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Mat_26:36. Γεθσημανῆ or, according to a still better attested form, Γεθσημανεί (Lachmann, Tischendorf), is most likely the Greek equivalent of the Hebrew âÌÇú ùÑÆîÆï , an oil-press. It was a plot of ground ( χωρίον , Joh_4:5; Act_1:18; Act_4:34; Act_5:3; Act_28:7), perhaps a small estate with a garden (Joh_18:1); according to Keim, an olive-yard where nobody lived. If the place was not public property, Jesus, according to Joh_19:2, must have been on friendly terms with the owner. On the place (the present Dschesmanije), which subsequent tradition has fixed upon as the site of the ancient Gethsemane, see Robinson, Pal. I. p. 389; Tobler, d. Siloahquelle u. d. Oelberg, 1852.
αὐτοῦ ] here; the only other instances in the New Testament are found in Act_15:34; Act_18:19; Act_21:4; of frequent occurrence in classical writers.
ἐκεῖ ] pointing toward the place.