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How did Judas know where Jesus would be? Possibly because Jesus often took the disciples to the Garden of
Gethsemane. Luke 22:39 says it was Jesus' "custom." John 18:2 says, "Now Judas also, who was betraying Him, knew the place; for Jesus had often met there with His disciples."
How did the authors of the Gospels know what Jesus prayed when the three nearest were sleeping? The Bible doesn't say. Either Jesus told them after the resurrection, or the Holy Spirit informed them.
Why, besides the obvious, was Jesus so agonized if He'd known all along this was coming? The scourging ripped His skin off. The thorns on the crown were inches long, sending blood pouring from His scalp. And the hours on the cross were nothing but torture. But Jesus was silent during the torture. It was the removal of God's presence and love that sent Him reeling. Jesus did not question the physical pain, but when the Second Member of the Trinity was removed from communion with the other members, He cried, "Father, why have You forsaken Me?"
Why did the soldiers fall back when Jesus said, "I am He"? Bible versions add the "He" for clarification, but what Jesus actually said was "I AM." This is the name of God (Exodus 3:14). Jesus revealed Himself as God. Faced with the name— the power and identity—the guards fell in fear of His glory.
In ancient Israel, the chosen ones—priests, prophets, and kings—were anointed with olive oil. Jesus was anointed with sweat in an olive grove. It is fitting that Jesus, our Prophet, Priest, and King was in the Garden of Gethsemane—an olive grove—as He began His fulfillment of His role of Messiah, the Anointed One.
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