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What is the story of the Garden of Gethsemane the night Jesus was arrested?
The story of the Garden of Gethsemane can be found
in Matthew 26:36-56, Mark 14:32-52, Luke 22:39-53, and John 18. After the Last Supper in the Upper Room, after Judas left to notify the chief priests that Jesus would be vulnerable, Jesus led His remaining disciples to the Garden of Gethsemane. The garden, possibly an olive grove ("gethsemane" means "oil press"), sat on the side of the Mount of Olives. John 18:1 describes the area as "over the ravine of the Kidron."
Once Jesus and the disciples arrived, Jesus drew away Peter, James, and John—His core three followers. He asked them to stay with Him. "My soul is deeply grieved, to the point of death; remain here and keep watch with Me" (Matthew 26:38). He then went a little farther, fell to His face, and, in agony, asked God to find another way. His sweat fell like drops of blood; God sent an angel to comfort Him. We cannot know the depths of Jesus' sorrow at this time. While Jesus wept in anguish, Peter, James, and John fell asleep.
Jesus returned to the three and woke them up. "So, you men could not keep watch with Me for one hour? Keep watching and praying, that you may not enter into temptation; the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak" (Matthew 26:40-41). Again He prayed, humbly and actively submitting to the will of God. But filled with good food and wearied from an emotional night, the disciples fell asleep again.
Jesus rose. When He found them sleeping again, He let them be. He reiterated His distress of what He must do, as well as His willingness. Then He returned to His disciples and woke them, saying, "Arise, let us be going; behold, the one who
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