An angel (αγγελος). The angels visited Jesus at the close of the three temptations at the beginning of his ministry ([Reference Ma…

Strengthening him. His human nature, to sustain the great burden that was upon his soul. Some have supposed from this that he was not divi…

There appeared an angel to him from heaven. This and the following verses are omitted by many of the best MSS., but the b…

And he was withdrawn from them about a stone's cast, and kneeled down, and prayed, saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me:…

Theophylact of Ohrid: To make the power of prayer known to us, so that we may use it in adversity, our Lord is comforted by…

Luke has already mentioned angels many times—in the Nativity narrative and elsewhere, e.g., 9:26; 12:8–9; 15:10; 16:22. So the appearance of an ang…

And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven
Whether this was Michael the archangel, as some have conjectured, o…

Every description that the evangelists give of the state of mind in which our Lord entered upon this conflict proves the tremendous nature of the a…