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Bethsaida [Heb.,=house of the fisher], in the Gospels, birthplace of Jesus' disciples Peter, Andrew, and Philip. Herod Philip (4 BC-AD 33) is said to have renamed it Julias after the daughter of Augustus, who died in 2 BC Some identify Bethsaida with the Julias just E of the Jordan and N of the Sea of Galilee (Lake Tiberius); others would place it on the eastern shore of the lake; still others suppose two Bethsaidas. Archaeologists began excavating the site on the eastern shore of the lake in 1995.

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Bethsaida. A predominantly Gentile village on the E. bank of the Jordan where it enters the Sea of Galilee; its site has not been identified. It was visited by Christ (Mk. 8: 22). ‘Bethsaida of Galilee’ (Jn. 12: 21) may have been a different place.

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Bethsaida A town on the NE of the Sea of Galilee where Peter, Andrew, and Philip were born according to John 1: 44; 12: 21. Luke (9: 10–17) locates the feeding of the 5,000 in the neighbourhood of Bethsaida, though Mark's geography (Mark 6: 45) is unclear. Nevertheless the inhabitants were unreceptive to Jesus' message (Matt. 11: 21).

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	Fred Strickert, Bethsaida: Home of the Apostles.(Book Review) Magazine article from: Biblical Theology Bulletin; 3/22/2000
	Bethsaida: Volume Four.(Bethsaida: A City By the North Shore of the Sea of Galilee, vol. 4)(Brief article)(Book review) Newspaper article from: Internet Bookwatch; 8/1/2009
	The Bethsaida miracle.(Jesus healing a blind man) Magazine article from: National Review; 4/21/1997

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