What does it mean that Jesus sweated blood?  Full Question  I'm
trying to understand the Passion of Our Lord better. What does
it mean that Jesus sweated blood?   There is a known medical
condition known as hematidrosis in which a person has blood or
blood pigments present in his sweat. This happens when ruptures
in the skin occur that allow blood or blood pigment to move from
the capillaries into the sweat glands.  On the literal level, it
would seem that Jesus, suffering the extreme stress of the Agony
in the Garden, began to suffer from hematidrosis. On the
spiritual level, this event foreshadows the shedding of his
blood for us on the cross.  On the apologetic level, the
recording of this detail reveals Luke as the careful
investigator and historian that he was. Hematidrosis is rare
enough that--given the state of medical knowledge at the time--
Luke (who was a doctor) may not have known about it, and so he
recorded the detail. Though even if he did know about the
condition, it still reveals his careful re