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Gethsemane

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Geth·sem·a·ne  (gth-sm-n)
In the New Testament, a garden east of Jerusalem near the foot of the Mount of Olives. It was the scene of Jesus's agony and betrayal.
geth·sem·a·ne  (gth-sm-n)
n.
An instance or a place of great suffering.
[After Gethsemane.]
Gethsemane [gɛθˈsɛmənɪ]
n
(Christian Religious Writings / Bible) New Testament the garden in Jerusalem where Christ was betrayed on the night before his Crucifixion (Matthew 26:36-56)
Translations
Gethsemane
n → Gethsemane no art, → Gethsemani no art
Gethsemane [gɛθˈsɛmənɪ] n → Getsemani m
Gethsemane [gɛθˈsɛmənɪ] n → Getsemani m


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And through the air he is rushing on to his Gethsemane.
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That dreadful night when he lay in the Garden of Gethsemane and writhed in agony until he sweat blood--do you think that he saw anything worse than he might see tonight upon the plains of Manchuria, where men march out with a jeweled image of him before them, to do wholesale murder for the benefit of foul monsters of sensuality and cruelty?
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