John 18:1 BSB — MannaFest

John 18:1

After Jesus had spoken these words, He went out with His disciples across the Kidron Valley, where they entered a garden.

BSB

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ASV

When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Kidron, where was a garden, into which he entered, himself and his disciples.

KJV

When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Cedron, where was a garden, into the which he entered, and his disciples.

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Commentary

4 voices

Cyril of Alexandria

Commentary on the Gospel of John, Book 11 (444)

But, as the time had now come, Christ left the house where He had instructed His disciples in the mystery, and came to the place whither He Himself, the Saviour of all mankind, was wont often to resort, together with His holy disciples. He did this, too, from a wish to make it easy for the traitor to find Him. The place was a garden, typifying the Paradise of old. For in it, as it were, all places were summed up; and in it was consummated our return to man's ancient condition.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

Kedron was (as the name signifies) a dark shady valley, on the east side of Jerusalem, between the city and the Mount of Olives, through which a little brook ran, which took its name from it. It was this brook, which David, a type of Christ, went over with the people, weeping in his flight from Absalom.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

That he entered into a garden. This circumstance is taken notice of only by this evangelist, that Christ's sufferings began in a garden. In the garden of Eden sin began; there the curse was pronounced, there the Redeemer was promised, and therefore in a garden that promised seed entered the lists with the old serpent.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

The brook Cedron - This was a small stream that flowed to the east of Jerusalem, through the valley of Jehoshaphat, and divided the city from the Mount of Olives. It was also called Kidron and Kedron. In summer it is almost dry. The word used here by the evangelist - χειμάῤῥου cheimarrou - denotes properly a water-stream (from χεῖρμα cheimōn, shower or water, and ῥέω reō, ῥόος roos, to flow, flowing), and the idea is that of a stream that was swollen by rain or by the melting of the snow (Passow, Lexicon).

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Original language & word study

24 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Ταῦτα	Tauta	These things	G3778 →
εἰπὼν	eipōn	having said	G2036 →
Ἰησοῦς	Iēsous	Jesus	G2424 →
ἐξῆλθεν	exēlthen	went out	G1831 →
σὺν	sun	with	G4862 →
τοῖς	tois	the	G3588 →
μαθηταῖς	mathētais	disciples	G3101 →
αὐτοῦ	autou	of Him	G846 →
πέραν	peran	beyond	G4008 →
τοῦ	tou	the	G3588 →
χειμάρρου	cheimarrou	winter stream	G5493 →
τοῦ	tou	of the	G3588 →
Κεδρὼν	Kedrōn	of Kidron	G2748 →
ὅπου	hopou	where	G3699 →
ἦν	ēn	there was	G1510 →
κῆπος	kēpos	a garden	G2779 →
εἰς	eis	into	G1519 →
ὃν	hon	which	G3739 →
εἰσῆλθεν	eisēlthen	entered	G1525 →
αὐτὸς	autos	He himself	G846 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
οἱ	hoi	the	G3588 →
μαθηταὶ	mathētai	disciples	G3101 →
αὐτοῦ.	autou	of Him.	G846 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 26:36
At that time Jesus went with His disciples to a place called Gethsemane, and He told them, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.”
leads to
- Luke 22:39–46
  Jesus went out as usual to the Mount of Olives, and the disciples followed Him.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Mark 14:32–42
  Then they came to a place called Gethsemane, and Jesus told His disciples, “Sit here while I pray.”
- Matthew 26:42
  A second time He went away and prayed, “My Father, if this cup cannot pass unless I drink it, may Your will be done.”
- Matthew 26:39
  Going a little farther, He fell facedown and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me. Yet not as I will, but as You will.”
Through
Mark 14:32
Then they came to a place called Gethsemane, and Jesus told His disciples, “Sit here while I pray.”
leads to
- Mark 14:39
  Again He went away and prayed, saying the same thing.
- Psalms 18:5–6
  The cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.
- Mark 14:36
  “Abba, Father,” He said, “all things are possible for You. Take this cup from Me. Yet not what I will, but what You will.”
Through
2 Samuel 15:23
Everyone in the countryside was weeping loudly as all the people passed by. And as the king crossed the Kidron Valley, all the people also passed toward the way of the wilderness.
leads to
- 2 Samuel 16:2
  “Why do you have these?” asked the king. Ziba replied, “The donkeys are for the king’s household to ride, the bread and summer fruit are for the young men to eat, and the wine…

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About John

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About John