Gethsemane
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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
Gethsemane

a very fat or plentiful vale

Smith's Bible Dictionary
Gethsemane

(an oil-press), a small "farm," (Matthew 26:36; Mark 14:32) situated across the brook Kedron (John 18:1) probably at the foot of Mount Olivet, (Luke 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 it, to which the olive, fig and pomegranate doubtless invited resort by their hospitable shade. And we know from the evangelists (Luke 22:39) And (John 18:2) that our Lord ofttimes resorted thither with his disciples. But Gethsemane has not come down to us as a scene of mirth; its inexhaustible associations are the offspring of a single event--the agony of the Son of God on the evening preceding his passion. A garden, with eight venerable olive trees, and a grotto to the north detached from it, and in closer connection with the church of the sepulchre of the Virgin, are pointed out as the Gethsemane. Against the contemporary antiquity of the olive trees it has been urged that Titus cut down all the trees about Jerusalem. The probability would seem to be that they were planted by Christian hands to mark the spot unless, like the sacred olive of the Acropolis, they may have reproduced themselves.

ATS Bible Dictionary
Gethsemane

Oil-press, a garden or grove in the valley at the foot of the Mount of Olives, over against Jerusalem, to which our Savior sometimes retired, and in which he endured his agony, and was betrayed by Judas, Matthew 26:36-57. Early tradition locates Gethsemane near the base of Mount Olivet, beyond the brook Kidron. The place now enclosed by a low stone wall may be but a part of the original "garden." It is about fifty-two yards square, and contains eight aged olive-trees, whose roots in many places project above the ground and are protected by heaps of stones. Here, or at most not far off, the Savior endured that unspeakable "agony and bloody sweat" so nearly connected with his expiatory death; and here in deep submission he mingled and closed his prayers for relief with their cry, "Nevertheless, not my will, but thine, be done." From this garden he could readily see the crowd of men "with lanterns and torches" emerging from the city gate, and hastening, under the guidance of Judas, to seize him. It is the spot which the Christian visitor at Jerusalem first seeks out, and where he lingers longest and last ere he turns homeward. A recent traveler, Professor Hackett, passing by Gethsemane one day, saw a shepherd in the act of shearing a sheep. The animal lay on the ground, with its feet tied, the man's knee pressed rudely against its side, while it seemed as if every movement of the shears would lacerate its flesh; yet during the whole, it struggled not and opened not its mouth-a touching memento, upon that sacred spot, of the Lamb of God, Isaiah 53:7.

Easton's Bible Dictionary
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 modern European flower-garden. It contains eight venerable olive-trees, the age of which cannot, however, be determined. The exact site of Gethsemane is still in question. Dr. Thomson (The Land and the Book) says: "When I first came to Jerusalem, and for many years afterward, this plot of ground was open to all whenever they chose to come and meditate beneath its very old olivetrees. The Latins, however, have within the last few years succeeded in gaining sole possession, and have built a high wall around it...The Greeks have invented another site a little to the north of it...My own impression is that both are wrong. The position is too near the city, and so close to what must have always been the great thoroughfare eastward, that our Lord would scarcely have selected it for retirement on that dangerous and dismal night...I am inclined to place the garden in the secluded vale several hundred yards to the north-east of the present Gethsemane."
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
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 (Matthew 26:36 Mark 14:32) as a place (chorion), margin "enclosed piece of ground," to which Jesus and the disciples retired after the last supper; in John 18:1 it is described as a "garden" (kepos), while Luke (22:40) simply says "place" (topos). From John 18:1 it is evident that it was across the Kidron, and from Luke 22:39, that it was on the Mount of Olives. Very possibly (Luke 21:37; Luke 22:39) it was a spot where Jesus habitually lodged when visiting Jerusalem. The owner-whom conjecture suggests as Mary the mother of Mark-must have given Jesus and His disciples special right of entry to the spot.

Tradition, dating from the 4th century, has fixed on a place some 50 yds. East of the bridge across the Kidron as the site. In this walled-in enclosure once of greater extent, now primly laid out with garden beds, by the owners-the Franciscans-are eight old olive trees supposed to date from the time of our Lord. They are certainly old, they appeared venerable to the traveler Maundrell more than two centuries ago, but that they go back to the time claimed is impossible, for Josephus states (BJ, VI, i, 1) that Titus cut down all the trees in the neighborhood of Jerusalem at the time of the siege. Some 100 yards farther North is the "Grotto of the Agony," a cave or cistern supposed to be the spot "about a stone's cast" to which our Lord retired (Luke 22:41). The Greeks have a rival garden in the neighborhood, and a little higher up the hill is a large Russian church. The traditional site may be somewhere near the correct one, though one would think too near the public road for retirement, but the contours of the hill slopes must have so much changed their forms in the troubled times of the first and second centuries, and the loose stone walls of such enclosures are of so temporary a character, that it is impossible that the site is exact. Sentiment, repelled by the artificiality of the modern garden, tempts the visitor to look for a more suitable and less artificial spot farther up the valley. There is today a secluded olive grove with a ruined modern olive press amid the trees a half-mile or so farther up the Kidron Valley, which must far more resemble the original Gethsemane than the orthodox site.

