 Capper concludes, from historical sources as well as this linguistic evidence, that Bethany may have been the site of an almshouse.According to Capper and Deutsch before him, there are also linguistic difficulties that arise when the Anaiah/Ananiah, "house of figs" or "house of dates" theses are compared against the "bethania" form used in Greek versions of the New Testament.Additionally, the Aramaic "beit 'anya" (בית עניא) is the form used for Bethany in Christian Palestinian and Syriac versions of the New Testament.