Bethany

Bethany is a settlement named in 12 verses of the Bible. It is most likely identified with Al Eizariya (high confidence).

Location

Where scholars place it, most confident first. Confidence is OpenBible.info's score from the sources it surveys; it is not this site's judgment.

Verses

Matthew

• Matthew 21:17
  And he left them, and went out of the city into Bethany; and he lodged there.Then He left them and went out of the city to Bethany, where He spent the night.
• Matthew 26:6
  Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,While Jesus was in Bethany in the home of Simon the Leper,

Mark

• Mark 11:1
  And when they came nigh to Jerusalem, unto Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount of Olives, he sendeth forth two of his disciples,As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent out two of His disciples
• Mark 11:11
  And Jesus entered into Jerusalem, and into the temple: and when he had looked round about upon all things, and now the eventide was come, he went out unto Bethany with the twelve.Then Jesus entered Jerusalem and went into the temple courts. He looked around at everything, but since it was already late, He went out to Bethany with the Twelve.
• Mark 11:12
  And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was hungry:The next day, when they had left Bethany, Jesus was hungry.
• Mark 14:3
  And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head.While Jesus was in Bethany reclining at the table in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke open the jar and poured it on Jesus’ head.

Luke

• Luke 19:29
  And it came to pass, when he was come nigh to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount called the mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples,As He approached Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives, He sent out two of His disciples,
• Luke 24:50
  And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them.When Jesus had led them out as far as Bethany, He lifted up His hands and blessed them.

John

• John 11:1
  Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.At this time a man named Lazarus was sick. He lived in Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.
• John 11:17
  Then when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the grave four days already.When Jesus arrived, He found that Lazarus had already spent four days in the tomb.
• John 11:18
  Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off:Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, a little less than two miles away,
• John 12:1
  Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead.Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, the hometown of Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead.

Notes

1. Locations from the OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, CC BY 4.0. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
2. Verses are those where at least one of ten English translations names this place, per OpenBible.info.