Gethsemane

Name means “a very fat or plentiful vale”Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary: “Gethsemane, a very fat or plentiful vale”

First named: Matthew 26:36

Site Canaan Israel Gospels

Traditional identification: A garden on the Mount of Olives; several nearby sites are traditionally proposed as the exact location, none confirmed.

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The garden where Jesus prayed in anguish the night before His crucifixion, was betrayed by Judas with a kiss, and where Peter cut off the ear of the high priest's servant Malchus before Jesus healed it (Matthew 26:36-56; John 18:1-11).

References: Matthew 26:36

People connected to Gethsemane

Malchus (M) — the high priest's servant whose severed ear Jesus healed at the arrest here
John 18:10
the young man who fled naked — was following Jesus when He was arrested here, and ran off leaving his linen garment behind
Mark 14:51-52

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