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Hello and welcome to the truth seekers podcast.

A truth seeker is someone who wants to know the truth.

They search for what's true and they

won't rest until they find it. I am a truth seeker, and if you are too, then you've come to the

right place where we will search for truth each week in the stories of the Bible. We have been

walking through the days of Holy Week and have come to Good Friday. Why is it called Good Friday, you ask? Well, I'm going to

tell you, but first, let's pick up where we left off yesterday. Jesus had just finished his meal with

his disciples. They walked together to a garden called Gethsemeny. Can you say Gethsemini? It was a quiet place they knew and loved at the foot of the

Mount of Olives. The Garden of Gethsemini was a garden of olive trees. Did you know that olives grow on trees?

Have you ever eaten an olive? Or maybe you've seen your mom or grandma cooking with olive oil?

Olive oil comes from olives that have been crushed and pressed down so the oil can be drained from them.

The name Gethsemini actually means olive press, so it is likely there was an

olive press nearby where they would press and crush the olives to make olive oil. Well, it was in this

garden that Jesus and his disciples walked that night.

Jesus said to his disciples,

Stay here for a little while I go and pray.

Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John.

Then he said to them,

My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death.

Stay here and keep watch with me.

Going a little farther, he fell with his face to the ground and prayed,

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