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1、主內的朋友:感謝您慷慨的協助校正,請將錯誤或修正之處,以有顏色之字體表示,為方便我們再次的校對。天主保祐思高讀經推廣中心敬上2.TheLocality2.TheLocality地形介紹圖:AviewofGethsemaneintheValleyfromtheWallsofJerusalem圖:從耶路撒冷城牆看革責瑪尼山谷IntheNewTestamentmanuscripts,aswellinthewritingsofthefirstpilgrimstotheHolyLand,thenameof-theplac
2、ewhereMatthewandMarksituateJesus'arrestisspeltindifferentways.Biblescholarsgivevariousexplanationsastoitsderivation.Thecommonandmostwidelyacceptedspellingofthewordtodayis"Gethsemani."ItrepresentsaslightlyHellenizedformoftwoHebrewwords,gath(press)andshemanim(
3、oils).This"OilsPress"wassituatedbeyondtheKidrongully(John18:1)inthedirectionoftheMountofOlives(Matthew26:30;Mark14:26;Luke22:39).LikemostgulliesorwadisinPalestine,thatnamedKidronisdryuntiltheheavywinterrainsfloodit.Alongitscourseitnowbearsdifferentnames.Itha
4、sitssourcetothenorth-eastofJerusalem,followsthelineofthecityontheeast,separatingitfromtheMountofOlives.Itthenturnssouth-eastandendsintheDeadSea,southofQumran.Thus,KidronisalittlepuzzlingforvisitorstoGethsemane.TheyareinclinedtothinkofAlpinestreams,withtheirs
5、wiftcurrentsandhighbanks.Here,instead,theyseeakindofaqueduct,studdedwithrocks,inthemiddleofavalleywhichbearslittleresemblancetowhatpeoplesincethefourthcenturyhaveimaginedtheValleyofJosaphattobelike,theplacewhereGodwillsitinjudgmentonallnations(Joel3:12).This
6、traditionisstillperpetuatedbythefactthatthevalleyisavastcemeteryforJews,ChristiansandMuslims.在新約早期的手抄本裡,並在到聖地最初的朝聖記錄中,瑪竇和馬爾谷所指出耶穌被捕地點的名稱有不同的寫法。聖經學者對此有不同的見解。現今這個地名最被廣泛接受的稱法就是「革責瑪尼(Gethsemani)」。它是由兩個希伯來單詞「壓機」(gath)和「油」shemanim組成。古時這台油壓機位於克德隆山谷後面(若十八1),坐落於橄欖山(瑪
7、廿六30;谷十四26;路廿二39)。一如巴勒斯坦地區的其他溪谷一樣,只有冬天下著大雨的雨季,它才有水。現在不同的地方有不同的名稱,它的源頭是在耶路撒冷區域的東北,溪谷沿著城東的邊界,它區隔耶城與橄欖山。沿著東南,延伸到死海,古木蘭南方。因此,造訪革擇瑪尼的遊客,克德隆有如拼圖一般。一提到溪谷,他們想像有許多快速流動和高聳的阿爾卑斯山的溪流。反而在這兒,人們會看到溝渠般的溪谷,裡面有許多石頭。山谷不大像人們從第四世紀到現在所想像的「約瑟芬王的山谷」,也就是上主將審判萬邦之地(岳三12?無此章節)此地傳統上一直都是
8、猶太人、基督徒和伊斯蘭教徒大的墳場。圖:JesusinhissolitudeatGethsemane-detailofmosaicinapse圖:耶穌獨自在革責瑪尼─馬賽克東半的詳圖Nearthecitywalls,theKidrongullyisnotaslargeasitishigherupandlowerdown,southofthewalls.Itisnotasyetthema