Βηθανία
Bethany
Translated by Catharine Roth · 7 Aug 2000 · Vetting: high · 6 revisions
Translation
A city of Palestine; but 1 what John the evangelist says, "these events took place in Bethany," is written erroneously. For Bethany is on the near side of the Jordan; but Bethabara, "where John was baptizing," is "beyond the Jordan." So it should rightly be written thus: "these events took place in Bethabara," but not in Bethany.
Greek original
Βηθανία· πόλις Παλαιστίνης· ὃ δὲ λέγει ὁ εὐαγγελιστὴς Ἰωάννης, ὅτι ταῦτα ἐν Βηθανίᾳ ἐγένετο, ἐσφαλμένως γέγραπται. ἡ γὰρ Βηθανία ἔνθεν ἐστὶ τοῦ Ἰορδάνου· ἡ δὲ Βηθαβαρὰ, ὅπου ἦν Ἰωάννης βαπτίζων, πέραν ἐστὶ τοῦ Ἰορδάνου. γραπτέον οὖν ὀρθῶς οὕτως· ὅτι ταῦτα ἐν Βηθαβαρᾷ ἐγένετο· ἀλλ' οὐκ ἐν Βηθανίᾳ.
Betacode
*bhqani/a: po/lis *palaisti/nhs: o(\ de\ le/gei o( eu)aggelisth\s *)iwa/nnhs, o(/ti tau=ta e)n *bhqani/a| e)ge/neto, e)sfalme/nws ge/graptai. h( ga\r *bhqani/a e)/nqen e)sti\ tou= *)iorda/nou: h( de\ *bhqabara\, o(/pou h)=n *)iwa/nnhs bapti/zwn, pe/ran e)sti\ tou= *)iorda/nou. grapte/on ou)=n o)rqw=s ou(/tws: o(/ti tau=ta e)n *bhqabara=| e)ge/neto: a)ll' ou)k e)n *bhqani/a|.
Notes
- [1] cf. Theophylact of Ochrid (PG 123, 1172a-b) on John 1.28: "This took place in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing." The issue is discussed by Origen in his Commentaries on the Gospel of John 6.40.
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