1. Lesson Five
Gethsemane

2. Jesus and his disciples must have spent a few more hours in the upper room after the supper ended.

3. Jesus and his disciples must have spent a few more hours in the upper room after the supper ended.

4. Jesus and his disciples must have spent a few more hours in the upper room after the supper ended.
Walking to the Mount of Olives took at least an hour.

5. Jesus and his disciples must have spent a few more hours in the upper room after the supper ended.
Walking to the Mount of Olives took at least an hour.
They would not have reached Gethsemane before midnight.

19. Jesus’ teachings in John chapters 15 and 16 were given as they walked.

20. John 15:4-5
4 Abide in me, and I in you.
As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.

21. John 15:18-20
18 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.
19 If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
20 Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord.
If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you;
if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.

22. John 16:32-33
32 Behold, the hour cometh,
yea, is now come,
that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone:
and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.

23. 33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace.
In the world ye shall have tribulation:
but be of good cheer;
I have overcome the world.

24. Mark 14:32
And they came to a place which was named Gethsemane: and he saith to his disciples,
Sit ye here, while I shall pray.

25. Mark 14:32
And they came to a place which was named Gethsemane: and he saith to his disciples,
Sit ye here, while I shall pray.
But the disciples could not stay awake.

26. The prayers of John 17 were spoken in Gethsemane.

27. John 17:1 These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee:

28. John 17:4-5
4 I have glorified thee on the earth:
I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.
5 And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.

29. John 17:11
And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee.
Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.

30. John 17:25-26
25 O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.
26 And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it:
that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.

31. Matthew, Mark, and Luke speak of Christ’s agony in the garden, and that he made this petition three times:

32. Matthew, Mark, and Luke speak of Christ’s agony in the garden, and that he made this petition three times:
Mark 14:36 And he said, Abba, Father,
all things are possible unto thee;
take away this cup from me:
nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt.

33. Luke 22:43-46
43 And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him.

34. Luke 22:43-46
43 And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him.
44 And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.

35. 45 And when he rose up from prayer, and was come to his disciples, he found them sleeping for sorrow,
46 And said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.

36. 45 And when he rose up from prayer, and was come to his disciples, he found them sleeping for sorrow,
46 And said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.
But soon after, he said:

37. 45 And when he rose up from prayer, and was come to his disciples, he found them sleeping for sorrow,
46 And said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.
But soon after, he said:
Matthew 26:46-49
46 Rise, let us be going:
behold, he is at hand that doth betray me.

38. 47 And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and elders of the people.

39. 48 Now he that betrayed him gave them a sign, saying,
Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he: hold him fast.

40. 49 And forthwith he came to Jesus, and said,
Hail, master;
and kissed him.

41. John 18:4-9
4 Jesus therefore, knowing all things that should come upon him, went forth, and said unto them, Whom seek ye?
5 They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth.
Jesus saith unto them, I am he.
And Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them.

42. 6 As soon then as he had said unto them, I am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground.

43. 7 Then asked he them again, Whom seek ye
7 Then asked he them again, Whom seek ye? And they said, Jesus of Nazareth.
8 Jesus answered, I have told you that I am he: if therefore ye seek me, let these go their way:
9 That the saying might be fulfilled, which he spake, Of them which thou gavest me have I lost none.

44. John 18:10-11
10 Then Simon Peter having a sword drew it, and smote the high priest's servant, and cut off his right ear.
The servant's name was Malchus.

45. 11 Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath:
the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?

46. Luke 22:51
And Jesus answered and said,
Suffer ye thus far.
And he touched his ear, and healed him.

47. Matthew 26:52-54
52 Then said Jesus unto him,
Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.
53 Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?
54 But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?

48. Isaiah tells us that ONE angel slew 185,000 people in one night.

49. Isaiah tells us that ONE angel slew 185,000 people in one night.
Then the angel of the LORD went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.

50. Jesus had more than twelve legions of angels at his beck and call!

51. Jesus had more than twelve legions of angels at his beck and call!
(A legion is 6, legions are 72,000)

52. Matthew 26:55-56
55 In that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes,
Are ye come out as against a thief with swords and staves for to take me?
I sat daily with you teaching in the temple, and ye laid no hold on me.
56 But all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled …

53. Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled.

54. Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled.

55. 56 …Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled.

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