Editing Mount of Olives (section)

===New Testament references===
[[File:Enrique Simonet - Flevit super illam 1892.jpg|thumb|''[[Flevit super illam]]'' (He wept over it); by [[Enrique Simonet]], 1892]]

The Mount of Olives is frequently mentioned in the [[New Testament]]<ref>{{bibleref|Matthew|21:1}}; 26:30, etc.</ref> as part of the route from Jerusalem to [[al-Eizariya|Bethany]] and the place where [[Jesus]] stood when he wept over Jerusalem (an event known as ''[[Flevit super illam]]'' in [[Latin]]).

Jesus is said to have spent time on the mount, teaching and prophesying to his disciples (Matthew 24–25), including the [[Olivet Discourse]], returning after each day to rest ([[Gospel of Luke|Luke]] 21:37, and John 8:1 in the additional section of John's Gospel known as the ''[[John 8#Pericope adulterae|Pericope Adulterae]]''), and also coming there on the night of his betrayal.<ref>{{bibleref|Matthew|26:39}}</ref> At the foot of the Mount of Olives lies the [[Gethsemane|Garden of Gethsemane]]. The New Testament tells how Jesus and his disciples sang together – "When they had sung the hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives" [[Gospel of Matthew]] 26:30. Jesus [[Ascension of Jesus|ascended to heaven]] from the Mount of Olives according to Acts 1:9–12.