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Mount of Olives

Modern Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem
Coordinates 31.7783, 35.2454

The ridge east of Jerusalem from which Jesus made his triumphal entry, where he taught the Olivet Discourse, where he prayed in Gethsemane the night before his crucifixion, and from which he ascended to heaven. Zechariah prophesies his return here.

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