Mark 11:1

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 Matthew 21:1 .

At the Mount of Olives ; near which, the above places were:

he sendeth forth two of his disciples ; perhaps Peter and John.