Bethany was about two miles from the temple of Jerusalem. [1]
Jesus met Mary, Martha, and Lazarus of Bethany when he and his parents happened to stop near the three brothers' #7# on their first trip to Jerusalem in April of the year 7. [2]
Lazarus and his sisters were the children of Simon, a well-to-do and honorable Jew, one who had been the leading resident of the little village of Bethany. [3] Almost every person from Bethany became believer in Jesus. [4] Jesus appeared in Bethany to his brother James, his third appearance, and then to twenty people including family and friends, his fourth appearance. [5]
See also: UB 134:7.5; UB 147:2.2-3; UB 172:1.