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Bethphage

BETHPHAGE, a little village at the foot of the Mount of Olives, between Bethany and Jerusalem. Jesus Christ being come from Bethany to Bethphage, commanded his Disciples to seek an Ass for Matt. xxi. 1. Mark ii. 2.him, that he might make use of it at his triumphant entrance into Jerusalem. The distance between Bethphage and Jerusalem, John xii. 14.is computed at fifteen furlongs, or eighteen hundred and seventy five paces1.

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  1. Translators’ note. See Lighfoot’s Chorog. Marco praemissa. cap. 4. ↩

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