Bethany

After three days in Jerusalem, Roberts and his party travelled out of the city to visit Jericho and the valley of Josaphat. They passed through the little village of Bethany which is famous for having been the site of one of Christ's most well-known miracles, the Raising of Lazarus (St John 1: 1-44). Bethany is now called Al-Azariyeh from the Arabic for Lazarus. The site of the sepulcher of Lazarus is the small building with the circular dome seen to the left of the composition.