History has never erased
Gethsemane's trees
After thousands of years, there stands
Three....of an ancestor's legacy
As a living witness today
At such a tree, He knelt that night
As for all of mankind He prayed
Perhaps here, in pain, He held on tight
While suffering, His tears and sweat
Dripped as He prayed alone and He wept
Blood inside Him could not be kept
So pressing was sn's all consuming debt
The 3 trees are DNA tested to be of the same parent and date to the 1100's AD. Gnarled and ancient, they still produce olives.
image: From The National Museum in Warsaw
| Jerusalem. Garden of Gethsemane. Creator: Robertson, James (1813-1888). Creator's role: photographer. Date: 1857. Inventory number: DI 122069 MNW. |
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