In the fourth Urantia Foundation printing, "Bethpage" was changed to "Bethphage" here and at all other occurrences of this name. "Bethphage" is the spelling found in English versions of the Bible (Matthew 21:1, Mark I 1:1 and Luke 19:29). It seems unlikely that so many identical typographical errors could have occurred, so the spelling "Bethpage" must have been intended by the authors.

While this apparent misspelling is not theologically or historically significant, it may have a basis in the pronunciation of Koine Greek (the common language of the Mediterranean world in New Testament times). In Koine Greek the word would have been pronounced more like "Bethpage" than "Bethphage."

Original Paragraph:

^{P1847:7, 168:3.7} Although Jesus had received warning of the doings of the Sanhedrin on this dark Friday afternoon, he was not in the least perturbed and continued resting over the Sabbath with friends in Bethpage, a hamlet near Bethany. Early Sunday morning Jesus and the apostles assembled, by prearrangement, at the home of Lazarus, and taking leave of the Bethany family, they started on their journey back to the Pella encampment.