Joh 18:1 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for John 18:1-40: 18:1-40 After completing his farewell in the upper room (13:31–17:26 ), Jesus left the city and entered a garden just east of Jerusalem to pray. Here he was arrested, taken under guard into the city, and interrogated by the Jewish leaders. The climactic “time” that Jesus referred to repeatedly throughout the Gospel (see 2:4 ; see also study note on 12:23) was now at hand. Summary for John 18:1-2: 18:1-2 Jesus crossed the Kidron Valley , a dry river valley (a wadi ) outside Jerusalem’s walls on the city’s east edge. • The Garden of Gethsemane (Mark 14:32 ) was a grove of olive trees that grew along the west shoulder of the Mount of Olives ( gath shemaney means “olive press” in Aramaic). Jesus liked this place and frequently prayed there (see John 8:1 ; Luke 21:37 ; 22:39 ).

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‏ John 18:1

Summary for John 18:1-40: 18:1-40 ^a After completing his farewell in the upper room (13:31–17:26 ^b), Jesus left the city and entered a garden just east of Jerusalem to pray. Here he was arrested, taken under guard into the city, and interrogated by the Jewish leaders. The climactic “time” that Jesus referred to repeatedly throughout the Gospel (see 2:4 ^c; see also study note on 12:23) was now at hand.
Summary for John 18:1-2: 18:1-2 ^d Jesus crossed the Kidron Valley, a dry river valley (a wadi ) outside Jerusalem’s walls on the city’s east edge.

• The Garden of Gethsemane (Mark 14:32 ^e) was a grove of olive trees that grew along the west shoulder of the Mount of Olives (gath shemaney means “olive press” in Aramaic). Jesus liked this place and frequently prayed there (see John 8:1 ^f; Luke 21:37 ^g; 22:39 ^h).