Gethsemane

The garden of agony

An olive grove at the foot of the Mount of Olives, where Jesus, on the eve of the cross, sweat like drops of blood and prayed: “not My will, but Yours be done.” There He was betrayed by Judas with a kiss and arrested.

Where to read in the Bible

• Matthew 26:36–56
• Luke 22:39–46

Connections

• linked to The agony in Gethsemane · stated in the text · Matthew 26:36
• linked to The arrest of Jesus · stated in the text · Matthew 26:47

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