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The Garden of Gethsemane is one of Jerusalem’s most sacred and moving sites. Beneath ancient olive trees, some over a thousand years old, the air still holds the weight of that night of deep prayer and surrender. "Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane (Hebrew for ‘oil press’) and said to His disciples, ‘Sit here while I go over there and pray." (Matthew 26:36) #HolyLand #Pilgrimage #Jerusalem #GardenofGethsemane | Spirit of the Holy Land

The Garden of Gethsemane narrative @ Matthew 26 36 Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder. 37 And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy. 38 Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me. 39 And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible,