Bethsaida
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Bethsaida was an ancient fishing village on the Sea of Galilee, traditionally known as the hometown of several of Jesus’s apostles in the New Testament.
All labels observed (11)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bethsaida canonical | 14 |
| Bethsaida Julias | 2 |
| Bethsaida (by many scholars) | 1 |
| Bethsaida (traditional location) | 1 |
| Bethsaida Valley | 1 |
| Bethsaida Valley region | 1 |
| Bethsaida in Galilee | 1 |
| Bethsaida of Galilee | 1 |
| Bethsaida region | 1 |
| Magdala | 1 |
| et-Tell (Bethsaida?) | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient town
ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ |
| archaeologicalCandidateSite |
el-Araj
ⓘ
et-Tell ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
early disciples of Jesus
ⓘ
ministry of Jesus ⓘ |
| condemnedBy | Jesus for unbelief (Gospels of Matthew and Luke) ⓘ |
| country | Ancient Israel ⓘ |
| culturalContext |
Hellenistic-Roman
ⓘ
Jewish ⓘ |
| elevatedTo | status of city by Herod Philip ⓘ |
| etymology | name often interpreted as "house of fishing" or "house of the fisherman" ⓘ |
| geographicalFeature | near the inflow of the Jordan River into the Sea of Galilee ⓘ |
| governedBy |
Herod Philip
ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ |
| groupedWith |
Capernaum
ⓘ
Chorazin ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Bethsaida
ⓘ
surface form:
Bethsaida Julias
Bethsaida ⓘ
surface form:
Bethsaida in Galilee
Bethsaida ⓘ
surface form:
Bethsaida of Galilee
|
| hasNearbyModernCity | Golan Heights area settlements ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Aramaic ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Herodian Kingdom
ⓘ
surface form:
Herod Philip’s tetrarchy (early 1st century CE)
region of Galilee ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Jordan River ⓘ |
| locatedOn | northern shore of the Sea of Galilee ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Gospel of Luke
ⓘ
Gospel of Mark ⓘ Gospel of Matthew ⓘ New Testament ⓘ |
| modernCountry |
Israel
ⓘ
surface form:
State of Israel
|
| pilgrimageSignificance | Christian pilgrimage destination area ⓘ |
| primaryEconomicActivity |
agriculture
ⓘ
fishing ⓘ |
| regionInAntiquity | Gaulanitis ⓘ |
| religiousSignificance |
site associated with Jesus of Nazareth
ⓘ
traditional hometown of apostles ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Christianity ⓘ |
| renamedAs | Julias ⓘ |
| renamedBy | Herod Philip ⓘ |
| renamedInHonorOf |
Julia the Elder
ⓘ
surface form:
Julia, daughter of Augustus
|
| siteOf |
calling of Philip (Gospel of John, traditionally linked)
ⓘ
feeding of the five thousand (traditionally located near Bethsaida) ⓘ healing of a blind man by Jesus (Gospel of Mark) ⓘ |
| subjectOf | ongoing archaeological debate about exact location ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Hellenistic period
ⓘ
Roman period ⓘ |
| traditionalHometownOf |
Andrew the Apostle
ⓘ
surface form:
Apostle Andrew
Apostle Peter ⓘ Apostle Philip ⓘ |
Referenced by (25)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Bethsaida Julias
this entity surface form:
Bethsaida of Galilee
this entity surface form:
Bethsaida in Galilee
subject surface form:
Philip the Apostle
this entity surface form:
Bethsaida Julias
this entity surface form:
Bethsaida (by many scholars)
this entity surface form:
et-Tell (Bethsaida?)
subject surface form:
Feeding of the five thousand
this entity surface form:
Bethsaida region