Gethsemane
geth-sem'-a-ne (Gethsemanei (for other spellings and accents
see Thayer, under the word); probably from the Aramaic gath
shemanim, "oil press"): Mentioned (Mt 26:36; Mk 14:32) as a
place (chorion), margin "enclosed piece of ground," to which
Jesus and the disciples retired after the last supper; in Jn
18:1 it is described as a "garden" (kepos)...
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(A garden near Jerusalem)
-Jesus betrayed in
Mt 26:36-50; Mr 14:32-46; Lu 22:39-49; Joh 18:1,2...
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(an oil-press), a small "farm," Mt 26:36; Mr 14:32 situated
across the brook Kedron Joh 18:1 probably at the foot of
Mount Olivet, Lu 22:39 to the northwest and about one-half
or three quarters of a mile English from the walls of
Jerusalem, and 100 yards east of the bridge over the Kedron.
There was a "garden," or rather orchard, attached to i...
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oil-press, the name of an olive-yard at the foot of the
Mount of
Olives, to which Jesus was wont to retire (Luke
22:39) with his
disciples, and which is specially memorable as being
the scene
of his agony (Mark 14:32; John 18:1; Luke 22:44).
The plot of
ground pointed out as Gethsemane is now surrounded
by a wall,
and is laid out as a mod...
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("oil-press".) Beyond the brook Kedron at the foot of the
mount of Olives; where probably oil was made from the olives
of the adjoining hill (Luke 22:39; John 18:1). Called a
"place" or farm (choorion), Matthew 26:36, to which probably
the "garden" was attached. E. of Jerusalem, from the walls
of which it was half a mile distant. It was the fa...
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Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane,
and saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray
yonder....
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And they came to a place which was named Gethsemane: and he
saith to his disciples, Sit ye here, while I shall pray....
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