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Located east of Jerusalem, it is a ridge running north to south, offering a panoramic view of the city. The Mount of Olives holds profound importance in both the Old and New Testaments, serving as a backdrop for pivotal events in the life of Jesus Christ and prophetic visions.<br><br><b>Biblical References:</b><br><br>1. <b>Old Testament Significance:</b> <br> The Mount of Olives is first mentioned in the context of King David's flight from Absalom. In <a href="/2_samuel/15-30.htm">2 Samuel 15:30</a>, David ascends the mount, weeping as he goes, with his head covered and barefoot, a sign of mourning and humility. This event underscores the mount's association with sorrow and supplication.<br><br>2. <b>Prophetic Visions:</b> <br> The Mount of Olives is also the setting for significant prophetic visions. In <a href="/ezekiel/11-23.htm">Ezekiel 11:23</a>, the glory of the LORD departs from the city and stands on the mountain east of Jerusalem, identified as the Mount of Olives. This imagery highlights the mount's role in divine revelation and judgment.<br><br>3. <b>New Testament Events:</b> <br> The Mount of Olives is prominently featured in the Gospels as a place where Jesus often withdrew for prayer and teaching. In <a href="/matthew/24-3.htm">Matthew 24:3</a>, Jesus delivers the Olivet Discourse, a prophetic sermon about the end times, while sitting on the mount. This discourse is a cornerstone of eschatological teaching, emphasizing vigilance and preparedness for His return.<br><br>4. <b>The Triumphal Entry:</b> <br> The Mount of Olives is the starting point for Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem, as recorded in <a href="/matthew/21.htm">Matthew 21:1</a>. Jesus instructs His disciples to find a donkey in the village ahead, fulfilling the prophecy of <a href="/zechariah/9-9.htm">Zechariah 9:9</a>. This event marks the beginning of Passion Week, highlighting the mount's role in the fulfillment of Messianic prophecy.<br><br>5. <b>The Garden of Gethsemane:</b> <br> At the foot of the Mount of Olives lies the Garden of Gethsemane, where Jesus prayed fervently before His arrest (<a href="/matthew/26-36.htm">Matthew 26:36-46</a>). This location is synonymous with Jesus' submission to the Father's will and His impending sacrifice, illustrating the mount's association with prayer and divine purpose.<br><br>6. <b>The Ascension:</b> <br> The Mount of Olives is the site of Jesus' ascension into heaven. In <a href="/acts/1-9.htm">Acts 1:9-12</a>, after giving final instructions to His disciples, Jesus is taken up before their eyes, and a cloud hides Him from their sight. The disciples return to Jerusalem from the mount, which is described as a Sabbath day's walk from the city. This event signifies the mount's role as a bridge between the earthly ministry of Jesus and His heavenly reign.<br><br><b>Theological Significance:</b><br><br>The Mount of Olives is a place of profound theological significance, symbolizing the intersection of divine revelation, human response, and eschatological hope. It serves as a reminder of God's faithfulness, the fulfillment of prophecy, and the promise of Christ's return. The mount's recurring presence in Scripture underscores its role as a sacred space where heaven and earth meet, inviting believers to reflect on the mysteries of faith and the unfolding of God's redemptive plan.<a name="smi" id="smi"></a><div class="vheading2">Smith's Bible Dictionary</div><span class="encheading">Olivet</span><p>(<i>place of olives</i>). (<a href="/2_samuel/15-30.htm">2 Samuel 15:30</a>; <a href="/acts/1-12.htm">Acts 1:12</a>) [<a href="../o/olives.htm">OLIVES, MOUNT OF</a>, <a href="../m/mount.htm">MOUNT</a>, <a href="../m/mount.htm">MOUNT, MOUNTAIN</a> OF]<a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div><span class="encheading">OLIVET</span><p>ol'-i-vet.<br><br>See <a href="../o/olives.htm">OLIVES, MOUNT OF</a>.<p><a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/1638.htm"><span class="l">1638. elaion -- an olive orchard, ie spec. the Mt. of Olives</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: elaion Phonetic Spelling: (el-ah-yone')<br> Short Definition: Olive-grove, Olive-yard, the mount <b>Olivet</b> Definition: Olive <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1638.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/2132.htm"><span class="l">2132. zayith -- olive tree, olive</span></a><br><b>...</b> olive trees (6), Olives (3), olives (3). olive tree <b>Olivet</b>. Probably from an<br> unused root (akin to Ziv); an olive (as yielding illuminating <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/2132.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/newton/the_life_of_jesus_christ_for_the_young/the_lessons_from_olivet.htm"><span class="l">The Lessons from <b>Olivet</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> THE LESSONS FROM <b>OLIVET</b>. Our last chapter was on the Transfiguration. The next will<br> be on The Last Supper. <b>...