Jerusalem: Mount of Olives-Garden of Gethsemane
Jerusalem. Ancient olive trees in the Garden of Gethsemane surrounding the Church of all Nations. During the Second Temple period, like today, the Mount of Olives was covered with olive trees, used to produce olive oil and other products. Jesus spent the night before he was arrested with his disciples in the garden of Gethsemane and prayed to God with a heavy sense of his coming betrayal (Matthew 26:36–46). Further along the path, looking as if it were a short walk away, the edge of the Dome of the Rock is just visible on the Temple Mount behind the blocked up Golden Gate.
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