:TEXT: include verses 43 and 44: "·And there appeared to him an angel from heaven, strengthening him. ·And being in agony he started praying more earnestly; and his sweat became like great drops of blood falling down on the ground." : S*,b D K L X Delta Theta Pi Psi 0171 f1 565 700 892 1010 1241 Byz most lat vg syr(c,p,h,pal) some cop(north) (with asterisks) : KJV ASV RSV1 RSV2n NASV NIV NEB TEV RANK: CNOTES: omit verses 43 and 44 : p69vid p75 Sa A B T W some Lect one lat syr(s) most cop : ASVn RSV1n RSV2 NASVn NIVn NEBn TEVnOTHER: include verses 43 and 44 after Matthew 26:39 instead of here : f13 some Lect (also the first part of verse Luke 22:45) : Verses 43 and 44 are enclosed by double brackets in the UBS text, which means that the UBS Textual Committee felt that they were not originally written by Luke. The fact that they are quoted by second century writers such as Justin Martyr and Irenaeus and are found in the second century Diatessaron, an early harmony of the four gospels by Tatian, is proof that they are quite old. While it is possible that they might have been omitted by copyists who did not approve of verses that showed such human weakness of Jesus, the fact that they are missing from several early manuscripts of Luke would seem to indicate that they were not originally present. However, their age indicates that they may be regarded as true scripture which has come to find its place here in the canon.