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Mount of Olives

Mount of Olives, in Jerusalem, a stop on the Passion Week: the Last Walk Through Jerusalem, on the map, with its verse.

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In the text

Mount of Olives

In Jerusalem, in the Bible's day. Shown at 31.78° N, 35.25° E.

  • And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?

    Matthew 24:3

On this journey

Stop 4 of 10 · the triumphal entry to the empty tombThe Passion Week: the Last Walk Through Jerusalem

Questions

Where is Mount of Olives?

Mount of Olives was in Jerusalem, in the Bible's day. The atlas shows it at 31.78° N, 35.25° E.

What happened at Mount of Olives in the Bible?

The KJV names Mount of Olives in Matthew 24:3. "And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?" (Matthew 24:3). It is a stop on the Passion Week: the Last Walk Through Jerusalem.

Also on this journey

Coastlines, lakes and rivers from Natural Earth (public domain). Place locations from OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding, licensed CC BY 4.0.

Coastlines are today’s. Routes join the places the text names in order, so the lines between them are approximate. Verse text is the King James Version.