Bethany in the Bible

And he left them, and went out of the city to Bethany, and there spent the night.

Now [while] Jesus was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper,

And when they came nigh to Jerusalem, unto Bethpage, and Bethany, besides Mount Olivet, he sent forth two of his disciples,

Then he entered Jerusalem, entered the temple, and looked round at everything; but as it was late he went away with the twelve to Bethany.

Next day, when they had left Bethany, he felt hungry,

And each evening He left the city [of Jerusalem, and went to Bethany for the night].

And while he was in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster cruse of ointment of pure nard very costly; and'she brake the cruse, and poured it over his head.

Now as they went on their way, Jesus entered a certain village [i.e., Bethany. See John 11:1], and a certain woman named Martha welcomed Him into her house.

And it came about that when he got near Beth-phage and Bethany by the mountain which is named the Mountain of Olives, he sent two of the disciples,

Now Jesus was teaching in the Temple every day, and He went out and lodged on the hill called Olivet every night [Note: Possibly this meant He lodged in a house in Bethany, which was situated on the side of this hill].

And he led them without [the city] as far as Bethany, and lifting up his hands he blessed them.

This took place at Bethany on the farther side of the Jordan, where John was baptizing.

The next day, having decided to leave Bethany and go into Galilee, Jesus found Philip, and invited him to follow Him.

And there was a certain one ailing, Lazarus, from Bethany, of the village of Mary and Martha her sister --

And Bethany was nigh to Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off,

& 31] Now as Bethany is not far from Jerusalem, only about two miles away,

Six days before the Passover, Jesus arrived in Bethany, where Lazarus lived, the man whom Jesus had raised from the dead.

A large crowd of Jews learned that He was there [at Bethany]; and they came, not only because of Jesus, but also to see Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead.