Bethsaida
Bethsaida: An Ancient Fishing Village on the shore of the Sea of Galilee
Bethsaida is known as the birthplace of three of the Apostles Peter, Andrew and Philip. Jesus himself visited Bethsaida and performed several miracles there. (Mark 8:22-26; Luke 9:10)
Et-Tel, the mound identified as ancient Bethsaida, is located on a basaltic spur north of t...
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Biblical Period. The excavations revealed that the settlement at Bethsaida was founded in the 10th century BCE, in the biblical period. By that time the areas north and east of the Sea of Galilee were part of the Aramaean kingdom of Geshur. Its royal family, which ruled for several generations, was connected by marriage to tDavidic dynasty. King Da...
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The Hellenistic Roman Periods.
The importance of Bethsaida during the Hellenistic-Roman period is apparent from references to it in ancient sources. Josephus Flavius states that King Herod Philip, whose kingdom included the northern part of the country, changed the name of the city at the beginning of the 1st century CE to Julias, after Julia Liv...
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Bethsaida (pronounced /ˌbɛθseɪˈiːdə/; Greek Βηθσαΐδά
bēthsaidá;, from Hebrew/Aramaic בית צידה beth-tsaida "house
of fishing") is a place mentioned in the New Testament.
Bethsaida Julias
A city east of the Jordan River, in a "desert place" (that
is, uncultivated ground used for grazing) possibly the site
at which Jesus miraculously fed the mul...
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