Garden of Gethsemane

The Garden of Gethsemane, at the foot of the Mount of Olives. On the night of His betrayal our Lord left the city of Jerusalem and crossed through the Kidron Valley and into the Garden of

Gethsemane(Matt. 26:36; John 18:1). This was a favorite spot of Jesus and where he spent his last night.

The name "Gethsemane" is derived from the Hebrew words "Gat", which means "a place for pressing" and "Shemanim", which means "oils." the Garden of Gethsemane was where olives from the

Mount of Olives were pressed into oil. After the Last Supper, Jesus came to this garden with his disciples to pray and to let himself be arrested (John 18:2-12), thus setting in motion the events

that led to his crucifixion the next day.

There are eight olive trees in this garden that may be at least 2,000 - 3,000 years old. They still bear fruit. If they are not the actual trees in the area where Jesus prayed, then they could have been

young saplings when Jesus came here with the disciples on that night after the Last Supper (Matt. 26:36; Mark 14:32; John 18:1).