John 18:1

Jesus Brook Kidron

After Jesus had spoken these words, He went out with His disciples across the Kidron Valley, where they entered a garden.

² Now Judas His betrayer also knew the place, because Jesus had often met there with His disciples.

³ So Judas brought a band of soldiers and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees. They arrived at the garden carrying lanterns, torches, and weapons.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: After Jesus had spoken these words, He went out with His disciples across the Kidron Valley, where they entered a garden.
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.
WEB: When Jesus had spoken these words, he went out with his disciples over the brook Kidron, where there was a garden, into which he and his disciples entered.
ASV: When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Kidron, where was a garden, into which he entered, himself and his disciples.
DARBY: Jesus, having said these things, went out with his disciples beyond the torrent Cedron, where was a garden, into which he entered, he and his disciples.
BLB: Having said these things, Jesus went out with His disciples beyond the Brook of Kidron, where there was a garden into which He and His disciples entered.

ÅB: Da Jesus hadde talt dette, gikk han ut med sine disipler over bekken Kedron; der var en have, og i den gikk han selv og hans disipler inn.
OTB: Etter at Jesus hadde avsluttet sin tale, gikk han med disiplene sine over Kedron-dalen, hvor det var en hage som han og disiplene gikk inn i.
B1930: Da Jesus hadde talt dette, gikk han ut med sine disipler over bekken Kedron; der var en have, og i den gikk han selv og hans disipler inn.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

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.
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Matthew 26:36
At that time Jesus went with His disciples to a place called Gethsemane, and He told them, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.”
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Mark 14:32
Then they came to a place called Gethsemane, and Jesus told His disciples, “Sit here while I pray.”
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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?”
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Luke 22:39–40
Jesus went out as usual to the Mount of Olives, and the disciples followed Him.
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John 14:31
But 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.
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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.
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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.
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