Jesus in Gethsemane (Luke 22:29-46)
As we know, there are different ways of telling a story. This reality happens in news reports, in obituaries, in eyewitness accounts, in family discussions. The same occurs regarding the stories of Jesus in the Gospels. Each Gospel refers to what took place in Gethsemane, but they don’t report the same details. For example, John does not make any reference to Jesus’ distress and his agonising prayers. All he says is that Jesus and his disciples went to Gethsemane and that Judas appeared with soldiers to arrest him. Luke is possibly different from the other three accounts in that he was not an eyewitness of what occurred. Matthew and John were present. We may wonder about Mark, but it is regarded as likely that he is the unnamed man described in Mark 14:51-52 (in any case, it is generally accepted that Peter helped him compose his Gospel). Luke also does not say that Jesus prayed three times, nor does he say that Jesus separated Peter, James and John from the other disciples. This does