Bethphage

American  

[beth-fuh-jee] / ˈbɛθ fəˌdʒi /

Or Beth-phage

noun

1. a place in ancient Israel, at the foot of the Mount of Olives: said to be the starting point of Jesus' ride into Jerusalem.

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Bethphage

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

Immediately both the hosts, that from the city and that from Bethphage, closed around him with their joyous demonstrations, with hosannas and waving of palms, and so he passed from the lepers forever.

From Ben-Hur; a tale of the Christ by Lewis Wallace

Jesus had now come near to Jerusalem, into what was possibly the sacred district of Bethphage, of which, in that case, Bethany was the border village.

From The Gospel According to St. Mark by G. A. Chadwick

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 S. D. (Samuel Dickey) Gordon

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 Ernest Renan