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Yes the word LIKE makes it a simile. IF the verse said his sweat WAS drops of blood then it could EITHER be interpreted as a metaphor OR literally (which is to say that his sweat was mixed in with blood as several physicians have documented in actual medical cases). The word LIKE statesmakes it a more comparative statement VS a more literal XOR open interpretation. (for those of you who have used the & OR function to Google things in the wee hours of the night:)

Yes the word LIKE makes it a simile. IF the verse said his sweat WAS drops of blood then it could EITHER be interpreted as a metaphor OR literally (which is that his sweat was mixed in with blood as several physicians have documented in actual medical cases). The word LIKE states a more comparative statement VS a more literal XOR open interpretation. (for those of you who have used the & OR function to Google things in the wee hours of the night)

Yes the word LIKE makes it a simile. IF the verse said his sweat WAS drops of blood then it could EITHER be interpreted as a metaphor OR literally (which is to say that his sweat was mixed in with blood as several physicians have documented in actual medical cases). The word LIKE makes it a more comparative statement VS a more literal XOR open interpretation. :)

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Erich Duft
Erich Duft
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Yes the word LIKE makes it a simile. IF the verse said his sweat WAS drops of blood then it could EITHER be interpreted as a metaphor OR literally (which is that his sweat was mixed in with blood as several physicians have documented in actual medical cases). The word LIKE states a more comparative statement VS a more literal XOR open interpretation. (for those of you who have used the & OR function to Google things in the wee hours of the night)