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It lay near the place where the Jordan enters the Sea of Gennesaret (Ant., XVIII, ii, 1; BJ, II, ix, 1; III, x, 7; Vita, 72). This city may be located at et-Tell, a ruined site on the East side of the Jordan on rising ground, fully a mile from the sea.
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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.”
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Bethsaida (in red) is located at the top of the map right beside the Sea of Galilee located in Decapolis.
Since the nineteenth century, three places have been considered as the possible location of Biblical Betsaida: the Bedouin village of Messadiye; the small, deserted settlement of El-Araj (Beit HaBek, "House of the Bey"); and the archaeological site of Et-Tell. [10] Over time, the latter two locations have come to appear more likely.
Nov 18, 2023 · 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 remains a fiercely-debated question among scholars.
To make matters even more perplexing, et-Tell sits east of the Jordan River, placing it in the Golan region; the Gospel of John, however, says Bethsaida was in the Galilee (John 12:21), which is west of the Jordan.
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