Bethany in the Bible

Meaning: the house of song; the house of affliction

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

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.

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].

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

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

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.

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And having left them behind, he went out of the city to Bethany, and lodged there.

And Jesus entered into Jerusalem, and into the temple. And when he looked around on all things, the hour now being evening, he went out to Bethany with the twelve. And on the morrow when they came out from Bethany he was hungry.

And when it became evening he went forth outside of the city.


Now when Jesus happened to be in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, a woman came to him having an alabaster cruse of precious ointment, and she poured it upon his head as he sat relaxing. But when his disciples saw it, they were indignant, saying, Why this waste? read more.
For this ointment could have been sold for much, and given to the poor. But Jesus knowing it, he said to them, Why do ye cause troubles to the woman? For she has wrought a good work upon me. For ye always have the poor with you, but ye do not always have me. For by pouring this ointment upon my body, she did it for my burial. Truly I say to you, wherever this good-news may be proclaimed in the whole world, what this woman did will also be told for a memorial of her.

Therefore six days before the Passover Jesus came to Bethany where Lazarus was, the man who died whom he raised from the dead. So they made a supper for him there, and Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those who sat dining with him. Mary therefore, after taking a pound of ointment of very costly genuine spikenard, anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair. And the house was filled of the aroma of the ointment. read more.
Therefore one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, son of Simon, the man who was going to betray him, says, Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii, and given to the poor? Now he said this, not because it was a concern to him about the poor, but because he was a thief, and he had the purse and removed things that were put in. Jesus therefore said, Let her alone. She has keep it for the day of my burial. For ye always have the poor with you, but ye do not always have me. Therefore a great multitude of the Jews knew that he is there. And they came, not only because of Jesus, but that they might also see Lazarus whom he had raised from the dead.


And it came to pass as they went, he also entered into a certain village, and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house. And she was sister to this woman called Mary, who also, having sat at Jesus' feet, was listening to his word. But Martha was encumbered about much serving. And having stood near, she said, Lord, do thou not care that my sister left me behind to serve alone? Speak to her therefore that she may help me. read more.
But having answered, Jesus said to her, Martha, Martha, thou are anxious and troubled about many things,


And when they came near to Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount of Olives, he sends forth two of his disciples, and says to them, Go ye into the village opposite you, and straightaway as ye enter into it, ye will find a colt tied, on which none of men have ever sat. After untying it, bring it. And if any man should say to you, Why are ye doing this? say ye, The Lord has need of it, and straightaway he sends it here. read more.
And they departed, and found the colt tied by the door outside in the street, and they untied it. And some of those who stood there said to them, What are ye doing, untying the colt? And they said to them just as Jesus commanded, and they allowed them. And they brought the colt to Jesus, and threw their garments on it, and he sat upon it. And many spread their garments upon the road, and others were cutting branches from the fields, and were spreading on the road. And those who went in front, and those who came behind, cried out saying, Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of Lord! Blessed is the kingdom of our father David that comes in the name of Lord! Hosanna in the highest! And Jesus entered into Jerusalem, and into the temple. And when he looked around on all things, the hour now being evening, he went out to Bethany with the twelve.


Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs away from it,



Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs away from it,

Now a certain Lazarus, from Bethany of the village of Mary and her sister Martha, was sick.


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