8; xvi. | | | | 19; xvii. | | | | 5; xviii. | | | | 2, 21. | | | | Frequently | | | | mentioned in | | | | Josephus | | | | | | | =BEREA= |Acts xvii. |_Verria_ |-- |Verria, in Roumelia. | 10, 13 | | | | | | | =BETHABARA= |John i. 28 |_Makht. |10 |Captain Conder suggests (R.V. | | ʾAbârah_ | | Makht. ʾAbârah, a =BETHANY=) | | (?)* or the | | ford in the Jordan, | | traditional | | at the point where | | site near | | the road crosses | | Jericho | | over to Decapolis, | | | | a little north of | | | | Beth-shan. Sir Charles | | | | Wilson thinks the | | | | traditional site near | | | | Jericho likely to be | | | | correct. (See _Mem._ | | | | II. 89; Sh. IX.; | | | | Conder’s _Handbook | | | | to the Bible_, 320, | | | | and _Primer of Bible | | | | Geography_, 149; | | | | _Q. S._ 1875, 1877, | | | | 1878, 1881; _Special | | | | Papers_, p. 131.) | | | | =BETHANY= |Matt. xxi. |_el ʾAzerîyeh_|14 |A village on the | 17; xxvi. 6; | | | eastern slope of the | Mark xi. 1, | | | Mount of Olives. The | 11, 12; xiv. | | | modern name is el | 3; Luke xix. | | | ʾAzerîyeh. (_Mem._ | 29; xxiv. | | | III. 27; Sh. XVII.; | 50; John xi. | | | _Q. S._ 173, 1874.) | 1, 18; xii. 1| | | | | | | =BETHESDA=, |John v. 2 |_Not |14 |‘By the sheep gate a The Pool (R.V. | | identified_ | | pool, having five =BETHSAIDA=, or| | | | porches.’ According =BETHZATHA= | | | | to tradition of early