Matt 11:21; Luk 10:13 woe to you, B! because if in
Mar 6:45 and go ahead of him to B, on the other shore
Mar 8:22 came next to B; and they brought him a blind man
Luk 9:10 withdrew .. to a deserted place of .. B
Bethsaida (Gr. B’thsaidá; transliteration of Heb. and Aram. Bêth-tsaydâz, “fishing house”). Place on the Sea of Galilee (Mar 6:45), the home town of the apostles Philip, Andrew and Simon Peter (Joh 1:44; 12:21), and where a blind man was healed (Mar 8:22-26) . Jesus denounced the city, along with Chorazin and Capernaum, for their hardness of heart and his unbelief (Mat 11:21-23). The place had been rebuilt and raised to the level of a city (Joh 1:44) by Tetrarch Herod Philip, who called it Bethsaida Julia in honor of the daughter of Emperor Augustus. Not far from Bethsaida was the desert where Jesus fed the 5,000 with 5 loaves and 2 fish (Mar 6:31-44; Joh 6:1-15). The city was probably located near the mouth of the Jordan, either on the northeast shore of the Sea of Galilee (at el-Araj) or about 3 km to the north (at et-Tell). Avi-Yonah considers that they were twin cities: the ruins of el-Araj represent Bethsaida, and those of et-Tell Julia. Some scholars maintain that there were 2 Bethsaida: Bethsaida of Galilee (near the west coast of the Sea of Galilee) and Bethsaida Julia (at the northeastern end of said lake). Map XVI, C-4. Bib.: M. Avi-Yonah IDB I: 396, 397. 80. traditional site of Bethsaida, on the Sea of Galilee.
Source: Evangelical Bible Dictionary
fishing spot. Near the mouth of the Jordan River, a city on the northwestern shore of Lake Galilee. After the miracle of the first multiplication of the loaves, Jesus made his disciples get on the boat to go to B., while he said goodbye to the people and went to pray, Mk 6, 45-46. In Lk 9, 10-17, Jesus is said to have retired to B . and the people followed him, there the multiplication of the loaves took place. In this city they presented a blind man to Jesus, who cured his blindness, Mk 8, 22-26. There, Jesus Christ carried out many of his miracles, but the inhabitants of it did not believe, they did not convert, so he complains about the city, as well as that of Corazín, Mt 11, 20-21; Lk 10, 13.
Three of the apostles Felipe Andrés and Pedro were natives of the town of B., Jn 1, 43-44; 12, 21-22. B. was rebuilt by the Tetrarch Herod Philip and called Betsaida Julias, in honor of the daughter of the Roman Emperor Augustus.
Digital Bible Dictionary, Grupo C Service & Design Ltda., Colombia, 2003
Source: Digital Bible Dictionary
(gr., Bethsaida, fishing house).
1. A village near the Sea of Galilee, the home of Philip, Andrew, and Peter (Joh 1:44; Joh 12:21). Jesus sent his disciples there by boat after he had fed the 5,000 (Mark 6:45-53). Jesus rebuked Bethsaida, along with Chorazin and Capernaum, for his unbelief (Mat 11:20-23; Luk 10:13-15).
2. Another Bethsaida, northeast of the Sea of Galilee and scene of the feeding of the 5,000 (Luk 9:10). Jesus restored sight to a blind man at Bethsaida (Mark 8:22). Philip the tetrarch enlarged it to be the capital and named it Julias, in honor of Julia, the daughter of Emperor Augustus.
Source: Hispanic World Bible Dictionary
(Fishing house).
Place where Peter, Andrew and Philip lived: Jua 1:44, Jua 12:21.
– A blind man healed: Mark 8:22.
– From eating to five mi: Luc 9:10-17.
– Reproved for their unbelief: Mat 11:21, Luc 10:13.
Christian Bible Dictionary
Dr. J. Dominguez
http://bible.com/dictionary/
Source: Christian Bible Dictionary
(Fisherman’s house). Village on the N shore of the Sea of Galilee, where Andrew, Peter, and Philip lived (Jua 1:44; Jua 12:21). In “a deserted place in the city called B.† the Lord Jesus fed “five thousand men” (Luke 9:10-17). He also sent his disciples † œbefore him to B. † in a boat and then appeared to them walking on the sea (Mar 6: 45-53). There he healed a blind man (Mark 8:22-26). B. witnessed many miracles of the Lord. However, the Lord Jesus regrets his hardness of heart saying † œWoe to you, B.! that if miracles had been done in Tire and Sidon…they would have repented† (Luke 10:13-14). Currently the place of B. is known as et-Tell, about 3 km N of the Sea of Galilee.
Source: Christian Bible Dictionary
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vet, = “fishing house”. (a) BETSAIDA OF GALILEE: City where Felipe, Andrés and Pedro were from (Jn. 1:44; 12:21), and against which the Lord Jesus pronounced a woe! because he had not repented before his mighty deeds (Mt. 11:21; Lk. 10:13). After the Lord had fed the 5,000 east of the Jordan, he sent his disciples to Bethsaida on the west coast (Mark 6:45). It was near the west coast of the Sea of Galilee, in the same district as Capernaum and Chorazin. (b) BETSAIDA JULIA: A town near the northeastern end of the same lake. A blind man was healed there (Mark 8:22), and it was nearby that the 5,000 were fed (Luke 9:10-17, and parallel passages). It was called Julia because the tetrarch Felipe enlarged the city, giving it this name in honor of Julia, the daughter of Augustus. Some identify this locality with “et Tell”, 32° 54′ N, 35° 37′ E. (The context of Lk. 9:10-17 and parallel passages shows that the events related could not have taken place at or near Bethsaida west of the lake.)
