ACC ~ Matthew 26 v36

GETHSEMANE

JEROME: Gethsemane is interpreted as the “very fertile valley” where the Lord ordered his disciples to sit down and wait for him to return while he prayed alone for everyone. COMMENTARY ON MATTHEW 4.26.37. [1]

[1] CCL 77:253.

WHILE I PRAY

ORIGEN: Jesus brought his disciples from the upper room to a garden which was called Gethsemane because, after he was betrayed, he did not want to be arrested in the same place where he and his disciples had eaten the Passover. Even before he was betrayed, however, he thought it fitting to choose to pray in places devoted purely to prayer, for he knew that some locations are holier than others, as it is written: “The place where you are standing is holy ground.” [1] COMMENTARY ON MATTHEW 89. [2]

[1] Ex 3:5; Acts 7:33.

[2] GCS 38.2:204.