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Coordinates: 31°4638N 35°1503E / 31.7772°N 35.2508°E / 31.7772; 35.2508
 

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Bethphage (Ancient Greek: Βηθφαγή, romanizedBēthpagḗ; Imperial Aramaic: בֵּית פַּגִּי, romanized: Bêt̲ Paggî, lit.'house of unripe figs')[1]orBethsphage,[2] is a Christian religious site on the Mount of Olives east of historical Jerusalem.

Franciscan Church of Bethphage

Bethphage is mentioned in the New Testament as the place in ancient Israel to which Jesus sent his disciples to find a colt upon which he would ride into Jerusalem. The Synoptic Gospels mention it as being close to Bethany, where he was staying immediately prior to his triumphal entry into Jerusalem.[3][4][5] Bethphage is about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) from the modern village of al-Azariya.

Unknown villagers living there, the owners of the colt according to Gospel of Luke 19:33, permitted Jesus' disciples to take the colt away for Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem, which would have been four days before Passover. There is an annual Palm Sunday walk into Jerusalem which begins in Bethphage.[6]

Eusebius (Onom 58:13) located it on the Mount of Olives.[4] It was likely on the road from Jerusalem to Jericho and the limit of a Sabbath-day's journey from Jerusalem,[7] i.e., 2,000 cubits. The Franciscan Church of Bethphage was built on the foundations of a 12th-century crusader chapel.[8] Just up the hill from the Catholic church is the Greek Orthodox Holy Monastery of Palm-bearing Bethphagea. The Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem holds an annual representation of this event there.[9]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Strong's G967 Bēthpagē
  • ^ In some manuscripts (Picirilli, Robert E. (2003). The Gospel of Mark. Randall House Publications. p. 303. ISBN 978-0-89265-500-7.), but not in critical editions of the New Testament such as Novum Testamentum Graece, the primary source for most New Testament translations (Nestle Aland Novum Testamentum Graece, Mk 1:11).
  • ^ Matt. 21:1, Mark 11:1, Luke 19:29
  • ^ a b Archaeological Encyclopedia of the Holy Land by Avraham Negev 2005 ISBN 0826485715 page 80
  • ^ The Holy Land: An Oxford Archaeological Guide from Earliest Times to 1700 by Jerome Murphy-O'Connor 2008 ISBN 0199236666 page 150
  • ^ "Bethphage « See The Holy Land". seetheholyland.net. Archived from the original on 2015-06-30. Retrieved 2015-10-18.
  • ^ Jastrow, Jr., Morris and Levi, Gerson B., "Bethphage", Jewish Encyclopedia
  • ^ "Bethphage", Custodia Terrae Sanctae
  • ^ "Holy Shrines outside Jerusalem", Jerusalem Patriarchate
  • 31°46′38N 35°15′03E / 31.7772°N 35.2508°E / 31.7772; 35.2508


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