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Bethany

Town or city mentioned in 12 verses of the Bible, most often in Mark.

31.772° N, 35.256° EConfident identification4 books

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Journeys through Bethany

The ministry in Galilee (c. AD 27–29)
The road to Jerusalem (c. AD 29–30)
The last week and the resurrection (Passover, AD 30 or 33)

Where it appears

Mark (4), John (4), Matthew (2), Luke (2)

Key verses

Matthew 21:17 first mention — And he left them, and went out of the city into Bethany; and he lodged there.
Matthew 26:6 — Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
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,
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.
Mark 11:12 — And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was hungry:
Mark 14:3 — And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head.
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,
Luke 24:50 — And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them.
John 11:1 — Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.
John 11:17 — Then when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the grave four days already.
John 11:18 — Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off:
John 12:1 — Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead.

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