Gethsemane

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.

This map is not copyrighted — free to reuse. Base geometry © Natural Earth (public domain); locations from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) Open in the map explorer →

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

View on the place connections graph →