John 18:1
When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Cedron, where was a garden, into the which he entered, and his disciples.
Cross-references
John 18:26 confirms the garden as the place of Peter's denial — the same garden Jesus entered in verse 1.
John 13:31-32 announces the Son's glorification — John 18:1 begins the journey to the garden where that glorification through the cross unfolds.
In John 14:31, Jesus says 'Rise, let us go'; now in John 18:1 he actually goes to the garden.
John 17:26 ends Jesus' high priestly prayer; then John 18:1 begins the arrest narrative as he goes to the garden.
Genesis 2:15 places Adam in Eden's garden to tend it — typologically parallel to Jesus entering the garden of Gethsemane.
Genesis 3:23 has Adam expelled from the garden — contrasting with Jesus voluntarily entering the garden to face arrest.
In 2 Samuel 15:23, David crosses the Kidron in sorrow, prefiguring Jesus crossing it to his arrest.
Matthew 26:36 names the place Gethsemane and records Jesus telling disciples to sit while he prays.
Mark 14:32 also calls it Gethsemane and includes the command to sit, providing synoptic detail.
Luke 22:39 says Jesus went to the Mount of Olives 'as was his custom', adding context to the garden visit.
1 Kings 2:37 warns that crossing the Kidron Valley brings death — Jesus crosses it on the way to his own death.
2 Kings 23:4 tells of burning pagan vessels in the Kidron Valley — the same valley Jesus crosses.
Matthew 26:30 is the parallel account: after the hymn, Jesus and disciples go to the Mount of Olives, the same setting as John 18:1.
Matthew 26:47 records Judas arriving with the mob to arrest Jesus, directly continuing the garden scene from John 18:1.
Mark 14:42 quotes Jesus saying 'Rise, let us go; my betrayer is at hand' — the moment just after the garden setting in John 18:1.