Bethany. He goes to “beyond Jordan,” where John at first baptized, and there hearing of the sickness of Lazarus, goes to Bethany and raises him, John 11:1.
Jerusalem. Caiaphas, the high-priest, suggests the death of Jesus, who retires to Ephraim, John 11:47, 54.
EPHRAIM, JOHN 11:54.
13. The site of this town has not certainly been identified, but Dr. Robinson has given good reasons for supposing that it was situated at a village now called Taiyibeh, twelve miles a little east of north from Jerusalem. It is off the present main road of travel, to the east, and in the midst of a very rough and untravelled country, but there are the remains of a good Roman road running down from this place to the valley of the Jordan, and about a mile and a half below the village there are two Roman mile-posts still standing on that old road. It is probable that here our Saviour retired from the danger that seemed to threaten him in Jerusalem. After leaving Ephraim he seems to have taken the main road down to the plain of Jordan and crossed to the other side, called Peræa.
14. Peræa. Great numbers follow Christ here, and the following is a brief history of what transpired in that region:
He heals the infirm woman on the Sabbath, Luke 13:10.
He is warned against Herod, Luke 13:31.
He dines with a chief Pharisee on the Sabbath, Luke 14:1.
The parables of the lost sheep and of the prodigal son, Luke 15:11–32.
The parables of the unjust steward and of the rich man and Lazarus, Luke 16.