A city near which Christ fed 5,000 (Luke 9:10; comp. John 6:17; Matt. 14:15-21), and where the blind man had his sight restored (Mark 8:22), on the east side of the lake, two miles up the Jordan. It stood within the region of Gaulonitis, and was enlarged by Philip the tetrarch, who called it “Julias,” after the emperor’s daughter. Or, as some have supposed, there may have been but one Bethsaida built on both sides of the lake, near where the Jordan enters it. Now the ruins et-Tel.
City
Bethsaida
- Name means
- house of fruits, or of food, or of snares
- Location
- 32.910°N, 35.631°E
- Mentioned
- 7 verses
About Bethsaida
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).
What happened here
- AD 29Feeding of Five ThousandMatthew 14:13–21
- AD 29Healing a Blind Man at BethsaidaMark 8:22–26
Nearby
Every mention
Places: Theographic Bible Metadata (CC BY-SA 4.0), with locations from OpenBible.info. Many ancient sites are uncertain.