Places of the Bible
Bethany
A village on the south-eastern slope of the Mount of Olives · City
What happened here
A dot is a moment; a bar is something that lasted, drawn to its length.
- Jesus meets Martha and Mary · 29 AD
- Lazarus Raised from the Dead · 30 AD
- Mary Anoints Jesus · 30 AD
Where the name appears
Events told in passages that name Bethany, and how many of their verses do. That is not the same as saying they happened here: a place can be named as a landmark, as somewhere being travelled to, or as the subject of a prophecy.
- Holy Week · 30 AD · 6 verses
- Triumphal Entry · 30 AD · 2 verses
- Temple Cleansed · 30 AD · 1 verse
- Resurrection and Ascension · 30 AD · 1 verse
- Fig Tree Cursed · 30 AD · 2 verses
Easton’s Bible Dictionary
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.
From M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1893), in the public domain.
Named in 11 verses
The place, its people and its events come from Theographic, a knowledge graph of the Bible by Robert Rouse, used and shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.