Bethphage

His disciples to bring Him a certain ass, along with its foal, which was bound in an entrance of a village called Bethphage; and having seated Himself on it, He entered into Jerusalem.

ANF01. The Apostolic Fathers with Justin Martyr and Irenaeus 1819-1893 2001

And so far from the city itself did that tract extend which was called Bethphage: and when he was come to that place where the bounds of Bethphage and Bethany met and touched one another, he there ascended; in that very place where he got upon the ass when he rode into Jerusalem, Mark 11: 1.

From the Talmud and Hebraica 1602-1675 1979

So that some outmost part of the city and wall towards mount Olivet was called Bethphage from the figs that grew there, and another part of it Chaphenatha from the dates.

From the Talmud and Hebraica 1602-1675 1979

I doubt, therefore, whether there was any town in Olivet called Bethphage; but rather a great tract of the mountain was so called; and the outermost street of Jerusalem within the walls was called by the same name, by reason of its nearness to that tract.

From the Talmud and Hebraica 1602-1675 1979

There you may see fig-trees growing; and that place was called Bethphage, "The place of green-figs."

From the Talmud and Hebraica 1602-1675 1979

And He comes to Bethphage, that is, to The house of the jawbones; He bare also the type of confession; and halted on Mount

Catena Aurea - Gospel of Matthew 1225?-1274 1842

a paved 'causeway'; "The outmost compass of Jerusalem (saith he), which they added to it, is called Bethphage, and seems to me to denote a beaten way."

From the Talmud and Hebraica 1602-1675 1979

"Bethphage": by which name also that part of Jerusalem, next adjacent, is called, by reason of the vicinity of that place.

From the Talmud and Hebraica 1602-1675 1979

[1083] "Bethphage," the name of a village close to Bethany, and therefore near to the Mount of Olives, means "house of figs."

Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern James Edward Talmage 1897

A more correct quote would read something like, "And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples, saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them unto me" (Matthew 21. 1-2).

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