Mark 11:1
Ver. 1. And when they came nigh to Jerusalem,.... The Syriac and Ethiopic versions read, "when he came nigh"; that is, Jesus; though not without his disciples, nor the multitude:
unto Bethphage and Bethany; two places so called, near Jerusalem: Bethphage began where Bethany ended, and reached to the city itself. The Vulgate Latin only makes mention of Bethany; See Gill on "Mt 21:1".
At the Mount of Olives; near which, the above places were:
he sendeth forth two of his disciples; perhaps Peter and John.