Mat 21:17 went out of the city, to B, and stayed
Matt 26:6; Mar 14:3 Jesus being in B, at home
Mar 11:1 along .. B, facing the Mount of Olives
Luk 19:29 coming near Bethphage and B, at
Luk 24:50 brought them out..to B, and raising their hands
Joh 11:1 was .. sick one .. Lazarus, of B
Joh 12:1 Jesus came to B, where Lazarus was
Betania (Gr. B’thanía; transliteration of Heb. Bêth-ânî “house of the poor”). 77. Bethany. 1. A village on the eastern slope of the Mount of Olives, about 2.5 km east of Jerusalem, on the road from Jerusalem to Jericho (seems to be the Ananias of Neh 11:32). In Bethany lived Lazarus, Martha, and Mary, whom Jesus visited on several occasions (Mat 21: 17; Mar 11:1, 11, 12; Luk 10:38; Joh 11:1); and Simon the leper, in whose house Mary anointed Jesus (Mat 26:6-13; Mar 14:3). Jesus’ ascension occurred not far from this village (Luk 24:50, 51). The place is now called el-Azarîyeh in honor of Lazarus (his tomb is traditionally marked there; figs 14, 77, 310). Map XVI, E-3. See Ananias 2. 2. Place east of the Jordan where John baptized (Joh 1:28, JB and DHH); he has not been identified. See Betabara.
Source: Evangelical Bible Dictionary
poor man’s house Place name. 1. Village at the foot of the Mount of Olives, eastern slope, near Jerusalem. Several events of the public life of Jesus occurred there. After having driven the vendors out of the Temple, cured the blind and the lame, and had an altercation with the high priests and scribes, he spent the night in B., Mt 21, 17.
While Jesus was in B. in the house of Simon the leper, he was anointed by a woman, Mt 26, 6-7; Mk 14, 3. Lazarus and his sisters Martha and Mary lived in B. There Lazarus died and Jesus resurrected him, Jn 11, 1 and 17-44. Six days before Easter Jesus returned to B., where Lazarus was risen, and Mary anointed him Jn 12, 1-3. Near B. Jesus sent the disciples for the colt on which he made the triumphal entry into Jerusalem, after which, late, he returned to B. with the Twelve, Mt 11, 1-11; Lk 19, 28-34.
Near B. the ascension of Jesus took place Lc 24 50-51.
Today’s B. is called El-Azariye in Arabic because of the miracle of the resurrection of Lazarus. 2. To the east of the Jordan, “beyond the Jordan” Jn 1, 28, a different place from the previous one, where John baptized Jesus. B. is a variation of Bethabara, place of passage, which recalls the passage of the Jordan by the people of Israel at the end of the Exodus, Jos 3.
Digital Bible Dictionary, Grupo C Service & Design Ltda., Colombia, 2003
Source: Digital Bible Dictionary
(gr., Bethania, house of dates or green figs).
1. People east of the Jordan (John 1:28).
2. The home of María, Marta and Lázaro, about 3 km. southeast of Jerusalem (John 11:18) on the eastern slope of the Mount of Olives. It was here that Jesus raised Lazarus (John 11) and attended the feast at Simon’s house (Matthew 26; Mark 14; Luke 7). The ascension took place in the region of this city (Luk 24:50-51).
Source: Hispanic World Bible Dictionary
Modern El †™Azariyeh, on the eastern slope of the Mount of Olives, on the road from Jerusalem to Jericho, is the site of the biblical Bethany. The traditional tomb of Lazarus was mentioned in the year 333 AD. de JC, by a pilgrim from Bordeaux. To reach the tomb, the visitor descends 24 steps which were cut into the rock in 1613. The Franciscans have excavated part of the site of the ancient village of Betania.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: SJ Saller, Excavations at Bethany (1957).
Source: Archaeological Biblical Dictionary
(House of affliction).
– Home of Lazarus, Martha and Mary, where Jesus stayed many times: Jua 11:1-18, Mar 11:1-11, Mat 21:17, Mat 26:6.
– Place of Ascension: Luc 24:50-51.
Christian Bible Dictionary
Dr. J. Dominguez
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Source: Christian Bible Dictionary
(House of misery?). NT place names.
1. A small town on the SE slope of the Mount of Olives, about 3 km E of Jerusalem, near the road to †¢Jericho. We are told that the Lord Jesus “as he was on his way, entered a village; and a woman named Martha received him into his house † (Luke 10:38). This was the beginning of a great friendship with his family, which was completed by † ¢ María and † ¢ Lázaro. The Lord used to stay there when he went to Jerusalem (Mat 21:17; Mar 11:11).
In B. the resurrection of Lazarus took place (Jua 11:1-44). “There they made a supper for him” (Joh 12:2) at the house of “Simon the leper. It is possible that Simon had been healed of his leprosy and, moreover, that he was a relative or close friend of Martha, Mary, and Lazarus, because “Martha served and Lazarus was one of those reclining at table with him” (Joh 12: two). Mary poured over him “an alabaster jar of perfume of great price” (Matt 26:7).
the last trip of the Lord Jesus to Jerusalem, “coming near Bethphage and B. … he sent two of his disciples” to prepare the place to celebrate the Passover (Luke 19:29). After his resurrection, † œhe brought them out to B., and raising his hands, he blessed them…. and he was taken up into heaven † (Luke 24:50-51). Today he is identified with the village of Al-Azaríe, an Arabic name equivalent to Lázaro.
