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Where Is It Today?

Where Is Mount of Olives Today?

Mount of Olives is identified with Mount of Olives. See modern location, confidence level, Scripture references, coordinates, and source attribution.

Modern locationEast of the Old City, Jerusalem; status contested
ConfidenceHigh
Scripture refs19

High confidence

Modern identification

Mount of Olives - East of the Old City, Jerusalem; status contested

Coordinates31.7779, 35.2457
Kindmountain
Claims7
Sources3

Scripture anchors

Matthew 24:3Luke 22:39Acts 1:122 Sam 15:302 Sam 15:322 Sam 16:11 Kgs 11:72 Kgs 23:13Zech 14:4Matt 21:1Matt 24:3Matt 26:30Mark 11:1Mark 13:3Mark 14:26Luke 19:29Luke 19:37Luke 21:37John 8:1

Why this place is in the atlas

Jesus teaches, prays nearby, enters Jerusalem, and ascends near this ridge.

Claim ledger

names[0].value Mount of Olives Sacred Atlas Editorial Review - CC-BY-4.0 - High
summary.en Jesus teaches, prays nearby, enters Jerusalem, and ascends near this ridge. Sacred Atlas Editorial Review - CC-BY-4.0 - High
foreignKeys[0] ancientId: ac2c4c5, urlSlug: mount-of-olives, friendlyId: Mount of Olives OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data - CC-BY-4.0 - High
identifications[0].coordinates latitude: 31.777946, longitude: 35.245686, precision: approximate OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data - CC-BY-4.0; upstream ODbL-1.0 - High
identifications[0].modernRegion East of the Old City Sacred Atlas Editorial Review - CC-BY-4.0 - High
scriptureReferences Matthew 24:3, Luke 22:39, Acts 1:12, 2 Sam 15:30 King James Version 1769 - Public-Domain - High
temporalScopes c. AD 30: Passion week teaching, prayer, and ascension memory Sacred Atlas Editorial Review - CC-BY-4.0 - Medium