Bethany

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From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), a historical reference index. The groupings are Nave’s; the verses are shown in the text used across this site.

A village on the eastem slope of the Mount of Olives

• John 11:18 Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, a little less than two miles away,

Mary, Martha, and Lazarus dwell at

• Luke 10:38–41 As they traveled along, Jesus entered a village where a woman named Martha welcomed Him into her home. She had a sister named Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to His message. But Martha was distracted by all the preparations to be made. She came to Jesus and said, “Lord, do You not care t…

Lazarus dies and is raised to life at

• John 11 At this time a man named Lazarus was sick. He lived in Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. (Mary, whose brother Lazarus was sick, was to anoint the Lord with perfume and wipe His feet with her hair.) So the sisters sent word to Jesus, “Lord, the one You love is sick.” When Jesus hea… (whole chapter)

Jesus attends a feast in

• Matthew 26:6–13 While Jesus was in Bethany in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came to Him with an alabaster jar of expensive perfume, which she poured on His head as He reclined at the table. When the disciples saw this, they were indignant and asked, “Why this waste? This perfume could have been sold at a hi…
• John 12:1–9 Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, the hometown of Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead. So they hosted a dinner for Jesus there. Martha served, and Lazarus was among those reclining at the table with Him. Then Mary took about a pint of expensive perfume, made of pure nard, a…

The colt of a donkey upon which Jesus made his triumphal entry into Jerusalem, obtained at

• Mark 11:1–11 As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent out two of His disciples and said to them, “Go into the village ahead of you, and as soon as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it here. If…

Jesus sojourns at

• Matthew 21:17 Then He left them and went out of the city to Bethany, where He spent the night.
• Mark 11:11–12 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. The next day, when they had left Bethany, Jesus was hungry.
• Mark 11:19 And when evening came, Jesus and His disciples went out of the city.