Site
Gethsemane
Also called Garden of Gethsemane
Traditional site. Located by long-standing tradition rather than firm evidence.
- Ancient name
- Gethsemane
- Modern location
- Garden of Gethsemane, beside the Church of All Nations · Jerusalem
- Location
- Traditional site
Editorial summary
Jesus prayed here after the Last Supper and was arrested when Judas arrived with an armed crowd.
What happened here
1Prayer and arrest in Gethsemane
After the supper Jesus went to Gethsemane and prayed in deep distress while Peter, James and John slept. Judas arrived with an armed crowd and identified him with a kiss, and the disciples fled.
People here
5On these journeys
Scripture
Nearby in the atlas
Location certainty
Matthew and Mark name Gethsemane after Jesus went out to the Mount of Olives; John describes a garden across the Kidron. The garden shown is the traditional site.
- Coordinates
- 31.7794° N, 35.2394° E