</b> These are some of the lessons from <b>Olivet</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../newton/the life of jesus christ for the young/the lessons from olivet.htm</font><p><a href="/library/brownlie/hymns_of_the_apostolic_church/he_climbed_the_slopes_of.htm"><span class="l">He Climbed the Slopes of <b>Olivet</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> MEDITATIONS He climbed the slopes of <b>Olivet</b>. tr., John Brownlie 8.6.8.6. I. He<br> climbed the slopes of <b>Olivet</b>. When came the hour of prayer,. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../brownlie/hymns of the apostolic church/he climbed the slopes of.htm</font><p><a href="/library/lightfoot/from_the_talmud_and_hebraica/chapter_40_mount_olivet_the.htm"><span class="l">Mount <b>Olivet</b>. The Mount of Olives, 2 Samuel 15:30</span></a> <br><b>...</b> A Chorographical Century Chapters 31-40 Chapter 40 Mount <b>Olivet</b>. The Mount<br> of Olives, 2 Samuel 15:30. Zechariah 14:4. In the Rabbins <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../lightfoot/from the talmud and hebraica/chapter 40 mount olivet the.htm</font><p><a href="/library/brownlie/hymns_of_the_russian_church/iii_he_climbed_the_slopes.htm"><span class="l">He Climbed the Slopes of <b>Olivet</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> MISCELLANEOUS III He climbed the slopes of <b>Olivet</b>. 8,6,8,6. He climbed the<br> slopes of <b>Olivet</b>. When came the hour of prayer,. And in <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../brownlie/hymns of the russian church/iii he climbed the slopes.htm</font><p><a href="/library/lorenz/the_otterbein_hymnal/165_olivet_6s_&_4s.htm"><span class="l"><b>Olivet</b>.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> 165 <b>Olivet</b>. 6s & 4s. The Spirit of Truth. (387) Thou! whose almighty word<br> Chaos and darkness heard, And took their flight, Hear <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/lorenz/the otterbein hymnal/165 olivet 6s & 4s.htm</font><p><a href="/library/pink/the_redeemers_return/3_our_lords_olivet_discourse.htm"><span class="l">Our Lord's <b>Olivet</b> Discourse Shows that There is no Universal <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> III. Post-millennialism Refuted. 3. Our Lord's <b>Olivet</b> discourse shows that there<br> is no universal triumph of the Gospel before His Second Advent. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../pink/the redeemers return/3 our lords olivet discourse.htm</font><p><a href="/library/lorenz/the_otterbein_hymnal/109_olivet_l_m_the_teaching.htm"><span class="l"><b>Olivet</b>. LM The Teaching of Jesus.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> 109 <b>Olivet</b>. LM The Teaching of Jesus. The Teaching of Jesus. (243) How<br> sweetly flowed the gospel's sound From lips of gentleness <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../lorenz/the otterbein hymnal/109 olivet l m the teaching.htm</font><p><a href="/library/lorenz/the_otterbein_hymnal/108_olivet_l_m_the_meekness.htm"><span class="l"><b>Olivet</b>. LM The Meekness of Jesus.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> 108 <b>Olivet</b>. LM The Meekness of Jesus. The Meekness of Jesus. (242) How<br> beauteous were the marks divine, That in thy meekness used <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../lorenz/the otterbein hymnal/108 olivet l m the meekness.htm</font><p><a href="/library/lorenz/the_otterbein_hymnal/110_olivet_l_m_christs_example.htm"><span class="l"><b>Olivet</b>. LM Christ's Example.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> 110 <b>Olivet</b>. LM Christ's Example. Christ's Example. (239) My dear Redeemer<br> and my Lord, I read my duty in thy Word; But in thy life <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../lorenz/the otterbein hymnal/110 olivet l m christs example.htm</font><p><a href="/library/lorenz/the_otterbein_hymnal/164_olivet_6s_&_4s.htm"><span class="l"><b>Olivet</b>. Veni, Sancte Spiritus! (386)</span></a> <br><b>...</b> 164 <b>Olivet</b>. 6s & 4s. Veni, Sancte Spiritus! (386). Come, Holy Ghost! in love,<br> Shed on us, from above, Thine own bright ray: Divinely <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/lorenz/the otterbein hymnal/164 olivet 6s & 4s.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/o/olivet.htm"><span class="l"><b>Olivet</b> (4 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia <b>OLIVET</b>. ol'-i-vet. See OLIVES, MOUNT OF.<br> Multi-Version Concordance <b>Olivet</b> (4 Occurrences). Luke <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/o/olivet.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/o/olives.htm"><span class="l">Olives (30 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Zechariah 14:4), ma`aleh ha-zethim, "the ascent of the mount of Olives" (2 Samuel<br> 15:30, the King James Version "the ascent of (mount) <b>Olivet</b>"); to oros ton <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/o/olives.htm - 37k</font><p><a href="/topical/o/olves.htm"><span class="l">Olves</span></a><br><b>...