Jesus is said to have spent time on the mount, teaching and prophesying to his disciples (Matthew 24-25), including the Olivet discourse, returning after each day to rest (Luke 21:37, and John 8:1 in the additional section of John's Gospel known as the Pericope Adulterae), and also coming there on the night of his betrayal. At the foot of the Mount of Olives lies the Garden of Gethsemane. The New Testament tells how Jesus and his disciples sang together - When they had sung the hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives Gospel of Matthew 26:30. Jesus ascended to heaven from the Mount of Olives according to Acts 1:9-12.