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Gethsemane (/ ɡ ɛ θ ˈ s ɛ m ə n i / gheth-SEM-ə-nee) [a] is a garden at the foot of the Mount of Olives in East Jerusalem, where, according to the four Gospels of the New Testament, Jesus Christ underwent the Agony in the Garden and was arrested before his crucifixion.
In Agony in the Garden, Jesus prays in the garden after the Last Supper while the disciples sleep and Judas leads the mob, by Andrea Mantegna c. 1460.. In Roman Catholic tradition, the Agony in the Garden is the first Sorrowful Mystery of the Rosary [8] and the First Station of the Scriptural Way of the Cross (second station in the Philippine version).
The four winged creatures symbolize, top to bottom, left to right: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Matthew the Evangelist, the author of the first gospel account, is symbolized by a winged man, or angel. Matthew's gospel starts with Joseph's genealogy from Abraham; it represents Jesus's incarnation, and so Christ's human nature. This signifies ...
Paintings which depict Jesus within Gethsemane, a garden at the foot of the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem. Pages in category "Paintings of Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.
The apostle Matthew appears under this name only in the Gospel according to Matthew: [31] he is shown seated at "a toll booth" where Jesus comes to fetch him; [notes 9] the Gospel according to Mark repeats the scene identically, but calls the character "Levi" (as does the Gospel according to Luke [32]) and specifies that he is "the son of ...
Gethsemane: Immediately after the Last Supper, Jesus and his disciples go to the garden at Gethsemane, the location of his agony in the garden and his arrest. [50] Jericho: The healing the blind Bartimaeus occurs near Jericho. [51] Mount of Olives: This mountain appears in several New Testament passaages, and the Olivet Discourse is named after it.
Each Gospel of the Four Evangelists, the books of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, may be prefaced by a portrait of the Evangelist, usually occupying a full page. Their symbols may be shown with them, or separately. Often they are the only figurative illumination in the manuscript. They are a common feature in larger Gospel Books from the ...
In Luke's (Luke 4:1–13) and Matthew's (Matthew 4:1–11) accounts, the order of the three temptations differ; no explanation as to why the order differs has been generally accepted. Matthew, Luke and Mark make clear that the Spirit has led Jesus into the desert. Fasting traditionally presaged a great spiritual struggle. [26]