Christian/Religion Studies

Bethany:

Bethany is a Biblical village that is found in the New Testament. Some say that the name Bethany originally meant "House of the Poor" or something simular but this has been debated on for some time. The name Bethany has also been used as a name for a female. There are various mentions of this name in the Bible and I have shown some examples below: Johh chapter 11, verse 1  Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.  Matthew chapter 26, verse 6  Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,  Mark chapter 11, verse 1  And when they came nigh to Jerusalem, unto Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount of Olives, he sendeth forth two of his disciples,  Luke chapter 24, verse 50  And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them.  Jesus spend some time in Bethany and it seems that he was familier with the place and its people. Of course Jesus had friends there, and He stayed there. And Jesus was annointed there as well: Mark chapter 14, verse 3  And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she  brake the box, and poured it on his head.