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80 THE MEDICAL LANGUAGE OF ST. LUKE. [pakt ii.
away again the second time, and prayed, saying, my
Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I
drink it, thy will be done. And he came and found them
asleep again : for their eyes tvere heavy (Jiaav yap avrujv ol
ocjiOaXiJioX (ieidapri^ivoi). And he left them, and went away
again, and prayed the third time, saying the same words.
Then cometh he to his disciples, and saith unto them. Sleep
on now, and take your rest : behold, the hour is at hand,
and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
Rise, let us be going : behold, he is at hand that doth
betray me."
St. Mark's (xiv. 33) description of the Agony is almost
identical with that of St. Matthew, except that instead of
XvirelaOca of Matthew, he uses t/c^ajUjSao-^of, "He began to be
sore mnazed," and KaTa(5apvv6iLUvoL instead of ^fjSaprjjutvot,
"their eyes were heavy. ^^
When, however, we turn to St. Luke's description of the
same scene, we find an account having all the
characteristics
of medical writing, and detailing in medical language the
prostration of strength {ayyeXog tvto-x^wv avrov) and the
outward and visible effects {Idptbg Mael Qp6p.^oi alfiaTog) on
his human frame of the inner anguish of our Lord.
Luke, xxii. 41-46 :
" And he was withdrawn from them
about a stone's cast, and kneeled down, and prayed, saying.
Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me : nevertheless
not my will, but thine be done. And there appeared
an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him {lviaxy(^v
avTov). And being in an agony (Iv ajwvia), he prayed more
earnestly : and his sweat (6 idptbg avrov) was as it were great
drops of blood {w(7h 9p6iuLl5oi alpuTog) falling doivn (icarajSaivovTic)
to the ground. And when he rose up from prayer,
and was come to his disciples, he found them sleeping for
sorrow {airo rfig Xvirrjg), and said unto them. Why sleep ye?
rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation."
* tinaxviiv. With respect to this word, it is remarkable
that, outside the LXX., its use in the transitive sense, " to