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Bethsaida was, according to Christian sources, a village in Galilee.

History

The location of the village or villages is disputed

Bethsaida in ancient sources

Gospel of Mark

Mark 6:45 -- Immediately he made his disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side, to Bethsaida, while he dismissed the crowd.

Mark 8:22 -- And they came to Bethsaida. And some people brought to him a blind man and begged him to touch him.

Gospel of Matthew

Matt 11:21 -- “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

Gospel of Luke

Luke 9:10 -- On their return the apostles told him all that they had done. And he took them and withdrew apart to a town called Bethsaida.

Luke 10:13 -- “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

Gospel of John

John 1:44 -- Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.

John 12:21 -- Philip... was from Bethsaida in Galilee

Bethsaida in Scholarship

References

Dalman 1912: Dalman G., Bethsaida Julius, "PJB" 8 (1912), pp. 45-48.

Inbar 1974: M. Inbar, "River Delta on Lake Kinneret Caused by Recent Changes in the Drainage Bassin", in H. Poser (ed.), Geomorphologische Prozesse und Prozesskombinationen in der Gegenwart, Göttingen 1974, pp. 197-207.

Kopp 1959: C. Kopp, Die heiligen Stätten der Evangelien, Regensburg 1959, pp. 230-243.

Kuhn-Arav 1991: H.W. Kuhn-R. Arav, "The Bethsaida Excavations: Historical and Archaeological Approaches", in Fs.H. Koester, The Future of Early Christianity, Minneapolis 1991, pp. 77-106.

Kuhn 1998: H.W. Kuhn, Zum neuesten Stand der Grabungen auf et-Tell, "Welt der Bibel" 4/1998, pp. 78-80.

Bethsaida in Fiction

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External links

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