When Jesus had spoken these words, he went out with his disciples over the brook Kidron, where there was a garden, into which he and his disciples entered.
Parallel translations
- KJV When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Cedron, where was a garden, into the which he entered, and his disciples.
- BSB After Jesus had spoken these words, He went out with His disciples across the Kidron Valley, where they entered a garden.
- NKJV When Jesus had spoken these words, He went out with His disciples over the Brook Kidron, where there was a garden, which He and His disciples entered.
- NASB When Jesus had spoken these words, He went away with His disciples across the ravine of the Kidron, where there was a garden which He entered with His disciples.
- NLT After saying these things, Jesus crossed the Kidron Valley with his disciples and entered a grove of olive trees.
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After his prayer, Jesus crosses the Kidron valley with his disciples and enters a garden. This sets the scene for his betrayal and arrest.
Overview
John transitions from the upper-room discourse and prayer to the passion narrative. The garden across the Kidron is Gethsemane (named in the other Gospels). Crossing the Kidron may recall David's flight from Absalom (2 Samuel 15:23), evoking the sorrow of a betrayed king. Here Jesus deliberately goes to the place where he will be handed over, showing his willing obedience to the Father's plan.
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- 2 Sam 15:23All the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people passed over. The king also himself passed over the brook Kidron, and all the people passed over, toward the way of the wilderness.
- Matt 26:36Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and said to his disciples, “Sit here, while I go there and pray.”
- Mark 14:32They came to a place which was named Gethsemane. He said to his disciples, “Sit here, while I pray.”
- John 18:26One of the servants of the high priest, being a relative of him whose ear Peter had cut off, said, “Didn’t I see you in the garden with him?”
- Luke 22:39–40He came out, and went, as his custom was, to the Mount of Olives. His disciples also followed him.
- 2 Kgs 23:12The king broke down the altars that were on the roof of the upper room of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of Yahweh’s house, and beat them down from there, and cast their dust into the brook Kidron.
- 1 Kgs 15:13He also removed Maacah his mother from being queen, because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah. Asa cut down her image and burned it at the brook Kidron.
- John 14:31But that the world may know that I love the Father, and as the Father commanded me, even so I do. Arise, let us go from here.
- Jer 31:40The whole valley of the dead bodies and of the ashes, and all the fields to the brook Kidron, to the corner of the horse gate toward the east, shall be holy to Yahweh; it shall not be plucked up, nor thrown down any more forever.”
- Gen 3:23Therefore Yahweh God sent him out from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken.
- 2 Kgs 23:6He brought out the Asherah from Yahweh’s house, outside of Jerusalem, to the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and beat it to dust, and cast its dust on the graves of the common people.
- 2 Chr 15:16Also Maacah, the mother of Asa the king, he removed from being queen, because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah; so Asa cut down her image, ground it into dust, and burned it at the brook Kidron.
- 2 Chr 30:14They arose and took away the altars that were in Jerusalem, and they took away all the altars for incense and threw them into the brook Kidron.
- John 13:31–35When he had gone out, Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man has been glorified, and God has been glorified in him.
- John 14:1–17“Don’t let your heart be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in me.
- Matt 26:30When they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
- Mark 14:26When they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
- Gen 2:15Yahweh God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.
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