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Mount of Olives

The Mount of Olives is a mountain ridge east of Jerusalem, known as the site of many significant events in the Bible, particularly in the life of Jesus.
PlaceOld & New Testaments7 books14 verses

Summary

A location first mentioned at 2 Samuel 15:30; referred to as Olives Mount or Olives (זַ֫יִת) or (Mount of )Olives (ἐλαιών).

Location

Certainty
Widely agreed (100% of scholarship)
Coordinates
31.778° N, 35.246° E
Mount of Olives
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Events

Dates are approximate

Glossary entries

Mount of Olives Olivet Mount of Olives

Alternative names

Mentions

  1. 2 Samuel 15:30
    But David continued up the Mount of Olives, weeping as he went up. His head was covered, and he was walking barefoot. And all the people with him covered their heads and went up, weeping as they went.
  2. Zechariah 14:4
    On that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem, and the Mount of Olives will be split in two from east to west, forming a great valley, with half the mountain moving to the north and half to the south.
  3. Matthew 21:1
    As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent out two disciples,
  4. Matthew 24:3
    While Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately. “Tell us,” they said, “when will these things happen, and what will be the sign of Your coming and of the end of the age?”
  5. Matthew 26:30
    And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
  6. Mark 11:1
    As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent out two of His disciples
  7. Mark 13:3
    While Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter, James, John, and Andrew asked Him privately,
  8. Mark 14:26
    And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
  9. Luke 19:29
    As He approached Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives, He sent out two of His disciples,
  10. Luke 19:37
    And as He approached the descent from the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of disciples began to praise God joyfully in a loud voice for all the miracles they had seen:
  11. Luke 21:37
    Every day Jesus taught at the temple, but every evening He went out to spend the night on the Mount of Olives.
  12. Luke 22:39
    Jesus went out as usual to the Mount of Olives, and the disciples followed Him.
  13. John 8:1
    But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.
  14. Acts 1:12
    Then they returned to Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, which is near the city, a Sabbath day’s journey away.