Day 9 Jerusalem part 2

After going to the Garden Tomb we drove around and saw a few of the sights, we went to the Garden of Gethsemene. It was located opposite the temple, across the Kidron Valley on the lower slopes of the Mount of Olives. After the Passover meal with His disciples, Jesus engaged in fervent prayer in the Garden of Gehtsemene. He underwent a great inner struggle, knowing that the hour of his betrayal was coming soon. It was here that Judas betrayed Jesus to temple authorities who place Jesus under arrest (Matt 26:36, Mark 14:32-50, Luke 22:39-53, Juhn 18:2-12) The name Gethsemane is used only in Matthew 26:36 ande Mar5kr 1:32. It means ‘oil press,’ also suggesting the presence of an olive grove. More than anything else Jesus realized that he must say yes to the Father and bare the weight of the sins of all mankind. He prayed three times and was pressed to the extent that he was sweating great drops of blood. It is interesting to note that olives are pressed three times. I got a couple of olive leaves off a tree here. ☺
We saw the Mount of Olives.
On Sunday of the last week of Jesus’ life, He descended from the Mount of Olives to cries of ‘Hosanna’. On Tuesday of the same week, after answering questions from the religious authorities He taught his disciples about the end times while seated on the Mount of Olives. Matthew 24:3, Mark 13:3, Acts 1:12 There is now a huge cemetery located here.
From here we also saw Stephen’s gate, also known as Lion’s gate.

We then drove back to the hotel. We went into Tel Aviv to eat and had a hard time finding anyplace that was open because of Shabot. We found an Italian place that we had eaten at last Shabot, but they had changed their menu and so we decided not to eat there. We then found a Mexican food place, yes I said Mexican food. ☺ It was actually pretty good for Israeli Mexican food. The salsa tasted like picante, which I am sure it was. A young guy and girl sat next to us. He was here on the Birth Right tour and she was here visiting family. They head meet on one of the sights and had hooked up for the night. (sad) He was an interesting guy, personality reminded me of my nephew Jeremy. But was lost. He went on and on about not being able to eat any meat that he had not killed himself but when we finished eating he asked if he could have our leftovers! It was weird and funny. We wanted to get a taxi back to the hotel (because the dark streets did not feel safe) but when we finally found one, he wanted 40 shekels which was at least double what we should pay so we got out and said no thank you.
Darrel stayed up rather late working for work from his computer.