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Bethphage (Ancient Greek: Βηθφαγή, romanized: Bēthpagḗ; Imperial Aramaic: בֵּית פַּגִּי, romanized: Bêṯ Paggî, lit. 'house of unripe figs') [ 1 ] or Bethsphage , [ 2 ] is a Christian religious site on the Mount of Olives east of historical Jerusalem .
The root meaning and origin of the name Bethany has been the subject of much scholarship and debate. William Hepworth Dixon devotes a multi-page footnote to it in his The Holy Land (1866), largely devoted to debunking the meaning "house of dates", which is attributed to Joseph Barber Lightfoot by way of a series of careless interpretative mistakes.
Bethany (Greek: Βηθανία (Bethania), which is probably of Aramaic or Hebrew origin, meaning “House of figs" is a feminine given name derived from the Biblical place name, Bethany, a town near Jerusalem, at the foot of the Mount of Olives, where Lazarus lived in the New Testament, along with his sisters, Mary and Martha, [1] and where Jesus stayed during Holy Week before his crucifixion.
Jesus and his disciples approach Bethphage and Bethany, towns on the edge of Jerusalem. Bethany was about two miles (3.2 km) east of the city on the Mount of Olives. Zechariah 14:4 has the final messianic battle occurring on the Mount of Olives. [3] Bethphage is Aramaic for house of unripe figs, perhaps Mark's foreshadowing of the story of the ...
[citation needed] On the south-eastern slope of the Mount of Olives lies the Palestinian Arab village of al-Eizariya, identified with the ancient village of Bethany mentioned in the New Testament; a short distance from the village centre, towards the top of the mount, is the traditional site of Bethphage, marked by a Franciscan church. [34]
The Church of Bethphage, also spelled Beitphage, meaning "house of the unripe figs", is a Franciscan church located on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem.It contains a stone traditionally identified as the one which Jesus used to mount the donkey at the start of his procession into Jerusalem.
Powell called the land he purchased "Bethphage", because it was situated between two other places on Long Island, Jericho and Jerusalem, just as the biblical town of Bethphage (meaning "house of figs") was situated between Jericho and Jerusalem in Israel.
Bethphage, a place on the Mount of Olives, mentioned as the place from which Jesus sent the disciples to find a donkey and a colt, which he would ride into Jerusalem; Bethpage, Missouri, an unincorporated community; Bethpage, New York, a hamlet located on Long Island within the Town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County, New York, United States