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Interior of St. Peter's, Rome, Giovanni Paolo Panini

Catena Aurea on John 18:1–2: Alcuin of York

Giovanni Paolo Panini, Interior of St. Peter's, Rome, c. 1754 · Public domainGiovanni Paolo Panini, Interior of St. Peter's, Rome, c. 1754

CommentAlcuin of YorkPublic domainJohn 18:1–2

Over the brook Cedron, i. e. of cedars. It is the genitive in the Greek. He goes over the brook, i. e. drinks of the brook of His Passion. Where there was a garden, that the sin which was committed in a garden, He might blot out in a garden. Paradise signifies garden of delights.

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