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The Church of All Nations is visible in the background. Gethsemane (also spelled Gethsemani ) was the garden where, according to the Bible and Christian traditions, Jesus prayed the night before he was crucified . It is located in the city of Jerusalem by the foot of the Mount of Olives . Located by the garden is the Church of All Nations , also known as the Church of the Agony. The Garden of Gethsemane was a focal site for early Christian pilgrims. It was visited in 333 by the Pilgrim of Bordeaux . There were a number of olive trees planted around the area at the time (some biblical writings refer to Gethsemane as an olive press ). The garden today is filled with olive trees that might well be descendants of those from the time of Jesus. Andrea Mantegna 's Agony in the Garden , circa 1460. It depicts Jesus in the garden of Gethsemane The name 'Gethsemane' is given in the Greek of the Gospels ( Matthew 26:36 and Mark 14:32) as Γεθσημανι (Gethsêmani). This represents the Aramaic 'Gath-Šmânê', meaning 'the oil press' or 'oil vat' (referring to olive oil).1
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"oil press") is a garden at the foot of the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem most famous as the place where Jesus and his disciples prayed the night before Jesus' crucifixion .
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"oil press") is a garden at the foot of the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem , most famous as the place where Jesus prayed and his disciples slept the night before Jesus' crucifixion .
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It 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.
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Garden by Jerusalem's Mount of Olives For other uses, see Gethsemane (disambiguation) . 31°46′46″N 35°14′25″E  /  31.779402°N 35.240197°E  / 31.779402; 35.240197 Garden of Gethsemane Gethsemane ( / ɡ ɛ θ ˈ s ɛ m ə n i / ) is a garden at the foot of the Mount of Olives in 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 . It 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. gheth- SEM -ə-nee ; ; ; )
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Garden by Jerusalem's Mount of Olives For other uses, see Gethsemane (disambiguation) . 31°46′46″N 35°14′25″E  /  31.779402°N 35.240197°E  / 31.779402; 35.240197 One of four adjacent olive groves near the foot of the Mount of Olives, traditionally considered to be Gethsemane Gethsemane ( / ɡ ɛ θ ˈ s ɛ m ə n i / gheth- SEM -ə-nee ) is a garden 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. There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or templates on this page, but the references will not show without a template or template (see the help page ).
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garden at the foot of the mount of olives in jerusalem where
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garden as well as a courtyard at the foot of the mount of olives in east jerusalem
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