Bible Location
Meaning: the house of song; the house of affliction · 11 cross references · Modern-day map available
Bethany was the village on the eastern side of the Mount of Olives closely associated with Lazarus, Mary, and Martha. It is important because Jesus stayed there, raised Lazarus there, and approached Jerusalem from there during the final phase of his ministry. First appears in Matt 21:17.1
AI summary: Bethany is one of the most intimate locations in the Gospels because it is tied to friendship, hospitality, grief, and preparation for Jesus' death. The raising of Lazarus gives the village profound theological importance, while Mary's act of anointing adds another layer of devotion and foreshadowing. Its location near Jerusalem also makes it a regular staging point during the last days before the crucifixion. The cross references present Bethany as a place where personal love, resurrection hope, and the approach to the cross come together.1
A village on the south-eastern slope of the Mount of Olives (Mark 11:1), about 2 miles east of Jerusalem, on the road to Jericho. It derived its name from the number of palm-trees which grew there. It was the residence of Lazarus and his sisters. It is frequently mentioned in connection with memorable incidents in the life of our Lord (Matt. 21:17; 26:6; Mark 11:11, 12; 14:3; Luke 24:50; John 11:1; 12:1). It is now known by the name of el-Azariyeh, i.e., “place of Lazarus,” or simply Lazariyeh. Seen from a distance, the village has been described as “remarkably beautiful, the perfection of retirement and repose, of seclusion and lovely peace.” Now a mean village, containing about twenty families. 3
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Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.