2. In some very old manuscripts the place that RV60 calls †¢Betábara appears as B.
Source: Christian Bible Dictionary
type, CITY
see, BETI BARA
sit, a3, 380, 79
vet, = “house of dates, or of figs”. (a) Town on the eastern slope of the Mount of Olives, about 3 km from Jerusalem, near the road to Jericho. It was where Lazarus, Martha and Mary resided (Jn. 11:1; 12:1), and also Simon the leper, where one of the anointings of Jesus took place (Mt. 26:6-13; Mr. 14:3) . It was near Bethany that the Lord Jesus ascended into heaven (Mt. 21:17; 26:6; Mk. 11:1, 11, 12; 14:3; Lk. 19:29; 24:50; Jn. 11: 1, 18; 12:1). It is now a dilapidated and poor village called “el-Azariyeh”, or “Lazariyeh” (the town of Lazarus). In place of the luxuriant date palms of the past, olive, fig, and pomegranate trees now grow. (b) East of the Jordan, the town where John was baptizing when the Lord Jesus returned after the temptation (Jn. 1:28; cf. 10:40). See BETÍ BARA.
Source: New Illustrated Bible Dictionary
A town ten kilometers from Jerusalem, at the end of the Mount of Olives, where Lazarus and his sisters Martha and Mary lived, friends of Jesus in whose home the Master stayed.
On various occasions the locality is cited in the New Testament (Lk. 10. 38; Jn. 11.1; Mk. 14. 3; Lk. 19.29)
There, near the holy city of Jerusalem, is where Jesus performed the most amazing miracle: the raising of Lazarus, which triggered his final persecution and his death sentence “because he performed such miracles.” (John 11. 1-44)
In Christian history this name has always been associated with the idea of hospitality and friendship, fidelity and love for the Lord.
Pedro Chico González, Dictionary of Catechesis and Religious Pedagogy, Editorial Bruño, Lima, Peru 2006
Source: Dictionary of Catechesis and Religious Pedagogy
DJN
A
The etymology of is not certain; it could mean “house of the poor” or “house of Ananias” and even “boat house”. In the Gospel of Saint John, whose topographical indications are always trustworthy, two Bethanys are mentioned: Bethany near Jerusalem (11,1.18; 12,1) and Bethany on the other side of the Jordan (1,28).
1. The Bethany near Jerusalem is located in the eastern part of the Mount of Olives, on the side of the road that led to Jericho (Mk 11,1; Lk 19,29). She appears mentioned with the name of Ananias and as belonging to the tribe of Benjamin in Neh 11,32; some exiles settled here on the way back from Babylon. Sepulchral inscriptions found in Betania suggest that there was a Galilean population there. It was distant from Jerusalem 15 stadiums (Jn 11,18), that is, 2,775 m.; Eusebius (265-340 AD) places Bethany on the “slope of the Mount of Olives, two miles” from Jerusalem, that is, 2,974 m. These data correspond to the distance from Jerusalem to the ruins of ancient Biblical Bethany, which have been coming to light in archaeological excavations.
The biblical Bethany was located a little further up the slope, to the west of the current town of Azariye, which is now extended in a south-easterly direction, already adjoining the tomb of Lazarus, the biblical town being about 300 meters away from the tomb. which was, naturally, outside the town, according to Jewish norms. The Arabic name Azariye, a population today with a Muslim majority, derives from , mentioned around the year 385 by the pilgrim Eteria, for whom the tomb of Lazarus was the most important place in Betania, which explains why it attracted attention and fell in oblivion the other holy places of Bethany. At the beginning of the fourth century, pilgrims were shown, according to Eusebius of Caesarea (330 AD) and the pilgrim of Bordeaux (333 AD), the sepulchral cave in which Lazarus was buried (Jn 11,38) and from where he was called to life for the Savior (v. 43). Saint Jerome and the pilgrim Eteria also attest to the existence of a church in the same place towards the end of the 4th century. During the excavations directed by SJ Saller in the years 1949-53 in the area of the Franciscan church and the tomb of Lazarus, remains of three superimposed churches, built successively and at different times, were discovered. Adjacent to the 4th-century church, a three-nave basilica with a mosaic floor, an atrium was discovered, today obstructed by the mosque, through which the sepulchral grotto of Lazarus was accessed in the past, whose walls were covered with graffiti and symbols Christians.
The tomb of Lazarus, like that of Jesus, consisted of an antechamber and a sepulchral chamber, excavated in stone (cf. Jn 11,38; 20,4-7), although with an important difference: the tomb of Lazarus was covered with a slab in horizontal plane, while that of Jesus was with a round stone in a vertical plane (compare Jn 20,3-8 with Mt 28,2; Mk 15,3-4; Lk 24,2: thus the German Catholic exegete R. Schnackenburg and other authors, while the Protestant exegete R. Bultmann instead imagines the tomb of Jesus as that of Lazarus, that is, covered with a vertical slab).
It is not possible to locate, however, the place where Lazarus lived with his sisters (Jn 11,1; 12,1), which would naturally be found in the ancient town. Just as for Matthew and Mark and, above all, for John, Bethany is of great importance, for Luke, on the other hand, it is only worth mentioning for being near the place of the ascension (Lk 24,50), today occupied by a mosque. The fact that Luke names her in the itinerary of Jesus before the triumphal entry into Jerusalem is due to the fact that he has faithfully followed Mc 11,1s in his account. We do not know, then, in which town Luke locates the house of Mary and Martha (Lk 10,38-42), since it is not allowed to project what we know from Jn 11,1-12,11 on the Lucan account of Martha and Mary . Luke is also the only one of the evangelists who does not place the anointing of Jesus by a woman in Bethany, but in Galilee (Lk 7:36-50). Saint…