Betania
Deskripsi
Sebuah desa di lereng tenggara Bukit Zaitun ([Mrk 11:1 ]), sekitar 2 mil sebelah timur Yerusalem, di jalan menuju Yerikho. Nama desa ini berasal dari banyaknya pohon palem yang tumbuh di sana. Desa ini adalah tempat tinggal Lazarus dan saudara-saudarinya. Desa ini sering disebutkan dalam hubungannya dengan peristiwa-peristiwa penting dalam kehidupan Tuhan kita ([Mat 21:17 ; Mat 26:6 ; Mrk 11:11 ; Mrk 11:12 ; Mrk 14:3 ; Luk 24:50 ; Yoh 11:1 ; Yoh 12:1 ]). Sekarang dikenal dengan nama el-Azariyeh, yaitu "tempat Lazarus," atau hanya Lazariyeh.
tautan
gambar
Peta
informasi dari kamus
Bethany
house of dates.
(1.) The Revised Version in (John 1:28) has this word instead of Bethabara, on the authority of the oldest manuscripts. It appears to have been the name of a place on the east of Jordan.
(2.) A village on the south-eastern slope of the Mount of Olives (Mark 11:1), about 2 miles east of Jerusalem, on the road to Jericho. It derived its name from the number of palm-trees which grew there. It was the residence of Lazarus and his sisters. It is frequently mentioned in connection with memorable incidents in the life of our Lord (Matt 21:17; 26:6; Mark 11:11; 11:12; 14:3; Luke 24:50; John 11:1; 12:1). It is now known by the name of el-Azariyeh, i.e., "place of Lazarus," or simply Lazariyeh. Seen from a distance, the village has been described as "remarkably beautiful, the perfection of retirement and repose, of seclusion and lovely peace." Now a mean village, containing about twenty families.
EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary