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Bethany, in the Bible, was the name of a village near Jerusalem - see Bethany (Biblical village) - mentioned in the New Testament as the home of the siblings Mary, Martha, and Lazarus and, according to the Gospel of John, the site of a miracle in which Jesus raises Lazarus from the dead. This village is commonly identified with the present-day West Bank city of al-Eizariya, located about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) east of Jerusalem on the south-western slope of the Mount of Olives. During the Crusades, al-Eizariya was still referred to as Bethany by Christians.
The Raising of Lazarus episode, shortly before Jesus enters Jerusalem for the last time, takes place in Bethany. Bethany near the River Jordan in John 1:28 refers to the town Bethany, further north in Perea, i.e. Bethabara.
Bethany is very cold and the temperatures can drop below zero but in the summer can get to a whopping 95 degrees.[citation needed] Many places are named for the biblical village of Bethany. Bethany is also used as a female given name. It is of Aramaic origin.[citation needed]
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