Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles[3] off,
And the winepress was trodden outside the city, and blood flowed from the winepress, as high as a horse's bridle, for 1,600 stadia.[3]
The city lies foursquare; its length the same as its width. And he measured the city with his rod, 12,000 stadia.[4] Its length and width and height are equal.
Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.
When they had rowed about three or four miles,[2] they saw Jesus walking on the sea and coming near the boat, and they were frightened.
That very day two of them were going to a village named Emmaus, about seven miles[1] from Jerusalem,
And leaving them, he went out of the city to Bethany and lodged there.