Bethphage
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Jesus, on his way to Jerusalem, would have walked up this hill, a local woman explains, and turned right at the top toward Bethphage.
From Time Magazine Archive
It follows from these passages that Bethphage was a kind of pomærium, which extended to the foot of the eastern basement of the temple, and which had itself its wall of inclosure.
From The Life of Jesus by Renan, Ernest
Again they passed down the streets of Jerusalem, over the brook Kidron, over Mount Olivet, up to Bethphage, and over to the slope near Bethany.
From Quiet Talks with World Winners by Gordon, S. D. (Samuel Dickey)
On this Mount there were several villages: Bethphage was on that side farthest from Jerusalem; and on the side nearest to the city, stood the village of Gethsemane.
From "Granny's Chapters" (on scriptural subjects) by Ross, Lady Mary
When the heat was past, we hiked towards the Mount of Olives in order to walk towards Bethany, and then return back to Jerusalem via the sites of Bethphage and Kafr et Tur.
From Travel Tales in the Promised Land (Palestine) by May, Karl Friedrich
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