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BETHANY (mod. el-'Azariyeh)

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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 828 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BETHANY (mod. el-'Azariyeh) , a See also:village nearly 2 M. E.S.E. from See also:Jerusalem, on the eastern slope of the See also:Mount of See also:Olives, 2208 ft. above the See also:sea. It is interesting as the See also:residence of See also:Lazarus and his sisters, and a favourite See also:retreat of Jesus (see especially See also:John xi., which describes the See also:miracle of the resurrection of Lazarus at this See also:place). From the 4th See also:century down to the See also:time of the See also:Mahommedan invasion several ecclesiastical buildings were erected on the spot, but of these no distinct traces remain. El-'Azariyeh is a poor village of about See also:thirty families, with few marks of antiquity; there is no See also:reason to believe that the houses of See also:Mary and Martha and of See also:Simon the Leper, or the See also:sepulchre of Lazarus, still shown by the monks, have any claim to the See also:BETHESDA names they See also:bear. Another Bethany (with the alternative` See also:reading Bethabara) is mentioned in John i. 28, as " beyond See also:Jordan "; it has not been identified.

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