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With (sun). See Joh 12:2 for another example of sun in John (common in Paul). The usual meta reappears in Joh 18:2.
Over (peran). “Beyond,” preposition with the ablative as in Joh 6:22, Joh 6:25.
Brook (cheimarrou). Old word, flowing (roos, reō) in winter (cheima), only here in N.T.
Kidron (ton Kedrōn). Literally, “of the Cedars,” “Brook of the Cedars.” Only here in N.T. So 2Sa 15:23. Textus Receptus like Josephus (Ant. VIII, 1, 5) has the singular tou Kedrōn (indeclinable). As a matter of fact it was always dry save after a heavy rain.
A garden (kēpos). Old word, in N.T. only here, Joh 18:26; Joh 19:41 (Joseph’s); Luk 13:19. John, like Luke, does not give the name Gethsemane (only in Mar 14:32; Mat 26:36). The brook of the cedars had many unhallowed associations (1Ki 2:37; 1Ki 15:13; 2Ki 23:4.; 2Ch 29:16; Jer 31:40).