| Matthew 26:36
| Then Jesus came with them to a country place, which is called Gethsemani; and he said to his disciples: Sit you here, till I go yonder, and pray.
| \f + \fr 26:36\fk Christ's prayer and agony in the garden. He is seized, and carried before Annas and Caiphas.\ft Gethsemani. St. John tells us it was a garden, whither Jesus was accustomed to go with his disciples, which Judas knew. St. Luke says, he went according to his custom to the mount of Olives; that is where he used to spend part of the nights in prayer. (Witham)
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