Bethany (Biblical Village)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Bethany (Aramaic: ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿, Beth anya ,"house of the figs") is recorded in the New Testament as the home of the siblings Mary, Martha, and Lazarus, as well as that of Simon the Leper. Jesus is reported to have lodged there after his entry into Jerusalem, and it was from Bethany that he parted from his disciples at the Ascension. Bethany has traditionally been identified with the present-day West Bank city of al-Eizariya (Arabic, meaning "Place of Lazarus"), site of the reputed Tomb of Lazarus, located about 1.5 miles (2 km) to the east of Jerusalem on the south-eastern slope of the Mount of Olives. The oldest house in present-day al-Eizariya, a 2,000 year old dwelling reputed to have been (or which at least serves as a reminder of) the House of Martha and Mary, is also a popular pilgrimage site. The tomb in al-Eizariya has been identified as the tomb of the gospel account since at least the 4th century A.D. Both the historian Eusebius of Caesarea (c. 330) and the Bordeaux pilgrim in the Itinerarium Burdigalense (c. 333) mention the Tomb of Lazarus in this location.

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