An olive grove or the Mount of Olives — the hill east of Jerusalem covered with olive trees, the site of Jesus' agony in Gethsemane, his ascension, and his predicted return. One of the most theologically charged locations in the New Testament.
The Elaiōn — the Mount of Olives — is the mountain of divine encounter and human anguish. It was here that Jesus wept over Jerusalem (Luke 19:41), here that he taught about the end times (Matthew 24), here that he prayed in agony in Gethsemane (Luke 22:39), and here that he was arrested. It is from this mountain that he ascended (Acts 1:12), and Zechariah prophesied that his feet would stand on it when he returns (Zechariah 14:4). The Mount of Olives bookends Jesus' ministry with supreme theological significance — it is simultaneously the place of his greatest anguish and his ultimate triumph.