What Was Gethsemane Like in Jesus's Time? – From the Desk

Painterly night view of Gethsemane on the Mount of Olives with olive trees in the foreground and the illuminated Jerusalem Temple under a full Passover moon in the background.

What Was Gethsemane Like in Jesus’s Time?

New archaeological insights shed light on the Savior’s experience.

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