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Bethany was the last station on their route to Jerusalem after crossing the river and taking the road through Jericho up into the highlands. A respectful distance from the city and Temple, and on the pilgrim route, Bethany was a most suitable location for a charitable institution.
Bethany (Aramaic: בית עניא, Beth Anya, "house of the figs") ... Carmel was a town in Judea mentioned as the residence of Nabal and Abigail. Mount Carmel, Iowa;
This is not the village Bethany just east of Jerusalem, but the town Bethany, also called Bethabara in Perea. [32] A different interpretation places Bethabara on the opposite, western bank of the Jordan, in Judea rather than Perea; best known among these is the Madaba Map , which places Betahbara at today's west side of Al-Maghtas , officially ...
Mary of Bethany [a] is a biblical figure mentioned by name in the Gospel of John and probably the Gospel of Luke in the Christian New Testament. Together with her siblings Lazarus and Martha , she is described as living in the village of Bethany , a small village in Judaea to the south of the Mount of Olives near Jerusalem .
Al-Maghtas (Arabic: المغطس, al-Maġṭas, meaning ' baptism ' or ' immersion '), officially known as Baptism Site "Bethany Beyond the Jordan", is an archaeological World Heritage Site in Jordan, on the east bank of the Jordan River, reputed to be the location of the Baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist and venerated as such since at least the Byzantine period. [1]
[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]
Lazarus of Bethany [a] is a figure of the New Testament whose life is restored by Jesus four days after his death, ... and Bethany in Judea was chosen as the setting, ...
Bethany is the name of two villages mentioned in the New Testament of the Bible: Bethany near Jerusalem, today known as Al-Eizariya which means "the place of Lazarus" Bethany (or Bethabara) beyond the Jordan, today known as Al-Maghtas .