Gethsemane

4Surely, he has borne our griefs
and carried our sorrows;
yet we esteemed him stricken,
smitten by God, and afflicted.
5But he was pierced for our transgressions;
he was crushed for our iniquities;
upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace,
and with his wounds we are healed.
6All we like sheep have gone astray;
we have turned—every one—to his own way;
and the LORD has laid on him
the iniquity of us all. Isaiah 53.ESV

Several years ago we visited Jerusalem and the Garden of Gethsemane with  Amos trust . In the garden there are ancient olive trees, they say they may well have been the same trees that were there in Jesus's day, at least they were very old, the trunks were  very gnarled and distorted. with the eye of imagination you could almost make out a figure in the trunks convulsed in terrible agony.

39 And he came out and went, as was his custom, to the Mount of Olives, and the disciples followed him. 40 And when he came to the place, he said to them, “Pray that you may not enter into temptation.” 41 And he withdrew from them about a stone's throw, and knelt down and prayed, 42 saying, “Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done.” 43 And there appeared to him an angel from heaven, strengthening him. 44 And being in agony he prayed more earnestly; and his sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground.[g] 45 And when he rose from prayer, he came to the disciples and found them sleeping for sorrow

 Luke 22 ESV

Of course especially today, Maundy Thursday, we remember Christ's agony in the garden. In fact, the origin of the word Gethsemane means an olive press and we can link that with the passage in 

Isaiah 53, "He was crushed for our iniquities." 

Just as the olives have to be crushed to produce healing oil so Jesus had to be crushed for healing the sins of the world as his life drained away on the cross so we can receive all the benefits of what Christ had to go through on the cross.

 Jesus could have chosen not to die, in fact that is what every thought was telling Him as he sweated drops of blood in the garden, but He resolved, "not my will but your will be done", So we can remember all that Christ went through for us and our salvation, as we approach Good Friday. Of course it does not end there; tomorrow may be Friday but His Father did not leave Him in the grave. Easter Sunday is coming when we joyfully celebrate that Jesus rose from the dead.