BETHANY
BETHANY (
Βηθανία), a village 15 stadia from Jerusalem, at the eastern foot of the Mount of Olives, remarkable for the raising of Lazarus, and for other incidents in our Saviour's life. (
St. John, 11.18.) Its modern name is
El-Azarîyeh, i. e. the village of Lazarus. (Robinson,
B.R. vol. ii. p. 100.)
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