Bethany
Holy site
village recorded in the New Testament as the home of the siblings Mary, Martha, and Lazarus, as well as that of Simon the Leper
Location: 31.7714, 35.2613 · Pleiades 156668177
What this place is
- Holy site — the village where the pilgrim of 333 was shown the vault in which Lazarus had been laid
Who is recorded here
- Lazarus of Bethany birth · 100 BC
- Jesus residence · AD 30
- Martha birth · AD 100
- Mary of Bethany death · AD 100
What happened here
- Martha and Mary at home AD 29
- Raising of Lazarus AD 30
- Anointing at Bethany AD 30
- Ascension of Jesus AD 30
In art
About the place
Bethany, locally called in Arabic al-Eizariya or el-Aizariya, is a Palestinian town in the Jerusalem Governorate of Palestine, bordering East Jerusalem, in the West Bank.
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