Toponym Bethany in the world's Bibles
Meaning of the name: the house of song; the house of affliction. Related names are: Jerusalem, Jesus, Bethphage . The translations of Bethany in 20 languages of the Bible are illustrated in the
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below, from Betania in Spanish to Bethanie in Arabic!
Wear it!And he left them, and went out of the city into Bethany; and he lodged there. (MAT 21:17)
Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, (MAT 26:6)
And when they came nigh to Jerusalem, unto Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount of Olives, he sendeth forth two of his disciples, (MAR 11:1)
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. (MAR 11:11)
And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was hungry: (MAR 11:12)
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. (MAR 14:3)
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, (LUK 19:29)
And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them. (LUK 24:50)
Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha. (JOH 11:1)
Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off: (JOH 11:18)
Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead. (JOH 12:1)