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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Example Sentences

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

Jesus led his Apostles to the spot where the tract of Bethany joined that of Bethphage.

From "Granny's Chapters" (on scriptural subjects) by Ross, Lady Mary

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 Chadwick, G. A.

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 Wallace, Lewis

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