E. W. G. Masterman

Greek
1068. Gethsemani -- Gethsemane, an olive orchard on the Mt. of ...
... Gethsemani. 1069 . Gethsemane, an olive orchard on the Mt. ... Word Origin of Hebrew
origin gath and shemen Definition Gethsemane, an olive orchard on the Mt. ...
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Library

Gethsemane
... VOLUME II: ST. LUKE Chaps. XIII to XXIV GETHSEMANE. 'And He came out, and went,
as He was wont, to the mount of Olives; and His disciples also followed Him.40. ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions of holy scripture e/gethsemane.htm

In the Garden of Gethsemane
... ILLUSTRATIONS: IN THE GARDEN OF GETHSEMANE. Then cometh Jesus with them unto
a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples ...
/.../newton/the life of jesus christ for the young/in the garden of gethsemane.htm

Gethsemane, the Oil-Press
... D.; ST. MATTHEW Chaps. XVIII to XXVIII GETHSEMANE, THE OIL-PRESS. ... Gethsemane is robbed
of its pathos and nobleness if that be all. But it was not all. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture b/gethsemane the oil-press.htm

Gethsemane
... The DESIRE of AGES Chapter 74 Gethsemane. ... In company with His disciples, the
Saviour slowly made His way to the garden of Gethsemane. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/white/the desire of ages/chapter 74 gethsemane.htm

Gethsemane
... CHAPTER XII. GETHSEMANE. (Matthew 26:30-56; Mark 14:26-52; Luke 22:31-53; John
18:1-11.) ... They had now reached the entrance of Gethsemane. ...
/.../edersheim/the life and times of jesus the messiah/chapter xii gethsemane.htm

Christ in Gethsemane.
... CHRIST; HIS CHARACTER AND OFFICES. 228. " Christ in Gethsemane. 228. LM
WB Tappan. Christ in Gethsemane. 1 'T is midnight; and ...
/.../adams/hymns for christian devotion/228 christ in gethsemane.htm

The Agony in Gethsemane.
... CHRIST; HIS CHARACTER AND OFFICES. 226. " The Agony in Gethsemane. 226.
CHM Hemans. The Agony in Gethsemane. 1 He knelt; the ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/adams/hymns for christian devotion/226 the agony in.htm

Gethsemane
... Gethsemane. A Sermon (No.493). Delivered ... 44. FEW HAD FELLOWSHIP with the sorrows
of Gethsemane. The majority of the disciples were not there. ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 9 1863/gethsemane.htm

March the Twenty-Fourth in Gethsemane
... MARCH The Twenty-fourth IN GETHSEMANE. LUKE xxii.39-46. ... No one can remain
in Gethsemane and retain a frivolous and flippant spirit. ...
/.../march the twenty-fourth in gethsemane.htm

C. The Agony in Gethsemane. Ch. 22:39-46
... CHS. 22 TO 24 C. The Agony In Gethsemane. Ch. ... He had come to Gethsemane that he might
be alone with God. He had exhorted his disciples to follow his example. ...
/.../erdman/the gospel of luke an exposition/c the agony in gethsemane.htm

Thesaurus
Gethsemane (2 Occurrences)
... The plot of ground pointed out as Gethsemane is now surrounded by a wall, and
is laid out as a modern European flower-garden. ...GETHSEMANE. ...
/g/gethsemane.htm - 11k

Agony (20 Occurrences)
... time present. It is only used in the New Testament by Luke (22:44) to describe
our Lord's fearful struggle in Gethsemane. The verb ...
/a/agony.htm - 18k

Gethsem'ane (2 Occurrences)
Gethsem'ane. Gethsemane, Gethsem'ane. Gets . Multi-Version Concordance
Gethsem'ane (2 Occurrences). ... Gethsemane, Gethsem'ane. Gets . Reference Bible.
/g/gethsem'ane.htm - 6k

Prayers (99 Occurrences)
... Christ's Doctrine of Prayer: Sacredness, Importunity, Conditions 3. Prayers Offered
by Christ (1) The High-priestly Prayer (2) The Prayer in Gethsemane (3) The ...
/p/prayers.htm - 51k

Malchus (1 Occurrence)
... priest Caiaphas. He is mentioned only by John. Peter cut off his right
ear in the garden of Gethsemane (John 18:10). But our Lord ...
/m/malchus.htm - 8k

Adoration
... It was practiced in the worship of Yahweh (Genesis 17:3 Numbers 16:45 Matthew
26:39, Jesus in Gethsemane; Revelation 1:17), and of idols (2 Kings 5:18 Daniel ...
/a/adoration.htm - 20k

Sweat (3 Occurrences)
... BLOODY SWEAT. (swet hosei thromboi haimatos): Described in Luke 22:44 as a physical
accompaniment of our Lord's agony at Gethsemane (on the passage, which is ...
/s/sweat.htm - 14k

Named (428 Occurrences)
... Matthew 26:36 Then comes Jesus with them to a place named Gethsemane, and says to
his disciples, Be seated here, while I go over there for prayer. (BBE). ...
/n/named.htm - 33k

Obedience (61 Occurrences)
... perfect be made perfect? Gethsemane, with which, indeed, Hebrews 5:8 is
directly related, presents the same problem. It finds its ...
/o/obedience.htm - 43k

Sit (216 Occurrences)
... Matthew 26:36 Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and said to
his disciples, "Sit here, while I go there and pray." (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY ...
/s/sit.htm - 39k

Resources
What happened in the Garden of Gethsemane? | GotQuestions.org

Why did Jesus sweat blood in the Garden of Gethsemane? | GotQuestions.org

What does it mean that the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak? | GotQuestions.org

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Gethsemane (2 Occurrences)

Matthew 26:36
Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and said to his disciples, "Sit here, while I go there and pray."
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Mark 14:32
They came to a place which was named Gethsemane. He said to his disciples, "Sit here, while I pray."
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

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Gethsemane

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