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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • In the New Testament, a garden east of Jerusalem near the foot of the Mount of Olives. It was the scene of Jesus's agony and betrayal.

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  • [Illustration: GARDEN OF GETHSEMANE.] "'If you visit that garden and look upon its old olive trees, the keeper of the place will tell you that you are in Gethsemane, the spot of our Saviour's betrayal.

    Among the Trees at Elmridge Ella Rodman Church

  • "Faceless in Gethsemane" sounds a bit like the premise of a Ted Chiang story -- "Liking What You See: A Documentary".

    REVIEW: Seeds of Change edited by John Joseph Adams 2008

  • To whom was Jesus praying in Gethsemane, and Who was speaking to Him and his apostles on the Mount of Transfiguration?

    Balkinization 2007

  • Gethsemane is hard to say, and Eden is a much more recognizable garden.

    Boing Boing: March 7, 2004 - March 13, 2004 Archives 2004

  • _As the word Gethsemane means the "oil press" the "Garden" was in all probability an olive yard, whose actual site, though it cannot be determined with certainty, must have been in the immediate vicinity at least of the spot which age-long tradition indicates as the scene of the Agony.

    The Life of Jesus Christ for the Young Richard Newton

  • I wrestled in Gethsemane, I cried and I was slain,

    Catholic Tales and Christian Songs Dorothy Leigh 1918

  • The word Gethsemane has not been used accurately sometimes.

    Quiet Talks on Following the Christ 1897

  • So Jesus in Gethsemane when praying (Lu 22: 44): so "strive"

    Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible 1871

  • All this would be riveting, except that the plot of "Gethsemane" -- in which the web of political corruption is unpicked by an equally reprehensible journalist who seems to have had sex with the Home Minister's under-age daughter -- doesn't really stand up.

    How Europe Inspired Disney's Wonderful World 2008

  • In both Ted Kosmatka’s “N-Words” and Mark Budz’s “Faceless in Gethsemane,” the defeat of a new social prejudice born out of bioengineering begins, and only one person appreciates that it will be total.

    John Joseph Adams » 2008 » August 2008

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