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The entry of Jesus into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, which Jesus begins near Bethany – Mark 11:1 [21] and Luke 19:29 [22] The lodging of Jesus in Bethany during the following week – Matthew 21:17 [23] and Mark 11:11-12 [24] The dinner in the house of Simon the Leper, at which Jesus was anointed – Matthew 26:6-13, [25] Mark 14:3-9, [26] and ...
There is an annual Palm Sunday walk into Jerusalem which begins in Bethphage. [6] Eusebius (Onom 58:13) located it on the Mount of Olives. [4] It was likely on the road from Jerusalem to Jericho and the limit of a Sabbath-day's journey from Jerusalem, [7] i.e., 2,000 cubits.
Bethany (near Jerusalem): The raising of Lazarus, shortly before Jesus enters Jerusalem for the last time, takes place in Bethany. [38] Bethesda: In John 5:1–18, the healing of the paralytic takes place at the Pool of Bethesda in Jerusalem. [39] Bethlehem: The Gospel of Luke states that the birth of Jesus took place in Bethlehem. [40] [41]
Some copies read more correctly Bethabara: for Bethany was not beyond Jordan, or in the desert, but near Jerusalem." [3] Glossa Ordinaria: "Or we must suppose two Bethanies; one over Jordan, the other on this side, not far from Jerusalem, the Bethany where Lazarus was raised from the dead." [3]
The New King James Version and World English Bible call Ephraim a "city", whereas the New International Version and the New Living Translation call it a "village". Ephraim was located in the wild, uncultivated hill-country thirteen miles to the northeast of Jerusalem , "perched on a conspicuous eminence and with an extensive view" [ 1 ] between ...
Bethany (Aramaic: בית עניא, Beth Anya, "house of the figs") was a village near Jerusalem and residence of the siblings Martha, Mary and Lazarus, and also Simon the Leper. Bethany, Connecticut Bethany Beach, Delaware
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]
The Jordanian side uses the names Al-Maghtas, Bethany beyond the Jordan and Baptism(al) Site, while the western part is known as Qasr al-Yahud.The nearby Greek Orthodox Monastery of St John the Baptist has a castle-like appearance (thus qasr, "castle"), and tradition holds that the Israelites crossed the river at this spot (thus al-Yahud, "of the Jews").