Garden Of Gethsemane
The garden of gethsemane near the foot of the mount of olives is named in the new testament as the place where jesus went with his disciples to pray the night before he was crucified.
Garden of gethsemane. גת שמנים romanized. The garden of gethsemane is a strikingly beautiful garden located at the foot of the mount of olives a visit here is a highlight of any trip to jerusalem s christian sites. The garden of gethsemane is an urban garden located next to the church of all nations in jerusalem.
Then jesus came with them to a place called gethsemane and said to his disciples sit here while i. Though the exact location of gethsemane cannot be. John 18 1 describes the area as over the ravine of the kidron once jesus and the disciples arrived jesus drew away peter james and john his core three followers.
The garden possibly an olive grove gethsemane means oil press sat on the side of the mount of olives. According to strong s exhaustive concordance of the bible gethsemane is translated. The garden is associated by oral tradition with the final days of jesus christ.
Mary magdalene in the centre background. Oil press is a garden at the foot of the mount of olives in jerusalem where according to the four gospels of the new testament jesus underwent the. 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.
With the passover meal complete jesus and his disciples left the borrowed room and went to the garden of gethsemane an olive grove in the kidron valley on the lower western slope of the mount of olives. The garden includes eight olive trees all of which were planted in the 12th century ce. Steeped in biblical history the garden of gethsemane is most famously known as the place where jesus went with his disciples to pray after the last supper on the eve of his crucifixion.
Garden of gethsemane with the church of all nations in the foreground and the russian church of st. According to the record in luke jesus despair in gethsemane was so deep that he sweat drops of blood luke 44 22 43. Jesus frequently went to gethsemane with his disciples to pray john 18 2.