Lux Domini

Luke  24:50

And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them.

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Interpretation

Christ ascended from Bethany, near the Mount of Olives. There was the garden in which his sufferings began; there he was in his agony.

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This thought runs through Luke 24:50-53.

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Glossary

Bethany Place
House of dates. (1. ) The Revised Version in John 1:28 has this word instead of Bethabara, on the authority of the oldest manuscripts. It appears to have been the name of a place on the east of Jordan. Modern identification: Al Eizariya.