Jesus and the Disciples Walk Toward Gethsemane by MoonlightBible World
18:2John 18:2
And Judas also, which betrayed him, knew the place: for Jesus ofttimes resorted thither with his disciples.
The place was Gethsemane, the garden across the brook Cedron, where Jesus entered with His disciples. Jesus ofttimes resorted thither with His disciples for meditation and prayer and quiet retirement. He had used this retreat for fervent prayer before times of trial and duty, sometimes spending the whole night there. Through these repeated visits the place became familiar to the disciples and to Judas, though Judas was one of Jesus' professed disciples.
On that night after the Passover supper Jesus went there speaking and teaching as they walked, then became strangely silent near the garden. He arrived in profound sorrow, with a sorrowful heart, and in physical weakness under the burden of humanity's sin. The disciples looked for His usual place of retreat and found nothing unusual when He went farther in to pray. Judas used that knowledge to lead a band of men and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, the priests and rulers, with lanterns and torches and weapons, as armed men and soldiers, to seize and betray Jesus there after His agony.
The quiet, familiar retreat was chosen so they could seize Jesus surely and secretly, with no multitude or crowd to oppose them. Greedy for gain, Judas used his knowledge of the place to sell the Lord of life and glory to ignominy and death for thirty pieces of silver. Jesus knew all things that would come upon Him and went forth to meet them. When He said I am He they went backward and fell to the ground, showing He could have delivered Himself had He chosen. But He did not deliver Himself because He was sent to bear the sins of the world and must pay the penalty of man's transgression.
The place was Gethsemane, the garden across the brook Cedron, where Jesus entered with His disciples. Jesus ofttimes resorted thither with His disciples for meditation and prayer and quiet retirement. He had used this retreat for fervent prayer before times of trial and duty, sometimes spending the whole night there. Through these repeated visits the place became familiar to the disciples and to Judas, though Judas was one of Jesus' professed disciples.
On that night after the Passover supper Jesus went there speaking and teaching as they walked, then became strangely silent near the garden. He arrived in profound sorrow, with a sorrowful heart, and in physical weakness under the burden of humanity's sin. The disciples looked for His usual place of retreat and found nothing unusual when He went farther in to pray. Judas used that knowledge to lead a band of men and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, the priests and rulers, with lanterns and torches and weapons, as armed men and soldiers, to seize and betray Jesus there after His agony.
The quiet, familiar retreat was chosen so they could seize Jesus surely and secretly, with no multitude or crowd to oppose them. Greedy for gain, Judas used his knowledge of the place to sell the Lord of life and glory to ignominy and death for thirty pieces of silver. Jesus knew all things that would come upon Him and went forth to meet them. When He said I am He they went backward and fell to the ground, showing He could have delivered Himself had He chosen. But He did not deliver Himself because He was sent to bear the sins of the world and must pay the penalty of man's transgression.