Source: New Illustrated Bible Dictionary
It means fishing place. It was the village near Capernaum, on the shore of Lake Genezaret, where Peter, Andrew and Philip were from (Mc. 6.45; Jn. 1. 44 and 12.21). Jesus mourned for her, just as he did for Capernaum and Corozaim, the other places where he had announced the conversion that their inhabitants had not guiltyly accepted. (Mt. 11.21)
Pedro Chico González, Dictionary of Catechesis and Religious Pedagogy, Editorial Bruño, Lima, Peru 2006
Source: Dictionary of Catechesis and Religious Pedagogy
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City of Gaulanitis in the Tetrarchy of Philip, located along the north shore of Lake Genesaret. In the gospel it is called ‘Betsaida of Galilee’ (Jn 12, 21) due to its proximity to this last region with which it was a border city. Etymologically Bethsaida means “House of the fish”, which is consistent with its geographical location in the richest fishing area of the entire lake or Sea of Galilee. It was elevated to political status with the title of polis by Tetrarch Philip, who gave it the nickname Lulias, probably in honor of Livia, the wife of Augustus, who had also adopted the name of the imperial family as her own. The city minted its own currency with the name of Empress Augusta around the year 30 after her death. Bethsaida appears both in the works of Flavius Josephus and in the Gospels repeatedly. These allude directly to the healing of a blind man in one of the outskirts of the city (Mk 8, 22-26), but the famous lamentation of Jesus: “Woe to you Chorazin, woe to you Bethsaida, for if in Tire and The miracles that were performed in you would have been done in Sidon, long ago, dressed in sackcloth and sitting on ashes, they would have been converted” (Mt 11, 21; Lk 10, 13), clearly indicates that the city was repeatedly visited by Jesus. Some of his most outstanding disciples were also hers, such as the brothers Pedro and Andrés, as well as Felipe (Jn 1, 44; 12, 21).
After the archaeological excavations that have been carried out at the Et-Tell site since 1988, by the universities of Nebraska (USA) and Haifa (Israel), today there is no doubt that this was the true site of Bethsaida, and not El-Araj on the same coast, southeast of the first, where the remains found do not date back beyond the fourth century AD. C. Although it is true that the tell, where the ruins of Bethsaida stand, is about 25 m. above the plain and 2.5 km from the current shore of the lake, it is shown that this shore has undergone several geological changes in the last two thousand years and that at that time the waters of the Sea of Galilee penetrated through a wide channel to the very base of the tell. The ruins of the city extend over an area of more than 8 hectares, to which must be added what the outlying neighborhoods must have occupied.
It has been shown that the city already existed with a certain strength in Iron II, that is, in the Israelite period of the Northern Kingdom. Important ruins have been found from that period, especially in the southern area. The city was rebuilt around the 2nd century BC. C. and continued its existence until the year 68 d. C. when it was destroyed by falling into Roman hands during the famous war commonly known as the First Revolt. Since then it has not been inhabited again. Most of the ruins that the excavations are exposing correspond to this period. There are cobbled streets and blocks with large houses equipped with patios, among which it is worth mentioning here the so-called “wine grower’s house”, where the objects found related to the cultivation of the vine and winemaking (pruning shears, jars, etc. ) denote that it was a kind of house-workshop intended for such use. It is also necessary to mention the “house of the fisherman”, which has provided numerous elements related to fishing, such as weights for the nets, hooks and a stamp of baked clay in which a boat with the prow in the shape of a horse’s head is represented. . From here some fishermen throw their nets into the water. All these ruins are now open to the public, who can visit them.
. Gonzalez Echegaray
FERNANDEZ RAMOS, Felipe (Dir.), Dictionary of Jesus of Nazareth, Editorial Monte Carmelo, Burbos, 2001
Source: Dictionary of Jesus of Nazareth
The name means “fishing place” or “place of nets”. It is difficult to determine where Bethsaida was. Some place it in a place to the east of the Jordan, near the mouth, a place that Philip called Julia in honor of the daughter of Augustus. But all the events of Christ and his disciples connected with the city seem to place Bethsaida in Galilee, west of the Jordan and near Capernaum. Some modern scholars identify it with one of two places east of the Jordan: et-Tell and el-Araj.
It was the birthplace of Peter, Andrew, and Philip, John 1:44; 12:21, 22. Jesus fed 5,000 in a desert at Bethsaida, Matthew 14:13-21;
Mark 6:30-46: Luke 9:10-17; John 6:1-15. Christ healed a blind man, Mark 8:22-26.
Christ pronounced a curse on the city, Matthew 11:22-24: Luke 10:13.
Source: Geographic Dictionary of the Bible
(from Aramaic, means: †œHunter’s House† ).
City from which Felipe, Andrés and Pedro came (Jn 1:44), although apparently the last two resided in Capernaum at the time of Jesus’ ministry. (Mt 8:5, 14; Mr 1:21, 29) Bethsaida was a city “of Galilee.” (Joh 12:21) After the death of John the Baptist, Jesus withdrew to Bethsaida with his disciples. In a nearby meadow, he miraculously provided food for some five thousand men, plus women and children, who had gathered to…