Garden of Gethsemane

"Oil press." The scene of Jesus' agony and betrayal after the Last Supper. It is an olive grove, situated at the foot of Olivet (the Mount of Olives), just outside Jerusalem, to which Jesus was wont to retire with his disciples.

From Aramaic Gaṯ-Šmānê, "oil press."

References

Source

  • John 18:1; Luke 22:39, 44; Mark 14:32; Matt. 26:36-46.