▁and ▁so ▁close ▁to ▁what ▁must ▁have ▁always ▁been ▁the ▁great ▁thorough fare ▁east ward , ▁that ▁our ▁Lord ▁would ▁scarcely ▁have ▁selected ▁it ▁for ▁ret irement ▁on ▁that ▁dangerous ▁and ▁dis mal ▁night . ▁I ▁am ▁incl ined ▁to ▁place ▁the ▁garden ▁in ▁the ▁se cluded ▁vale ▁several ▁hundred ▁yards ▁to ▁the ▁north - east ▁of ▁the ▁present ▁G eth sem ane ." ▁ ▁All ▁of ▁the ▁for ego ing ▁is ▁based ▁on ▁long - h eld ▁tradition ▁and ▁the ▁confl ating ▁of ▁the ▁syn opt ic ▁accounts ▁of ▁Mark ▁( 1 4 : 3 1 ) ▁and ▁Matthew ▁( 2 6 : 3 6 ) ▁with ▁the ▁Johann ine ▁account ▁( John ▁ 1 8 : 1 ). ▁Mark ▁and ▁Matthew ▁record ▁that ▁Jesus ▁went ▁to ▁" a ▁place ▁called ▁the ▁oil ▁press ▁( G eth sem ane )" ▁and ▁John ▁states ▁he ▁went ▁to ▁a ▁garden ▁near ▁the ▁Kid ron ▁Valley . ▁Modern ▁scholar ship ▁acknowled ges ▁that ▁the ▁exact ▁location ▁of ▁G eth sem ane ▁is ▁unknown . ▁ ▁Pil gr image ▁site ▁ ▁Script ural ▁basis ▁According ▁to ▁Luke ▁, ▁Jesus ' ▁an gu ish ▁on ▁the ▁Mount ▁of ▁Ol ives ▁( Lu ke ▁does ▁not ▁mention ▁G eth sem ane ; ▁Luke ▁ 2 2 : 3 9 – 4 0 ) ▁was ▁so ▁deep ▁that ▁" his ▁swe at ▁was ▁as ▁it ▁were ▁great ▁dro ps ▁of ▁blood ▁falling ▁down ▁to ▁the ▁ground ." ▁ ▁Near ▁the ▁tomb ▁of ▁Mary ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁Eastern ▁Orth