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Unto Bethphage (eis Bethphagē). An indeclinable Aramaic name here only in O.T. or N.T. (Mar 11:1; Luk 19:29). It means “house of unripe young figs.” It apparently lay on the eastern slope of Olivet or at the foot of the mountain, a little further from Jerusalem than Bethany. Both Mark and Luke speak of Christ’s coming “unto Bethphage and Bethany” as if Bethphage was reached first. It is apparently larger than Bethany.
Unto the Mount of Olives (eis to oros tōn Elaiōn). Matthew has thus three instances of eis with Jerusalem, Mount of Olives. Mark and Luke use pros with Mount of Olives, the Mount of Olive trees (elaiōn from elaia, olive tree), the mountain covered with olive trees.