A Place Called Gethsemane: Seeing the New Testament Story and Site in its First-Century Context

For almost two hundred years, members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have revered the biblical story of Gethsemane, finding inspiration in Jesus’s example of endurance in discipleship and courage in times of trial. Many have found solace in his experience as they navigate the sometimes heartrending search for God’s will in their own lives.

For Latter-day Saints, Jesus’s suffering in Gethsemane is pivotal to his mission of saving and redeeming humankind. As such, the locat...