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Plate 5: Jesus at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, detail of a fresco in Sant' Angelo in Formis, near Capua, Italy, second half of the 11th century.

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Simon the Leper

biblical figure

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home in Bethany

In Bethany
…have been the home of Simon the Leper (Matthew 26; Mark 14). Jesus lodged in the village after his entry into Jerusalem (Matthew 21:17), and it was also there that he parted from his disciples (Luke 24:50–51).
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