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Gethsemane (
Greek Γεθσημανι,
Gethsēmani '
Hebrew:גת שמנים, from
Aramaic גת שמנא,
Gaṯ Šmānê, meaning 'oil press') was the garden where, according to the
New Testament and
Christian traditions,
Jesus and his disciples retreated to pray after the Last Supper, the night before he was
crucified (see
Atonement). According to
Luke, Jesus' anguish in Gethsemane was so deep that "his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground." Gethsemane was also where Christ was betrayed by the disciple
Judas Iscariot.
Furthermore
Orthodox tradition holds that Gethsemane is the place where the
Apostles buried the
Blessed Virgin Mary, after her
Dormition (see
Mary's Tomb).
The garden identified as Gethsemane is located at the foot of the
Mount of Olives, now within the city of
Jerusalem It would appear from this that there were a number of
olive trees planted around the area at the time. The
Gospel of Mark calls it
chorion, "a place" or "estate"; The
Gospel of John speaks of it as
kepos, a "garden" or "orchard".
The Garden of Gethsemane was a focal site for early Christian
pilgrims. It was visited in
333 by the anonymous "Pilgrim of Bordeaux", whose
Itinerarium Burdigalense is the earliest description left by a Christian traveler in the Holy Land. In his
Onomasticon, Eusebius of Caesarea notes the site of Gethsemane located "at the foot of the Mount of Olives", and he adds that "the faithful were accustomed to go there to pray".
Depictions of Gethsemane
Image:Agony in the Garden.jpg|Andrea Mantegna's Agony in the Garden, circa 1460, depicts Jesus in the garden of Gethsemane.
Image:Germany Ulm Gethsemane.jpg|Detail from Gothic-era depiction of scene at Gethsemane from Ulm Münster
Image:Berruguete-Pedro-Gethsemane.jpg|Gethsemane depicted by Pedro Berruguete
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