Whom Do You Seek?

John Farley
Pastor Teacher
Sunday,
February 23, 2025

Whom do you seek?

JOH 18:1-11

The garden in which they entered was the garden of Gethsemane.

MAT 26:36

Luke’s gospel states that Jesus and His disciples went out to the Mount of Olives.

LUK 22:39

The garden of Gethsemane was located on the lower slopes of the Mount of Olives,

across the Kidron Valley from Jerusalem.

JOH 18:1

The name Gethsemane means “oil press”.

Jesus would be under extreme pressure in the Garden of Gethsemane.

So much so
that His sweat was
“like drops of blood falling to the ground”. (Luke 22:44)

Then, at Calvary, He was crushed for our iniquities.

ISA 53:5

JOH 18:2

MAT 10:2-4
MAR 3:19
LUK 6:16

JOH 6:70-71

Jesus went to
the one place where Judas would be sure to find Him.

JOH 18:3

Judas was the guide for this hunting party.

More likely, Pilate sent a detachment of 50-75 soldiers.

These fishermen were no match for battle-tested professional soldiers.

JOH 18:4-6

I am. The Greek words are ego eimi.

On one level, it means “I am he” in the ordinary sense.

JOH 8:56-59

EXO 3:10-14

This is
the LORD God’s
self-identification!