“And when they came nigh to Jerusalem, unto Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount of Olives, he sendeth forth two of his disciples,”
As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples — the approach to Jerusalem from the east (via Jericho, then Bethany and Bethphage on the eastern slope of the Mount of Olives) is the final stage of the journey that began in chapter 10. The Mount of Olives is eschatologically significant: Zechariah 14:4 places the divine advent at the Mount of Olives; David fled over this mount from Absalom (2 Samuel 15:30); and Jesus will return here for the Olivet Discourse (Mark 13) and Gethsemane prayer (Mark 14). The approach from the east is the royal approach.
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