

It is a miserably untidy and tumble-down village facing East on the Southeast slope of the Mount of Olives, upon the carriage road to Jericho. And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he parted from them, and was carried up into heaven."īethany is today el `Azareyeh ("the place of Lazarus"-the L being displaced to form the article).

The Ascension as recorded in Luke 24:50-51 is thus described: "He led them out until they were over against Bethany: and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them. Here occurred the incident of the raising of Lazarus ( John 11) and the feast at the house of Simon ( Matthew 26:1-13 Mark 14:3-9 Luke 7:36-50 John 1:2:1-8). This village may justifiably be called the Judean home of Jesus, as He appears to have preferred to lodge there rather than in Jerusalem itself ( Matthew 21:17 Mark 11:11). (1) A village, 15 furlongs from Jerusalem ( John 11:18), on the road to Jericho, at the Mount of Olives ( Mark 11:1 Luke 19:29), where lived "Simon the leper" ( Mark 14:3) and Mary, Martha and Lazarus ( John 11:18 f). John 12:1 Then six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, who had been dead, whom he raised from the dead. John 11:18 Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen stadia away. John 11:1 Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus from Bethany, of the village of Mary and her sister, Martha. Luke 24:50 He led them out as far as Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them. Luke 19:29 It happened, when he drew near to Bethsphage and Bethany, at the mountain that is called Olivet, he sent two of his disciples, She broke the jar, and poured it over his head. Mark 14:3 While he was at Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at the table, a woman came having an alabaster jar of ointment of pure nard-very costly. Mark 11:12 The next day, when they had come out from Bethany, he was hungry. When he had looked around at everything, it being now evening, he went out to Bethany with the twelve. Mark 11:11 Jesus entered into the temple in Jerusalem. Mark 11:1 When they drew near to Jerusalem, to Bethsphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples, Matthew 26:6 Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, Occurrences Matthew 21:17 He left them, and went out of the city to Bethany, and lodged there.
