- Βηθανία
- Βηθανία, ας, ἡ also indecl. Βηθανιά as v.l. Mt 21:17; Mk 11:1; Lk 19:29 (acc. to the Onomastica בֵּית עֲנִיָּה) Bethany.① village on the Mt. of Olives, 15 stades = 2.775 km. fr. Jerusalem (AscIs 2:12). Acc. to J 11:1, 18 (with art., but v.l. without art.); 12:1 home of Mary, Martha, and Lazarus; acc. to Mt 26:6; Mk 14:3 home of Simon the leper. Last station on the pilgrim road fr. Jericho to Jerusalem Mk 11:1; Lk 19:29, used by Jesus for lodging Mt 21:17; Mk 11:11f. Cp. 8:22 v.l. Place of the ascension Lk 24:50.—HVincent, RB n.s. 11, 1914, 438ff; BHHW I 230f; CKopp, Holy Places of the Gospels, ’63, 278–81.② place on the east side of the Jordan where John baptized J 1:28 (v.l. Βηθαβαρά).—FFenner, D. Ortslage v. Bethanien 1906; TZahn, NKZ 18, 1907, 265–94; ESchwartz, NGG 1908, 520f; Dalman, Orte3 index; KErbes, D. Tauforte des Joh. nebst d. Salem des Melchisedek: Theol. Arb. aus d. Rhein. wiss. Predigerverein, n.s. 24, 1928, 71–106; DBuzy, RSR 21, ’31, 444–62; PParker, JBL 74, ’55, 257–61; WWiefel, Bethabara jenseits des Jordans: ZDPV 83, ’67, 72–81; Kopp (s. 1 above), 113–29. On the rdg. Βηθαβαρά s. that word.
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