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    Gethsemane (/ ɡɛθˈsɛməni /) [a] is a garden at the foot of the Mount of Olives in East Jerusalem where, according to the four Gospels of the New Testament, Jesus Christ underwent the Agony in the Garden and was arrested before his crucifixion. It is a place of great resonance in Christianity.

  2. Matthew 26:36-46. King James Version. 36 Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder. 37 And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy.

  3. Mar 27, 2024 · What Is the Garden of Gethsemane? The Garden of Gethsemane was a place of great importance to Jesus, referred to in all four Gospels as a place where Christ retreated into deep prayer and a time of agony before His arrest and crucifixion, and near where He ascended to heaven in the Book of Acts.

  4. Gethsemane, garden across the Kidron Valley on the Mount of Olives, 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 suggests that the garden was a grove of olive trees in which was located an oil press.

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  5. Mar 9, 2023 · A garden of ancient olive trees stands there to this day. Jesus frequently went to Gethsemane with His disciples to pray (John 18:2). The most famous events at Gethsemane occurred on the night before His crucifixion when Jesus was betrayed.

  6. Jun 24, 2004 · While Matthew and Mark indicate three different times of prayer, with our Lord returning twice to awaken His disciples and urge them to pray, Luke refers to only two. The unique contribution of Luke to the account of the Lord’s prayer in Gethsemane is to be found in verses 43 and 44.

  7. The Garden of Gethsemane, the place where Jesus prayed and agonized about his passion, and where he was arrested after Judas betrayed him, sits outside of Jerusalem across a small valley. The Mount of Olives stretches as a ridgeline opposite the Temple; the garden was on this hillside (see it on a map here).

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