Biblical places

Bethany

The hometown of Martha, Mary, and Lazarus, a village on the eastern slope of the Mount of Olives where Jesus often stayed.

Sources and location confidence

Identified with the present-day village of Al-Eizariya.

These are selected indexed references, not an exhaustive list of every mention in the Bible.

Matthew 21:17
And he left them, and went out of the city into Bethany; and he lodged there.
Mark 11:1
And when they came nigh to Jerusalem, unto Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount of Olives, he sendeth forth two of his disciples,
Luke 19:29
And it came to pass, when he was come nigh to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount called the mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples,
John 11:1
Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.
Matthew 26:6
Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
Mark 11:11
And Jesus entered into Jerusalem, and into the temple: and when he had looked round about upon all things, and now the eventide was come, he went out unto Bethany with the twelve.
Luke 24:50
And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them.
John 11:18
Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off:

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