Bible Strands
John 18:1
After Jesus had spoken these words, He went out with His disciples across the Kidron Valley, where they entered a garden.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jesus concludes his discourse and departs with his disciples across the Kidron Valley into a garden. This movement occurs immediately after his final instructions to the group.
The words — The Greek phrase ταῦτα εἰπὼν (tauta eipōn) literally translates to "having said these things." It marks the precise transition from teaching to action.
The thread — The narrative of crossing the Kidron Valley echoes King David’s flight in 2 Samuel 15:23. The garden location parallels the Gethsemane accounts in Matthew 26:36 and Mark 14:32.
Why it lands — The text requires the reader to recognize the deliberate movement from teaching to confrontation. It establishes the physical location where the subsequent arrest will unfold.
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The Greek words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- 2 Samuel 15:23 Everyone 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.
- Matthew 26:36 Then Jesus went with His disciples to a place called Gethsemane, and He told them, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.”
- Mark 14:32 Then they came to a place called Gethsemane, and Jesus told His disciples, “Sit here while I pray.”
- Luke 22:39 Jesus went out as usual to the Mount of Olives, and the disciples followed Him.
- John 18:26 One 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 3:23 Therefore the LORD God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken.
- 1 Kings 15:13 He 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 23:6 He 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 Kings 23:12 He pulled down the altars that the kings of Judah had set up on the roof near the upper chamber of Ahaz, and the altars that Manasseh had set up in the two courtyards of the house of the LORD. The king pulverized them there and threw their dust into the Kidron Valley.
- 2 Chronicles 15:16 King 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.