Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
With (sun). See John 12:2 for another example of sun in John (common in Paul). The usual meta reappears in verse John 18:2.
Over (peran). "Beyond," preposition with the ablative as in John 6:22, John 6:25.
Brook (xeimarrou). Old word, flowing (roos, rew) in winter (xeima), only here in N.T.
Kidron (ton Kedrwn). Literally, "of the Cedars," "Brook of the Cedars." Only here in N.T. So 2 Samuel 15:23. Textus Receptus like Josephus (Ant. VIII, 1, 5) has the singular tou Kedrwn (indeclinable). As a matter of fact it was always dry save after a heavy rain.
A garden (khpov). Old word, in N.T. only here, verse John 18:26; John 19:41 (Joseph's); Luke 13:19. John, like Luke, does not give the name Gethsemane (only in Mark 14:32; Matthew 26:36). The brook of the cedars had many unhallowed associations (1 Kings 2:37; 1 Kings 15:13; 2 Kings 23:4 ff.; 2 Chronicles 29:16; Jeremiah 31:40).
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Matthew 26:36
John 19:41
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