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== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_71826" /> == | == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_71826" /> == | ||
<p> '''Beth'any.''' ''(house of dates,'' or ''house of misery).'' </p> <p> 1. [[A]] village which, scanty as are the notices of it contained in Scripture, is more intimately associated in our minds, than perhaps any other place, with the most familiar acts and scenes of the last days of the life of | <p> '''Beth'any.''' ''(house of dates,'' or ''house of misery).'' </p> <p> 1. [[A]] village which, scanty as are the notices of it contained in Scripture, is more intimately associated in our minds, than perhaps any other place, with the most familiar acts and scenes of the last days of the life of [[Christ]] . It was situated "at" the Mount of Olives, Mark 11:1; Luke 19:29, about fifteen stadia, (furlongs, that is, 1 1/2 or 2 miles), from Jerusalem, John 11:18, on, or near, the usual road from Jericho to the city, Luke 19:29. Compare Mark 11:1, and Mark 10:46. </p> <p> And close by the west (?) of another village called [[Bethphage]] , the two being several times mentioned together. [[Bethany]] was the home of Mary and Martha and Lazarus, and is now known by a name derived from Lazarus - ''el-Azariyeh'' or ''Lazarieh.'' </p> <p> It lies on the eastern slope of the Mount of Olives, fully a mile beyond the summit, and not very far from the point at which the road to Jericho begins its more sudden descent towards the Jordan valley. ''El-'Azariyeh'' is a ruinous and wretched village, a wild mountain hamlet of some twenty families. Bethany has been commonly explained "house of dates," but it more probably signifies "house of misery." [[H.]] Dixon, "Holy Land," ii. 214, foll. </p> <p> 2. In the Revised Version for [[Bethabara]] , John 1:28, where [[Jesus]] was baptized by John. It was probably an obscure village near Bethabara, and, in time, its name faded out and was replaced by the larger and more important Bethabara. </p> | ||
== Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary <ref name="term_80385" /> == | == Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary <ref name="term_80385" /> == | ||
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== People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_69776" /> == | == People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_69776" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> [[Bethany]] (''bĕth'a-ny'' ), ''house of dates,'' or, ''of misery.'' [[A]] village on the eastern slope of Mount Olivet, about one and a half to two miles ("15 furlongs") east of Jerusalem, John 11:18, toward Jericho; the home of Mary and Martha, whither Jesus often went. Matthew 21:17; Mark 11:11-12. It was the home of Simon, Mark 14:3, the place where Lazarus was raised from the dead. John 11:18-44; and near it Jesus ascended to heaven, Luke 24:50; named in the [[Gospels]] eleven times only. See Beth-abara. </p> | ||
== Bridgeway Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_18429" /> == | == Bridgeway Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_18429" /> == | ||
