Skip to main content

Place

Olivet

mount near Jerusalem

Mount near associated with Jesus' teaching and ascension.

14 appearances7 Bible books2 known aliases

Who or what is this?

Ridge east of across the valley, covered in olive groves and overlooking mount. climbs it weeping as he flees from , and Zechariah prophesies that the feet of Yahweh will stand on the Mount of Olives in he fights for Jerusalem, splitting the mountain east to west. In the Gospels delivers the Olivet Discourse on its slopes, prays in Gethsemane at its foot, and according to Acts ascends from there with the promise of his return in the same way.

People, places, and events in this story

These connections are explicitly linked in this entity's source description.

Places in this story

Modern location: Mount of Olives. Coordinates from OpenBible.info.

Places explicitly linked from this entity's description. Select a marker to open its page.

Where this appears in Scripture

Start with the key scenes, then open the complete evidence by book or reference type.

Key passages

All appearances14