Machine translation of the 1948–1954 Italian original. The original text is authoritative.
BETHPHAGE (Hebr. beth = "house"; paggim = "unripe figs"). - Village to which Jesus sent two of his disciples to fetch the donkey upon which he made his triumphal entry into Jerusalem (Mt. 21:1; Mk. 11:1; Lc. 19:29). In the two Talmuds, it is considered a suburb of Jerusalem.
The topographical identification is controversial. Many believe that Bethphage was located halfway between Jerusalem and Bethany, at the site now called el-Bi'ár = "the wells." However, from the
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BETHPHAGE - View from the Mount of Olives. Landscape of northern Judea as far as the Dead Sea.
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“BETHPHAGE (EBR. BETH = « CASA »; PAGGIM = « FICHI NON MATURI »).” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II (1949), p. 877. Azione Romana digital edition, https://azioneromana.com/article/bethphage-ebr-beth-casa-paggim-fichi-non-maturi.
