Bethany (near Mount of Olives)

Village/Holy SiteBiblical Theology

The Bethany of John's Gospel was Lazarus's village on the eastern slope of Olives—the site of the resurrection that prefigured Christ's own, the anointing six days before Passover, and the threshold from which Jesus ascended.

Primary verses · Jn 11; Jn 12:1–3; Lk 24:50; Mk 11:1

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Giotto's Arena Chapel fresco of the Raising of Lazarus at Bethany, near the Mount of Olives.

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“The Bethany of John's Gospel was Lazarus's village on the eastern slope of Olives—the site of the resurrection that prefigured Christ's own, the anointing six days before Passover, and the threshold from which Jesus ascended.”

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