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Bethphage
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
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("house of unripe figs"): testifying the former fertility which no longer remains; a village on the mount of Olives, on the road between Jericho and Jerusalem. Close to Bethany, E. of it, since Bethphage stands first in describing a journey from E. to W. The traditional site is above Bethany, between it and the mountain's top. Schwarz places it W. of Bethany, on the S. shoulder of the mount, above Siloam. Here the colt for Jesus' triumphal entry was found (Matthew 21:1, etc.). The Talmud made Bethphage a district extending from Olivet to the Jerusalem walls. Others allege the sacrificial victims were kept there; this would give significance to its being the point whence the antitypical sacrifice proceeded to Jerusalem.
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Fausset, Andrew R. Entry for 'Bethphage'. Fausset's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/fbd/b/bethphage.html. 1949.
Fausset, Andrew R. Entry for 'Bethphage'. Fausset's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/fbd/b/bethphage.html. 1949.
