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Thread #107323   Message #2224859
Posted By: Azizi
30-Dec-07 - 09:14 AM
Thread Name: Biblical Place Names Songs
Subject: RE: Biblical Place Names Songs
"Bethany" and Mt Olivet are two other names that I forgot to post which appears to me to be commonly used by African American congregations.

This excerpt from provides information about the significance of both "Bethany" and "Mt Olivet":

Bethany is a village on the Mount of Olives, less than 2 miles east of Jerusalem. It was the home of sisters Mary and Martha, and Lazarus, who was raised from the dead by Jesus.

It was also in Bethany that a woman poured a bottle of expensive perfume over Jesus' head while he was dining in the home of Simon the leper.

Jesus lodged in Bethany during his final days in Jerusalem, and the Palm Sunday procession started out from there. After Jesus had risen, he appeared to his followers (Luke 24:36), he then led them on the road to Bethany.

http://www.aboutbibleprophecy.com/s8.htm

Here's more information about "Mt. Olivet":

Mount Olivet
(Latin, Mons Olivertus.)

"Occurring also in the English Bibles as the Mount of Olives (Mons Olivarum), is the name applied to "the hill that is over against Jerusalem" (1 Kings 11:7), that is, "on the east side of the city" (Ezekiel 11:23), beyond the torrent Cedron (2 Samuel 15:23, 30), "a sabbath day's journey" from the city (Acts 1:12). The passages of the books of the Kings show the high antiquity of the name, undoubtedly suggested by the groves of olive trees which flourished there, traces of which still remain"...

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11244b.htm