See also: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 (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
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 See also: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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