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Bethphage

Named in 3 verses across 3 books, first in Luke 19:29.

In the Bible

All 1 verse in Luke, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.

Luke

  • Luke 19:29

    As He approached Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives, He sent out two of His disciples,

Dictionary

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. Its geography and “modern” descriptions date from the 1890s. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.

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House of the unripe fig, a village on the Mount of Olives, on the road from Jerusalem to Jericho (Matt. 21:1; Mark 11:1; Luke 19:29), and very close to Bethany. It was the limit of a Sabbath-day’s journey from Jerusalem, i.e., 2,000 cubits. It has been identified with the modern Kefr-et-Tur.

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