Gethsemane prayer

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New Testament episode event in the life of Jesus prayer

The Gethsemane prayer is Jesus’ anguished, submissive plea to God in the Garden of Gethsemane on the night before his crucifixion, expressing both his desire to avoid suffering and his ultimate obedience to God’s will.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Agony in the Garden of Gethsemane	2

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	New Testament episode ⓘ event in the life of Jesus ⓘ prayer ⓘ
addressedTo	the Father ⓘ surface form: God the Father
alsoKnownAs	Agony in the Garden ⓘ Jesus’ prayer in Gethsemane ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	Jesus’ agony ⓘ Jesus’ sweat like drops of blood ⓘ disciples falling asleep ⓘ
biblicalReference	Luke 22:39–46 ⓘ Mark 14:32–42 ⓘ Matthew 26:36–46 ⓘ
commemoratedOn	Maundy Thursday ⓘ surface form: Holy Thursday Maundy Thursday ⓘ
doctrinalSignificance	illustration of Jesus’ human nature ⓘ illustration of Jesus’ obedience ⓘ model of submission in prayer ⓘ
expresses	acceptance of God’s will ⓘ desire to avoid suffering ⓘ
keyPhrase	“My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me” ⓘ “not my will, but yours be done” ⓘ “yet not as I will, but as you will” ⓘ
languageOfEarliestText	Koine Greek ⓘ
liturgicalUse	Holy Week observances ⓘ Maundy Thursday services ⓘ
locatedIn	Jerusalem ⓘ
locatedNear	Mount of Olives ⓘ
location	Garden of Gethsemane ⓘ
mainFigure	Jesus Christ ⓘ
narratedIn	Gospel of Luke ⓘ Gospel of Mark ⓘ Gospel of Matthew ⓘ
relatedConcept	God’s will ⓘ cup of suffering ⓘ Passion of Christ ⓘ surface form: passion of Christ
religiousTradition	Christianity ⓘ
temporalContext	night before the crucifixion ⓘ
theme	anguish ⓘ divine mission ⓘ human fear ⓘ obedience ⓘ submission to God’s will ⓘ suffering ⓘ
timeBefore	arrest of Jesus ⓘ crucifixion of Jesus ⓘ trial of Jesus ⓘ
witnessedBy	James ⓘ John ⓘ Peter ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Maundy Thursday → associatedWithEvent → Gethsemane prayer ⓘ

this entity surface form: Agony in the Garden of Gethsemane

Gospel of Mark → containsEpisode → Gethsemane prayer ⓘ

Passion of Christ → includesEvent → Gethsemane prayer ⓘ

this entity surface form: Agony in the Garden of Gethsemane