Betania
Penerangan
Sebuah kampung di lereng tenggara Bukit Zaitun [Mrk 11:1 ], kira-kira 2 batu timur Yerusalem, di jalan menuju Yerikho. Ia mendapat namanya dari jumlah pokok palma yang tumbuh di sana. Ia adalah tempat tinggal Lazarus dan saudara perempuannya. Ia sering disebut dalam kaitan dengan peristiwa-peristiwa yang berkesan 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 ]. Kini ia dikenali dengan nama el-Azariyeh, iaitu, "tempat Lazarus," atau hanya Lazariyeh.
pautan
gambar
Peta
maklumat 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