Berean Standard Bible
John 18:1
1After Jesus had spoken these words, He went out with His disciples across the Kidron Valley, where they entered a garden.
John 18:1 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Cedron, where was a garden, into the which he entered, and his disciples.
- New International Version (NIV)When he had finished praying, Jesus left with his disciples and crossed the Kidron Valley. On the other side there was a garden, and he and his disciples went into it.
- English Standard Version (ESV)When Jesus had spoken these words, he went out with his disciples across the brook Kidron, where there was a garden, which he and his disciples entered.
- New King James Version (NKJV)When Jesus had spoken these words, He went out with His disciples over the Brook Kidron, where there was a garden, which He and His disciples entered.
Context of John 18:1
After Jesus had spoken these words, He went out with His disciples across the Kidron Valley, where they entered a garden. 2Now Judas His betrayer also knew the place, because Jesus had often met there with His disciples. 3So Judas brought a band of soldiers and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees. They arrived at the garden carrying lanterns, torches, and weapons.
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Ταῦτα εἰπὼν Ἰησοῦς ἐξῆλθεν σὺν τοῖς μαθηταῖς αὐτοῦ πέραν τοῦ χειμάρρου τοῦ Κεδρὼν ὅπου ἦν κῆπος εἰς ὃν εἰσῆλθεν αὐτὸς καὶ οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ.Read the interlinear
- JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
- had spokenεἶπονepō · to sayG2036
- theseοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
- went outἐξέρχομαιexerchomai · to go outG1831
- withσύνsun · withG4862
- Hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
- ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- disciplesμαθητήςmathētēs · discipleG3101
- acrossπέρανperan · other sideG4008
- KidronκέδροςKedrōn · KidronG2748
- Valleyχείμαρροςcheimarrhos · brookG5493
- whereὅπουhopou · where(-ever)G3699
- ·εἰμίeimi · to beG1510
- ·καίkai · andG2532
- enteredεἰσέρχομαιeiserchomai · to enterG1525
- enteredεἰςeis · towardG1519
- ·ὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
- a gardenκῆποςkēpos · gardenG2779
Cross-references for John 18:1
- John 13:31When Judas had gone out, Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man is glorified, and God is glorified in Him.
- John 14:1“Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe in Me as well.
- John 14:31But I do exactly what the Father has commanded Me, so that the world may know that I love the Father. Get up! Let us go on from here.
- Matthew 26:36Then Jesus went with His disciples to a place called Gethsemane, and He told them, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.”
- Mark 14:32Then they came to a place called Gethsemane, and Jesus told His disciples, “Sit here while I pray.”
- Luke 22:39Jesus went out as usual to the Mount of Olives, and the disciples followed Him.
- 2 Samuel 15:23Everyone in the countryside was weeping loudly as all the people passed by. And as the king crossed the Kidron Valley, all the people also passed toward the way of the wilderness.
- 1 Kings 15:13He also removed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother because she had made a detestable Asherah pole. Asa chopped down the pole and burned it in the Kidron Valley.
- 2 Kings 23:6He brought the Asherah pole from the house of the LORD to the Kidron Valley outside Jerusalem, and there he burned it, ground it to powder, and threw its dust on the graves of the common people.
- 2 Chronicles 15:16King Asa also removed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother because she had made a detestable Asherah pole. Asa chopped down the pole, crushed it, and burned it in the Kidron Valley.
- 2 Chronicles 30:14They proceeded to remove the altars in Jerusalem and to take away the incense altars and throw them into the Kidron Valley.
- Jeremiah 31:40The whole valley of the dead bodies and ashes, and all the fields as far as the Kidron Valley, to the corner of the Horse Gate to the east, will be holy to the LORD. It will never again be uprooted or demolished.”
- John 18:26One of the high priest’s servants, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, asked, “Didn’t I see you with Him in the garden?”
- Genesis 2:15Then the LORD God took the man and placed him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.
- Genesis 3:23Therefore the LORD God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken.
Commentaries on John 18:1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1Over the brook Cedron - Having finished the prayer related in the preceding chapter, our Lord went straight to the garden of Gethsemane, Matthew 26:36, which was in the mount of Olives, eastward of Jerusalem. This mount was separated from the city by a very narrow valley, through the midst of which the brook Cedron ran: see 1 Maccabees 12:37; Joseph. War, b. v. c. 2, s. 3. xii. 2. Cedron is a very small rivulet, about six or seven feet broad, nor is it…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1The brook Cedron - This was a small stream that flowed to the east of Jerusalem, through the valley of Jehoshaphat, and divided the city from the Mount of Olives. It was also called Kidron and Kedron. In summer it is almost dry. The word used here by the evangelist - ́̓̔ cheimarrou- denotes properly a water-stream (from ͂ , shower or water, and ̔́ reō ̔́ roosto flow, flowing), and the idea is that of a stream that was swollen by rain or by the melting of…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1Christ taken in the garden. (1-12) Christ before Annas and Caiaphas. (13-27) Christ before Pilate. (28-40) Verses 1-12 Sin began in the garden of Eden, there the curse was pronounced, there the Redeemer was promised; and in a garden that promised Seed entered into conflict with the old serpent. Christ was buried also in a garden. Let us, when we walk in our gardens, take occasion from thence to mediate on Christ's sufferings in a garden. Our Lord Jesus…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-2Jesus crossed the Kidron Valley. This was a dry river valley (a wadi) outside the eastern walls of Jerusalem. a garden: This is the Garden of Gethsemane (Mark 14:32). This garden was a group of olive trees on the west side of the Mount of Olives. The Aramaic name gath shemaney means “olive press.” Jesus liked this place and often prayed there (see John 8:1; Luke 21:37; 22:39).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-131-3. over the brook Kedron--a deep, dark ravine, to the northeast of Jerusalem, through which flowed this small storm brook or winter torrent, and which in summer is dried up. where was a garden--at the foot of the Mount of Olives, "called Gethsemane; that is, olive press (Mt 26:30, 36).Read the comment
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Commentaries on John 18
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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