Stop #6 – Bethsaida
Historical Notes:
Bethsaida, a fishing
village on the north shore of the Sea of Galilee, was the scene of Jesus’
miraculous feeding of the five thousand.
After the disciples returned from a mission Jesus sent them on, they told
him all they had done. He took them with
him, and they went off by themselves to a town named Bethsaida…The crowds
gathered around Jesus to hear him preach and to be healed. When the day was drawing to a close, the
twelve came to him and said, “Send them away so that they may go and get
something to eat. Jesus said to them,
“You yourselves give them something to eat.”
They answered, “All we have are five loaves and two fish. Do you want us to go and buy food for this
whole crowd?” (There were about five thousand men there plus women and
children).
After the disciples had done so, Jesus took the five loaves
and two fish, looked up to heaven, thanked God for them, broke them, and gave
them to the disciples to distribute to the people. They all ate and had enough, and the
disciples took up twelve baskets of what was left over. (Luke 9:10-17)
Bethsaida was also the scene of Jesus’ miraculous healing of
the blind man (Mark 8:22-26) Bethsaida is also identified as the home of three
disciples: Philip, Andrew, and Peter (John 1:44).
Watch this YouTube video by Dr. Todd Fink explain about the site of Bethsaida.
https://youtu.be/yD0YDKTP5f4
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