Quotes about Agony

Then He said to them, “My soul is consumed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with Me.”

Then they spit in His face and struck Him. Others slapped Him

Going a little farther, He fell to the ground and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour would pass from Him.

So he cried out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue. For I am in agony in this fire.’

But Abraham answered, ‘Child, remember that during your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things. But now he is comforted here, while you are in agony.

And in His anguish, He prayed more earnestly, and His sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground.

The men who were holding Jesus began to mock Him and beat Him.

But God raised Him from the dead, releasing Him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for Him to be held in its clutches.

She was pregnant and crying out in the pain and agony of giving birth.

She was dazzling-- alight; it was agony to comprehend her beauty in a glance.

There is a sermon in the fact that the gates are pearl. [Because] heaven is entered through suffering and travail, through redemption and blood, through the agony of the cross. A pearl is a jewel made by a little animal that is wounded. Without the wound, the pearl is never formed.

Those who observe suffering are tempted to reject God; those who experience it often cannot give up on God, their solace and their agony." The presence of so many in church on a wintry night proved his point. "You can protest against the evil in the world only if you believe in a good God," Volf also said. "Otherwise the protest doesn't make sense.