Gethsemane

thumb|upright=1.5|One of four adjacent olive Grove (nature)|groves near the foot of the Mount of Olives, traditionally considered to be Gethsemane Gethsemane ( ) is a garden as well as a courtyard at the foot of the Mount of Olives in East Jerusalem, where, according to the four Gospels of the New Testament, Jesus Christ underwent the Agony in the Garden and was arrested before his crucifixion. The garden is a place of great resonance in Christianity. There are several small olive groves in church property, all adjacent to each other and identified with biblical Gethsemane.

kiss by which Judas Iscariot identified and betrayed Jesus Christ

pivotal event recorded in the canonical gospels

church

episode from the life of Jesus Christ

oratorio composed by Ludwig van Beethoven, libretto by Franz Xaver Huber

Gospel according to Mark, chapter 14

Gospel according to Matthew, chapter 26

Gospel according to John, chapter 18

Christian relic

sculpture by Pericle Fazzini

figure mentioned in the Gospel of Mark, after the arrest of Jesus in Gethsemane: “a certain young man followed [Jesus], wearing nothing but a linen cloth; and they seized him, but he left the linen cloth and ran away naked” (Mk 14:51–52)

poetric texts written by Hallgrímur Pétursson