Where was Jesus when he uttered his last prayer?
Synoptics: In the garden of Gethsemane ([Matt. xxvi, 36–39]; [Mark xiv, 32–36]; [Luke xxii, 39–42]).
John: In Jerusalem before he retired to the garden ([xvii], [xviii, 1]).
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What is said of his agony at Gethsemane?
Luke: “His sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground” ([xxii, 44]).
Whatever was the character of this so-called “bloody sweat,” it may be remarked that Matthew, who was an apostle; Mark, who is claimed to be the interpreter of Peter, an apostle who was with Jesus at the time; and John who was not only an apostle, but present also, do not refer to it. Luke, who was not an eye-witness—who was not an apostle—is the only one who mentions it.