en_tn_condensed/jhn/18/01.md

# General Information:

Verses 1-2 give background information for the events that follow. Verse 1 tells where they took place, and verse 2 gives background information about Judas. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-background]])

# After Jesus spoke these words

The author uses these words to mark the beginning of a new event. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-newevent]])

# the Kidron Brook

This was a low place in Jerusalem separating the Temple Mount from the Mount of Olives. It has a small stream in it only after heavy rains. Many modern English translations read, "the Kidron Valley" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-names]])

# where there was a garden

This was a grove of olive trees. Alternate translation: "where there was a grove of olive trees" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])