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Mark 14:32

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They came to a place which was named Gethsemane. He said to his disciples, "Sit here, while I pray."

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Gethsemane was an olive grove or estate on the Mount of Olives, just east of Jerusalem, where Jesus withdrew with his disciples before his arrest. Bethany lay nearby on the eastern slope; Galilee and Nazareth were his northern homeland, but the immediate setting is Jerusalem during Passover.

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Mark 14:32 mentions Bethany, Galilee, Gethsemane, Jerusalem, Mount of Olives and Nazareth.

Bethany · Naheel Abu Ghaith نهيل أبو غيث
Galilee · מלאק אבו גוש
Gethsemane · Mewasul
Jerusalem · Godot13

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