Gethsemane

Gethsemane (also Gethsemani and Gethsemane ) (from Hebrew גת שמנים Gat - Schmanim - Oil Press ) is a place where Jesus Christ prayed after Matthew, Mark and Luke's Gospel in the night before his crucifixion, before he betrayed by Judas Iscariot and was arrested by emissaries of the High Priest ( cf. Mt 26.36 to 56 EU, Mk 14.32-52 EU, Lk 22.39 to 46 EU). Gethsemane is at the foot of the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem. In the garden there is the Church of All Nations, also known as Church of All Nations and Church of All Nations.

Even in biblical times, the area was planted with olive trees. The Garden of Gethsemane was a popular destination among the early Christians. In the year 333 he was visited by the Pilgrim of Bordeaux.

Gethsemane in the literature

The traditional events in the Gospels in the Garden of Gethsemane were among others in the 19th century in literature. Addressed Annette von Droste- Jesus wrestling with his fate in their garden named after the ballad. In Detlev von Liliencron ballad legend, the loneliness of Christ is processed before the betrayal of Judas Iscariot. Rudyard Kipling in his poem deals with the topic of Gethsemane (1914-1918) in the context of the First World War.