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 Yeshua had said these things, He went out with His disciples across the Kidron Valley, where there was a garden, which He and His disciples entered. 2Now Judah, who was betraying Him, also knew the place, because Yeshua had often met there with His disciples. 3So Judah, having taken a band of soldiers and some officers from the ruling kohanim and Pharisees, comes there with lanterns, 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 13:31Then when Judah had gone out, Yeshua said, “Now the Son of Man is glorified, and God is glorified in Him!
• John 14:1“Do not let your heart be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in Me.
• John 14:31But in order that the world may know that I love the Father, I do exactly as the Father commanded Me. “Get up, let’s go from here!”
• Matthew 26:36Then Yeshua comes with them to a place called Gethsemane, and He tells the disciples, “Sit here, while I go over there and pray.”
• Mark 14:32Then they come to a place whose name is Gethsemane; and Yeshua says to His disciples, “Sit here while I pray.”
• Luke 22:39And Yeshua came out and went as usual to the Mount of Olives, and the disciples followed Him.
• 2 Samuel 15:23While all the country was weeping with a loud voice, all the people were crossing over as the king was crossing over Kidron Valley. So all the people crossed over toward the road of the wilderness.
• 1 Kings 15:13Also he deposed his mother Maacah from being queen mother, because she had made an abominable image as an Asherah pole. So Asa cut down her image and burned it in the Kidron Valley.
• 2 Kings 23:6Then he brought out the Asherah pole from the House of Adonai to Kidron Valley outside Jerusalem, burned it in the Kidron Valley, ground it to dust and threw its dust over the graves of the common people.
• 2 Chronicles 15:16He also deposed Maacah, the mother of King Asa, from being queen because she had made an abominable image for Asherah. Asa cut down her abominable image, crushed it and burned it in the Kidron Valley.
• 2 Chronicles 30:14They arose and removed the altars and all the incense altars that were in Jerusalem, and threw them into the Kidron Valley.
• John 18:26One of the servants of the kohen gadol , a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, said, “Didn’t I see you in the garden with Him?”
• Genesis 2:15Then Adonai Elohim took the man and gave him rest in the Garden of Eden in order to cultivate and watch over it.
• Genesis 3:23Adonai Elohim sent him away 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

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