Martha
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Martha is a biblical figure described in the Gospels of Luke and John. Together with her siblings Lazarus and Mary of Bethany, she is described as living in the village of Bethany near Jerusalem and w
Detail from Christ in the House of Martha and Mary by Vermeer, before 1654–1655
Christ in the house of Martha and Mary, by Henryk Siemiradzki, 1886
Christ in the House of Martha and Mary, Diego Velázquez, 1618
Eastern Orthodox icon depicting the Myrrhbearing Women at the Tomb of Christ
Bethany
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Bethany, locally called in Arabic al-Eizariya or el-Aizariya, is a Palestinian town in the Jerusalem Governorate of Palestine, bordering East Jerusalem, in the West Bank. The name al-Eizariya refers t
Martha
…figure described in the Gospels of Luke and John. Together with her siblings Lazarus and Mary of Bethany, she is described as living in the village of Bethany near Jerusalem and witnessing Jesus resurrecting her brother, Lazarus. The name Martha is a Latin transliteration of the Koine Greek Μάρθα, itself a…
Bethany, along with Ma'ale Adumim and Az-Za'ayyem
Al-Eizariya at the start of the 20th century
al-Eizariya, depicted in 1587, by Zuallart
Colorized picture of Al-Eizariya, taken by Félix Bonfils, c. 1890