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On the lower slopes of Olivet, in the Garden of Gethsemane (see GETHSEMANE), Jesus endured His agony, the betrayal and arrest, while upon one of its higher points-not, as tradition has it, on the inhabited highest summit, but on the secluded eastern slopes "over against Bethany" (Luke 24:50-52)-He took leave of His disciples (compare Acts 1:12).
After the Supper, Jesus and the disciples descended to the Kidron valley (4), to Gethsemane (the ‘Oil Press’) at the foot of the Mount of Olives. There he was arrested by a crowd armed with swords and clubs, led by Judas lscariot, one of the Twelve.
Apr 24, 2024 · Mount of Olives is a multi-summit limestone ridge east of the Old City of Jerusalem and separated from it by the Kidron Valley. It is holy to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam for messianic and eschatological reasons. It is also the site of a large ancient Jewish burial ground.
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Jan 2, 2015 · Mk 14:26-31 Immediately after finishing supper, Jesus and his disciples leave the Old City and cross the Kidron Valley heading towards the Mount of Olives (see 1 on Map 13). En route, Jesus tells the disciples that he will rise from the dead and go ahead of them to Galilee.
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Gethsemane, garden across the Kidron Valley on the Mount of Olives (Hebrew Har ha-Zetim), a ridge paralleling the eastern part of Jerusalem, where Jesus is said to have prayed on the night of his arrest before the Crucifixion. The name Gethsemane (Hebrew gat shemanim, “oil press”) suggests that the garden was a grove of olive trees in which was loc...
Jesus’ sorrowful time of prayer and subsequent betrayal and arrest in Gethsemane is described in all four Gospels (Matthew 26:36–56; Mark 14:32–50; Luke 22:39–53, and John 18:1–12), though the place is named only in the Gospel According to Matthew and the Gospel According to Mark. In the three Synoptic accounts, Jesus was deeply grieved and repeatedly prayed for God to “remove this cup from me” while also surrendering to God’s will. According to Luke, his despair was so profound that “his sweat became like great drops of blood,” and he was comforted by an angel (Luke 22:43–44). The three disciples who accompanied him—Peter, James, and John—repeatedly fell asleep despite his apparent anguish and his requests that they pray with him. All four Gospels describe Jesus’ arrest in Gethsemane by a crowd led by Judas Iscariot, one of his 12 disciples. Matthew, Mark, and Luke chronicle the infamous betrayal of Jesus by Judas with a kiss. Although one of his disciples lashed out at the crowd with a sword, Jesus rebuked this use of violence and went peaceably with his captors; Luke’s account conveys that Jesus healed the enslaved man who had been wounded by that sword (Luke 22:51).
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Though the exact location of Gethsemane cannot be determined with certainty, Armenian, Greek, Latin, and Russian churches have accepted an olive grove on the western slope of the Mount of Olives as the authentic site, which was so regarded by the empress St. Helena, mother of Constantine the Great (the first Christian emperor, early 4th century ce)...
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From John 18:1 it is evident that it was across the Kidron, and from Luke 22:39, that it was on the Mount of Olives. Very possibly ( Luke 21:37; Luke 22:39) it was a spot where Jesus habitually lodged when visiting Jerusalem.
Mar 21, 2024 · Saint John gives us some indication of the route Jesus followed to Gethsemane. Jesus and his disciples had to cross the Kidron Valley—which runs between the hill upon which Jerusalem is built and the Mount of Olives. To get there, there were several options for Jesus and his disciples.
