Talk:Bethphage

Reference to 'Ancient Israel'

I would question why the article links the New Testament period with 'Ancient Israel'. It is better to reserve the term 'Ancient Israel' for earlier periods, primarily the bronze and iron age eras but if necessary up to the time of the Hasmonean dynasty. BobKilcoyne (talk) 06:16, 3 April 2015 (UTC)

Pronunciation needed

WisDom-UK (talk) 11:10, 4 September 2020 (UTC)

Etymology

The House of unripe figs is traditional interpretation, but I would like to point out, that פג [pag] has also another meanings, namely with horses it means probably bridle or rein or what is it properly called in English. So [bet pagey] בית פגי Bethfage was more probably a house of bridles, or a house for lending harnessed horses. See this page: https://he.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%92 for more details.

It would be quite understandable that Jesus would send for a donkey into a horse barn.

Xerostomus (talk) 22:09, 17 November 2025 (UTC)

Where?

The lead confidently states that Bethphage is on the Mount of Olives, then the article goes on to describe two (one?) other possible locations. This need to be clarified. pburka (talk) 22:31, 2 August 2021 (UTC)