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Just 15 minutes a day to read trough the entire bible in one year. According to luke, our lord’s ascension took place near bethany (luke 24:50, 51) Bethany still exists as a settled town today, its population being something like 1000. In the bible, bethany is a village located on the eastern slope of the mount of olives, about two miles from jerusalem This small village is mentioned several times in the new testament and is primarily known as the home of mary, martha, and lazarus, who were close friends of jesus. Bethany, known in hebrew as beit anyah, meaning house of affliction or house of dates, is situated on the southeastern slope of the mount of olives
From the name of a biblical town, βηθανία (bethania) in greek, which is probably of aramaic or hebrew origin, possibly meaning house of affliction or house of figs In the new testament the town of bethany is the home of lazarus and his sisters mary and martha. Bethany is a short distance from jerusalem, with only the small village of bethphage between it and the city It was the home of jesus' close friends mary, martha and lazarus Many times christ stayed at their house when he ministered in jerusalem.
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