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Nov 18, 2023 · Where is Biblical Bethsaida? One contender is the site of et-Tell, a mile and a half north of the Sea of Galilee. Photo: Duby Tal and Moni Haramati, Albatross/Courtesy of Bethsaida Excavations. The ancient village of Bethsaida is believed to be located on the northern shore of the Sea of Galilee, but where precisely the abandoned city lies ...
Plain of Bethsaida. The northeastern shore of the Sea of Galilee is a fertile plain where the feeding of the 5,000 likely took place. Israeli maps and excavators currently locate the New Testament city of Bethsaida at an ancient ruin known as “et-Tell.”. The excavation team, headed by Rami Arav, is insistent that this site be identified ...
Aug 17, 2022 · A History of El-Araj/Bethsaida. Archaeological work at El-Araj has faced unique challenges since excavations began in 2016. Chief among those is how close the site is to the Galilee, which is dozens of feet higher today than it was in the first century. As a result, the excavations have to constantly battle with groundwater, which floods the ...
Nov 5, 2021 · El-Araj, located along the northern shores of the Sea of Galilee, is one of two sites proposed as biblical Bethsaida, the other being nearby Et-Tall. In the Bible, the village is famously the home of the apostles Peter, Andrew, and Philip (John 1:44). However, Bethsaida was abandoned in the fourth century, and was not mentioned again until an ...
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 the Sea of Galilee, near the inflow of the Jordan River into the Sea ...
Bethsaida (house of fish) of Galilee, ( John 12:21) a city which was the native place of Andrew, Peter and Philip, ( John 1:44; 12:21) in the land of Gennesareth, ( Mark 6:46) comp. Mark 6:53 and therefore on the west side of the lake.By comparing the narratives in ( Mark 6:31-53) and Luke 9:10-17 it appears certain that the Bethsaida at which the five thousand were fed must have been a second ...
Bethsaida (et-Tell) Et-Tell, the mound identified as ancient Bethsaida, is located on a basaltic spur north of the Sea of Galilee, near the inflow of the Jordan River into the Sea of Galilee. The tel covers some 20 acres and rises 30 meters above a fertile valley. Geological and geomorphological studies show that
