β252Βηθανία
Bethany
A city of Palestine; but 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…
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…