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See also:GETHSEMANE (Hebr. for " oil-See also:press ") , the See also:place to which Jesus and His disciples withdrew on the See also:eve of the Crucifixion . It was evidently an enclosed piece of ground, a See also:plantation rather than a See also:garden in our sense of the word . It See also:lay See also:east of the Kidron and on the See also:lower slope of the See also:mount of See also:Olives, at the See also:foot of which is the traditional site dating from the 4th See also:century and now possessed by the See also:Franciscans . The Grotto of the Agony, a fewhundred yards farther See also:north, is an See also:ancient See also:cave-cistern, now a Latin See also:sanctuary . |
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