Gethsemane prayer

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New Testament episode event in the life of Jesus prayer

The Gethsemane prayer is Jesus’ anguished, submissive plea to God in the Garden of Gethsemane on the night before his crucifixion, expressing both his desire to avoid suffering and his ultimate obedience to God’s will.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Agony in the Garden of Gethsemane	2
Gethsemane prayer canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T404743 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Gethsemane prayer
Context triple: [Gospel of Mark, containsEpisode, Gethsemane prayer]

A. Jesus Prayer
The Jesus Prayer is a short, repetitive Christian invocation—traditionally “Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner”—central to Eastern Orthodox spirituality and contemplative practice.
B. Angelus prayer
The Angelus prayer is a traditional Catholic devotion recited three times daily that commemorates the Incarnation of Christ through meditations on the role of the Virgin Mary.
C. Stations of the Cross
The Stations of the Cross is a Christian devotional practice that meditates on a series of events from Jesus Christ’s Passion and crucifixion, traditionally represented by fourteen images or “stations.”
D. Sermon on the Mount
The Sermon on the Mount is a foundational collection of Jesus’ teachings in the New Testament, emphasizing inner righteousness, humility, love of enemies, and the ethics of the Kingdom of God.
E. Lord’s Prayer
The Lord’s Prayer is a central Christian prayer taught by Jesus as a model of how to pray, widely used in both personal devotion and public worship across Christian traditions.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Gethsemane prayer
Target entity description: The Gethsemane prayer is Jesus’ anguished, submissive plea to God in the Garden of Gethsemane on the night before his crucifixion, expressing both his desire to avoid suffering and his ultimate obedience to God’s will.

A. Jesus Prayer
The Jesus Prayer is a short, repetitive Christian invocation—traditionally “Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner”—central to Eastern Orthodox spirituality and contemplative practice.
B. Angelus prayer
The Angelus prayer is a traditional Catholic devotion recited three times daily that commemorates the Incarnation of Christ through meditations on the role of the Virgin Mary.
C. Stations of the Cross
The Stations of the Cross is a Christian devotional practice that meditates on a series of events from Jesus Christ’s Passion and crucifixion, traditionally represented by fourteen images or “stations.”
D. Sermon on the Mount
The Sermon on the Mount is a foundational collection of Jesus’ teachings in the New Testament, emphasizing inner righteousness, humility, love of enemies, and the ethics of the Kingdom of God.
E. Lord’s Prayer
The Lord’s Prayer is a central Christian prayer taught by Jesus as a model of how to pray, widely used in both personal devotion and public worship across Christian traditions.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	New Testament episode ⓘ event in the life of Jesus ⓘ prayer ⓘ
addressedTo	God the Father ⓘ linked to: the Father
alsoKnownAs	Agony in the Garden ⓘ Jesus’ prayer in Gethsemane ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	Jesus’ agony ⓘ Jesus’ sweat like drops of blood ⓘ disciples falling asleep ⓘ
biblicalReference	Luke 22:39–46 ⓘ Mark 14:32–42 ⓘ Matthew 26:36–46 ⓘ
commemoratedOn	Holy Thursday ⓘ linked to: Maundy Thursday Maundy Thursday ⓘ
doctrinalSignificance	illustration of Jesus’ human nature ⓘ illustration of Jesus’ obedience ⓘ model of submission in prayer ⓘ
expresses	acceptance of God’s will ⓘ desire to avoid suffering ⓘ
keyPhrase	“My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me” ⓘ “not my will, but yours be done” ⓘ “yet not as I will, but as you will” ⓘ
languageOfEarliestText	Koine Greek ⓘ
liturgicalUse	Holy Week observances ⓘ Maundy Thursday services ⓘ
locatedIn	Jerusalem ⓘ
locatedNear	Mount of Olives ⓘ
location	Garden of Gethsemane ⓘ
mainFigure	Jesus Christ ⓘ
narratedIn	Gospel of Luke ⓘ Gospel of Mark ⓘ Gospel of Matthew ⓘ
relatedConcept	God’s will ⓘ cup of suffering ⓘ passion of Christ ⓘ linked to: Passion of Christ
religiousTradition	Christianity ⓘ
temporalContext	night before the crucifixion ⓘ
theme	anguish ⓘ divine mission ⓘ human fear ⓘ obedience ⓘ submission to God’s will ⓘ suffering ⓘ
timeBefore	arrest of Jesus ⓘ crucifixion of Jesus ⓘ trial of Jesus ⓘ
witnessedBy	James ⓘ John ⓘ Peter ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gospel of Mark → containsEpisode → Gethsemane prayer ⓘ

Passion of Christ → includesEvent → Agony in the Garden of Gethsemane ⓘ

linked to: Gethsemane prayer

Maundy Thursday → associatedWithEvent → Agony in the Garden of Gethsemane ⓘ