The Mount of Olives
Scripture first
Loading the passage…
Jesus goes, as was his custom, to the of Olives, and prays in agony on the night he was betrayed.
The of Olives looks down on mount across the Kidron valley. David crossed it in flight; Jesus crossed it daily in his last week, wept over the city from its slope, prayed in Gethsemane at its foot, and ascended from it.
The ridge east of Jerusalem across the Kidron: David's flight, Jesus' prayers and tears, the ascension, and the promised return.
- the Mount of Olives, Olivet, the mount facing Jerusalem on the east
- The Mount of Olives · Palestine
From the ridge the whole court lies in view. Jesus' lament over Jerusalem and his prophecy of its fall were spoken looking straight at what he described.
- Luke 22:39-44 Jesus goes, as was his custom, to the Mount of Olives, and prays in agony on the night he was betrayed.
- 2 Samuel 15:30 David ascends the Mount of Olives weeping, fleeing Absalom
- Zechariah 14:4 On that day his feet shall stand on the Mount of Olives
- Matthew 24:3 The Olivet discourse on the end of the age
- Acts 1:9-12 The ascension, and the return to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet
What we know
Certain
- The ridge east of the city across the Kidron is securely identified and matches every Gospel description.