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Bethphage (Aramaic בית פגי, lit. " House of un-ripe figs") or Bethsphage is a Christian religious site in Israel.

Bethphage is mentioned in the New Testament as the place in ancient Israel from which Jesus sent his disciples to find a colt, upon which he would ride into Jerusalem. The synoptic gospels mention it as being close to Bethany. Bethphage is about 2 km from the modern village of al-Eizariya.

Unknown villagers living there (the owners of the colt according to Luke's Gospel ) permitted Jesus ' disciples to take the colt away for Jesus ' triumphal entry into Jerusalem. There is an annual Palm Sunday walk into Jerusalem which begins here.Eusebius of Caesarea (Onom 58:13) located it on the Mount of Olives. It was likely on the road from Jerusalem to Jericho and the limit of a Sabbath- day 's journey from Jerusalem, that is, 2,000 cubits. There is the Franciscan Church of Bethphage at a likely location.