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 wadi Kidron

a low place in Jerusalem separating the Temple Mount from the Mount of Olives. Many modern English translations read, "the Kidron Valley" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-names)

wadi

a low place that is dry most of the year but in which water flows during the rainy season

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)