At the place (επ του τοπου). The place of secret prayer which was dear to Jesus.

Pray that ye enter not into tempta…

When he was at the place.—See Notes on Matthew 26:36-46; Mark 14:32–38. It is noticeable that St. Luke neither gives th…

And he said to them, When I sent you without purse, and scrip, and shoes, did you lack anything? And they said, Nothing. Then he said to them, …

The Venerable Bede: As He was about to be betrayed by His disciple, our Lord went to His usual place of retirement, where He co…

Luke focuses his attention here on Jesus, who went to the Mount of Olives “as usual” (cf. 21:37). He did not change his habits to elude Judas.

And when he was at the place In the garden, at Gethsemane, which was at the foot of the Mount of Olives;

Every description that the evangelists give of the state of mind in which our Lord entered upon this conflict proves the tremendous nature of the a…