Mount of Olives

Mountain in the Bible

Other names: Olivet

Location: 31.78° N, 35.25° E (approximate; the location is disputed or uncertain)

Several places in the Bible may have this name. The verses below may mix them up.

Mentioned in 11 verses. Here are the first ones. The list is based on an open dataset and is not complete: not every place a person or place is mentioned is included.

Where Mount of Olives is mentioned

  • 2 Samuel 15:30

    But David continued up the Mount of Olives, weeping as he went up. His head was covered, and he was walking barefoot. And all the people with him covered their heads and went up, weeping as they went.

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  • John 8:1

    But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.

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  • Luke 19:37–38

    37 And as He approached the descent from the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of disciples began to praise God joyfully in a loud voice for all the miracles they had seen:

    38 “Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”

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  • Luke 22:39

    Jesus went out as usual to the Mount of Olives, and the disciples followed Him.

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  • Matthew 21:1–2

    1 As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent out two disciples,

    2 saying to them, “Go into the village ahead of you, and at once you will find a donkey tied there, with her colt beside her. Untie them and bring them to Me.

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  • Matthew 24:3

    While Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately. “Tell us,” they said, “when will these things happen, and what will be the sign of Your coming and of the end of the age?”

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  • Matthew 26:30

    And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.

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  • Mark 11:1

    As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent out two of His disciples

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  • Mark 13:3–4

    3 While Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter, James, John, and Andrew asked Him privately,

    4 “Tell us, when will these things happen? And what will be the sign that they are about to be fulfilled?”

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  • Mark 14:26

    And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.

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