“Blood Cometh from Every Pore So Great Shall Be His Anguish”

(2 Ne. 9:20-21; Mosiah 14:4; JST Luke 22:43-44; D&C 19:17-18; Jesus the Christ, Talmage, p. 613; Doctrines of Salvation, Smith, 1:130-131; 2:274-275; The Mortal Messiah, McConkie, 4:125).

“The Father withdrew His spirit from His Son, at the time he was to be crucified… . at the very moment, at the hour when the crisis came for him to offer up his life, the Father withdrew Himself, withdrew His Spirit, and cast a veil over him. That is what made him sweat blood [in Gethsemane]. If he had had the power of God upon him he would not have sweat blood… .” (Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses 3:206)

“We know that an angel came from the courts of glory to strengthen him in his [Christ’s] ordeal, and we suppose it was mighty Michael, [Adam] who foremost fell that mortal man might be. As near as we can judge, these infinite agonies—this suffering beyond compare—continued for some three or four hours.” (Bruce R. McConkie, Conference Report, Apr. 1985, p. 10)

“All of the anguish, all of the sorrow, and all of the suffering of Gethsemane recurred during the final three hours on the cross, the hours when darkness covered the land.” (Bruce R. McConkie, The Mortal Messiah, Vol. 4, footnotes, p. 232)

“This sacrifice … took place in Gethsemane when he sweat great gouts of blood from every pore … And it also took place as he hung on the cruel cross of Calvary. During the last three hours of that agonizing ordeal, while darkness overspread the land, all the pains and suffering of Gethsemane returned.” (Bruce R. McConkie, A New Witness for the Articles of Faith, p. 109)