John 18:1

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

When he had said these things, Jesus went out with his disciples across the Kidron Valley. There was an orchard there, and he and his disciples went into it. 2(Now Judas, the one who betrayed him, knew the place too, because Jesus had met there many times with his disciples.) 3So Judas obtained a squad of soldiers and some officers of the chief priests and Pharisees. They came to the orchard with lanterns and torches and weapons.

John 18:1 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• When JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
• had spokenλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• these wordsοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• he went forthἐξέρχομαιexerchomai · to go outG1831
• withσύνsun · withG4862
• hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• disciplesμαθητήςmathētēs · discipleG3101
• overπέρανperan · other sideG4008
• the brookχείμαρροςcheimarrhos · brookG5493
• CedronκέδροςKedrōn · KidronG2748
• whereὅπουhopou · where(-ever)G3699
• wasεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• a gardenκῆποςkēpos · gardenG2779
• intoεἰςeis · towardG1519
• the whichὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• enteredεἰσέρχομαιeiserchomai · to enterG1525
• andκαίkai · andG2532

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 distressed. You believe in God; believe also in me.
• John 14:31but I am doing just what the Father commanded me, so that the world may know that I love the Father. Get up, let us go from here.”
• Matthew 26:36Then Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to the disciples, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.”
• Mark 14:32Then they went to a place called Gethsemane, and Jesus said to his disciples, “Sit here while I pray.”
• Luke 22:39Then Jesus went out and made his way, as he customarily did, to the Mount of Olives, and the disciples followed him.
• 2 Samuel 15:23All the land was weeping loudly as all these people were leaving. As the king was crossing over the Kidron Valley, all the people were leaving on the road that leads to the desert.
• 1 Kings 15:13He also removed Maacah his grandmother from her position as queen because she had made a loathsome Asherah pole. Asa cut down her Asherah pole and burned it in the Kidron Valley.
• 2 Kings 23:6He removed the Asherah pole from the Lord’s temple and took it outside Jerusalem to the Kidron Valley, where he burned it. He smashed it to dust and then threw the dust in the public graveyard.
• 2 Chronicles 15:16King Asa also removed Maacah his grandmother from her position as queen mother because she had made a loathsome Asherah pole. Asa cut down her Asherah pole and crushed and burned it in the Kidron Valley.
• 2 Chronicles 30:14They removed the altars in Jerusalem; they also removed all the incense altars and threw them into the Kidron Valley.
• Jeremiah 31:40The whole valley where dead bodies and sacrificial ashes are thrown and all the terraced fields out to the Kidron Valley on the east as far north as the Horse Gate will be included within this city that is sacred to the Lord. The city will never again be torn down or destroyed.”
• John 18:26One of the high priest’s slaves, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, said, “Did I not see you in the orchard with him?”
• Genesis 2:15The Lord God took the man and placed him in the orchard in Eden to care for it and to maintain it.
• Genesis 3:23So the Lord God expelled him from the orchard in Eden to cultivate 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

Topics related to John 18:1

• Gethsemane
• Jesus, the Christ
• Kidron
• Prophecy

In the dictionaries

• Jesus
• Jesus, Jesus Christ, Christ Jesus
• Cedron
• Gardens
• Gethsemane
• Judge
• Kedron
• Kidron
• Resort
• Torches

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