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April 13, 2017

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Carl Heinrich Bloch (1834-1890),

Christ in Gethsemane, 1880, etching, 5 3/8 x 3 11/16 inches. Brigham Young University Museum of Art, purchased with funds provided by J. Robert and Lisa Wheatley, 2001.


Following the Last Supper, Jesus Christ went to the Mount of Olives, to the Garden of Gethsemane. It was here that Jesus Christ took upon Himself the sins of all mankind and endured horrific agony completely alone, so that all the world could receive a remission of their sins.

'And he was withdrawn from them about a stone