BETHPHAGE bĕth’fə jĭ (בֵּת פַּגָּה, Βεθφαγή, Βηθφαγή; in Aram., place of unripe figs). A village on the Mt. of Olives which figures in the narrative of the procuring of the colt in preparation for the triumphal entry. It is mentioned together with Bethany in Matthew 21:1; Mark 11:1; Luke 19:29, and was on or near the road from Jericho to Jerusalem. The name is mentioned in a number of Talmudic passages, sometimes as a village on its own and sometimes as part of Jerusalem (see also Mishna Menahoth, XI. 2). The site has not been positively identified but the present Kefr et Tûr is the most probable suggestion.