On the night he was betrayed and arrested, Jesus and his disciples went to a “place called Gethsemane” (Matthew 26:36).  They likely went there because that is where they were staying the night, most logically in the protection and warmth of the Gethsemane cave, or grotto. The scriptural record is not clear who goes where in the garden of Gethsemane when Jesus asks his disciples to “sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder” (Matthew 26:36). It is specific that he took Peter, James, and John apart from the group and asked them to “tarry ye here, and watch with me” while Jesus went “a little further” (Matthew 26:37-39). In this scene, I represented Jesus praying in the solace and privacy of the cave, while his disciples went out into the terraced olive groves to keep watch of passersby on the nearby road.  Their watch turns to sleep as the Lord suffers and descends alone so low that he asks God to remove this salvific burden.  The crushing stone and basin seem to rest on his shoulder, while the horizontal mashing pole suggests the impending cross. In the background, the beam press sits ready to press with weight. James and John sleep at the bottom right, and Peter with his sword at the bottom left.  The arresting chief priests are top right, while in the top left Judas points to the Lord in betrayal.  The circle and square composition suggest heaven and earth, which rested on and were borne by the beautiful soul of Jesus that fateful night. He descended below them all so we might rise above it all.
 
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