</b> Jerusalem. "No name in Scripture," says Dr. Porter, "calls up associations<br> at once so sacred and so pleasing as that of <b>Olivet</b>. The <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/o/olves.htm - 9k</font><p><a href="/topical/m/mountain.htm"><span class="l">Mountain (298 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Gilboa, Gilead, Hachilah, Halak, Hebron, Heres, Hermon, Hor, Horeb, Jearim, Judah,<br> Lebanon, Mizar, Moreh, Moriah, Naphtali, Nebo, Olives, <b>Olivet</b>, Paran, Perazim <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/m/mountain.htm - 48k</font><p><a href="/topical/o/olivetree.htm"><span class="l">Olivetree</span></a><br><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/o/olivetree.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/m/malchiel.htm"><span class="l">Malchiel (3 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Zechariah 14:4), ma`aleh ha-zethim, "the ascent of the mount of Olives" (2 Samuel<br> 15:30, the King James Version "the ascent of (mount) <b>Olivet</b>"); to oros ton <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/m/malchiel.htm - 74k</font><p><a href="/topical/m/mount.htm"><span class="l">Mount (311 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Gilboa, Gilead, Hachilah, Halak, Hebron, Heres, Hermon, Hor, Horeb, Jearim, Judah,<br> Lebanon, Mizar, Moreh, Moriah, Naphtali, Nebo, Olives, <b>Olivet</b>, Paran, Perazim <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/m/mount.htm - 68k</font><p><a href="/topical/n/nob.htm"><span class="l">Nob (6 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> This identification does not meet these conditions, and hence others (as Dean Stanley)<br> think that it was the northern summit of Mount <b>Olivet</b>, the place where <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/n/nob.htm - 12k</font><p><a href="/topical/l/lodged.htm"><span class="l">Lodged (35 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Luke 21:37 And every day he was teaching in the temple; and every night he went<br> out, and lodged in the mount that is called <b>Olivet</b>. (ASV RSV). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/l/lodged.htm - 16k</font><p><a href="/topical/r/resurrection.htm"><span class="l">Resurrection (42 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> They accompanied him from Jerusalem to Mount <b>Olivet</b>, and there they saw him ascend<br> "till a cloud received him out of their sight" (Mark 16:19; Luke 24:50-52 <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/r/resurrection.htm - 93k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Olivet-discourse.html">What is the Olivet Discourse? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Mount-of-Olives.html">What happened on the Mount of Olives? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/parable-sheep-goats.html">What is the meaning of the Parable of the Sheep and Goats? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://clyx.com/term/olivet.htm">Olivet: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Olivet (4 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/19-29.htm">Luke 19:29</a></span><br />It happened, when he drew near to Bethsphage and Bethany, at the mountain that is called <span class="boldtext">Olivet</span>, he sent two of his disciples,<br /><span class="source">(WEB ASV NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/21-37.htm">Luke 21:37</a></span><br />Every day Jesus was teaching in the temple, and every night he would go out and spend the night on the mountain that is called <span class="boldtext">Olivet</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB ASV NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/1-12.htm">Acts 1:12</a></span><br />Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mountain called <span class="boldtext">Olivet</span>, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day's journey away.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV BBE WBS NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/15-30.htm">2 Samuel 15:30</a></span><br />And David went up by the ascent of mount <span class="boldtext">Olivet</span>, and wept as he went up, and had his head covered, and he went barefoot: and all the people that was with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up.<br /><span class="source">(KJV WBS)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/o/olivet.htm">Olivet</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/o/olive-tree.htm">Olive-tree (17 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/o/olivet.htm">Olivet (4 Occurrences)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/o/olives.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Olives"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Olives" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/o/olivet_discourse.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Olivet Discourse"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Olivet Discourse" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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