Luke 12:37
- 31 1 Peter 5:8; Zechariah 3:1; Job 1:6–12; Revelation 12:10; Job 2:1–6
- 32 John 21:15–17; 1 Peter 5:8–10; John 17:9–11; Romans 8:34; 2 Corinthians 1:4–6
- 33 Mark 14:31; Matthew 26:33–35; John 13:36–37; Mark 14:29; Matthew 20:22
- 34 John 13:38; Matthew 26:34; Mark 14:30; Mark 14:71–72; Matthew 26:74
- 35 Matthew 10:9–10; Luke 10:4; Luke 9:3; Psalm 37:3; Psalm 23:1
- 37 Isaiah 53:12; Luke 23:32; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Galatians 3:13; Acts 13:27–29
- 38 2 Corinthians 10:3–4; Matthew 26:52–54; Ephesians 6:10–18; Luke 22:49; 1 Thessalonians 5:8
- 39 Luke 21:37; Matthew 21:1; John 18:1–2; Mark 14:32–34; Matthew 26:30
- 40 Matthew 6:13; Luke 22:46; Matthew 26:36–46; 1 Peter 5:8–9; 2 Corinthians 12:7–10
- 41 Matthew 26:39; Mark 14:35; Luke 18:11
- 42 John 12:27–28; Matthew 26:39; Matthew 26:42; Mark 14:36; Psalm 40:8
- 43 Matthew 4:11; Psalm 91:11–12; Matthew 26:53; Hebrews 1:14; 1 Timothy 3:16
- 44 Lamentations 1:12; Hebrews 5:7; Psalm 22:12–21; Romans 8:32; Psalm 130:1–2
- 45 Mark 14:40–41; Matthew 26:43; Matthew 26:40; Mark 14:37
- 46 Luke 22:40; Jonah 1:6; Luke 21:34–36; Proverbs 6:4–11
- 47 Mark 14:41–50; Matthew 26:45–56; John 18:2–11; Mark 14:10; Luke 22:3–6
- 48 2 Samuel 20:9–10; Mark 14:44–46; Proverbs 27:6; Matthew 26:48–50; Psalm 55:21
- 49 Luke 22:38
- 50 John 18:10–11; Mark 14:47; Romans 12:19; Matthew 26:51–54; 2 Corinthians 10:4
- 51 Romans 12:21; 2 Corinthians 10:1; 1 Peter 2:21–23; John 17:12; John 18:8–9
- 52 Luke 22:4; Matthew 26:55; Acts 5:26; John 17:12; Mark 14:48–49
- 53 Ephesians 6:12; Acts 26:18; Colossians 1:13; John 16:20–22; John 12:27
- 54 Mark 14:53–54; Matthew 26:57–58; John 18:12–17; 2 Chronicles 32:31; John 18:24
- 55 Psalm 26:4–5; 2 Corinthians 6:15–17; Psalm 28:3; Matthew 26:69–75; Proverbs 9:6
- 56 John 18:17; Mark 14:6; Matthew 26:69; Mark 14:17; Mark 14:66–68
- 57 2 Timothy 2:10–12; 1 John 1:9; John 18:27; John 18:25; Matthew 10:33
- 58 Mark 14:69–70; Matthew 26:71–72; John 18:25
- 59 John 18:26–27; Matthew 26:73–74; Mark 14:69–70
- 60 John 18:27; Matthew 26:74–75; Mark 14:71–72; Luke 22:34
- 61 Luke 22:34; Isaiah 57:15–18; Ezekiel 36:31–32; Jeremiah 31:18–20; Ezekiel 16:63
- 62 1 Corinthians 10:12; Matthew 26:75; Ezekiel 7:16; Psalm 38:18; Psalm 130:1–4
- 63 John 18:22; Psalm 35:15–16; Matthew 26:59–68; Isaiah 49:7; Job 16:9–10
- 64 Judges 16:25; Judges 16:21
- 65 Acts 26:11; Matthew 27:39; 1 Timothy 1:13–14; Luke 12:10; Matthew 12:31–32
- 66 Matthew 27:1; Mark 15:1; Acts 22:5; Matthew 5:22; Acts 4:25–28
- 67 Mark 14:61–66; Matthew 26:63–68; Luke 16:31; John 5:39–47; John 12:37–43
- 68 Luke 20:41–44; Luke 20:3–7
- 69 Psalm 110:1; Daniel 7:13–14; Mark 16:19; Hebrews 1:3; Ephesians 1:20–23
- 70 Luke 23:3; John 18:37; Mark 15:2; Matthew 26:64; Matthew 27:11
- 71 Matthew 26:65–66; Mark 14:63–64
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Why does my Bible say something different?
- Luke 22:43–44: the angel and the sweat like drops of blood
In Gethsemane an angel strengthens Christ, and in his agony his sweat falls “as it were great drops of blood.” These two verses are missing from some of the most important early manuscripts but are present in others, and they were quoted by St Justin and St Irenaeus in the second century. The Orthodox Church reads them as part of Luke. Scholars are divided on whether Luke wrote them.
What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
For the apostles, in the memoirs composed by them, which are called Gospels, have thus delivered unto us what was enjoined upon them; that Jesus took bread, and when He had given thanks, said, "This do ye in remembrance of Me, this is My body;" and that, after the same manner, having taken the cup and given thanks, He said, …
… hard-heartedness of the Jews moved Him to sorrowful indignation, that He said, "I am glad for your sakes, to the intent ye may believe," that when about to raise Lazarus He even shed tears, that He earnestly desired to eat the passover with His disciples, that as His passion drew near His soul was sorrowful, these emotions are certainly not …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
Of this accordingly He quite speaks out to them afterwards, "Lacked ye anything, when I sent you naked and unshod?" He did not at once say, "Provide not," but when He had said, "Cleanse the lepers, cast out devils," then He said, "Provide nothing; freely ye have received, freely give;" by His way of ordering things consulting at once for …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
Hail, Master; yet he was betraying his Master to death; he was not abashed at His warning, when He said, Judas, betrayest than the Son of Man with a kiss?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
… explain why it is said in the Gospel by the Lord Himself to the disciples, "Behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat;" and He says to Peter, "But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not." And when they explain this to me, they explain to themselves at the same time …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)