John 18:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

When Jesus, &c.. Jesus, having spoken.

Jesus. App-98.

words. things. went forth: i.e. from the place where He had

been speaking. See John 14:31.

with. Greek. sun. App-104.

brook. Greek. cheimarros,. winter torrent. Occurs only here.

Cedron. Called Kidron (2 Samuel 15:23 and elsewhere in O.T.) David crossed it, when with. few faithful followers he fled from Absalom. The name seems to have been given both to the valley and to the torrent which, in winter, sometimes ran through it. Now Wady-en-Nar.

garden. Greek. kepos. An orchard or plantation. Compare Luke 13:19.

into. Greek. eis. App-104.

John 18:1

1 When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Cedron, where was a garden, into the which he entered, and his disciples.