The Byzantine church had been mentioned by early Christian pilgrims, notably the Bavarian bishop (and saint) Willibald in 725 A.D. “[Willibald] states that the church was in Bethsaida built over ...

Bethsaida is mentioned several times in the New Testament: ... Archaeologists from Nyack College and Kinneret College on the Sea of Galilee have been digging at the site at Beit Habek since 2016.

Likely because Bethsaida was “in Galilee,” and Galilee had a large, Greek-speaking population of Gentiles. Matthew 4:15 (following Isaiah 9:1) even calls it “Galilee of the Gentiles. ...

A Bavarian bishop and later Christian saint named Willibald visited Bethsaida on the Sea of Galilee in A.D. 725.

In the New Testament, Bethsaida is where Jesus performed miracles and the birthplace for several apostles. ... Archaeologists said in 2019 they found the church near the Sea of Galilee, ...

On the northern shore of Palestine's Sea of Galilee lies Tabgha, one of the Holy Land's lushest garden spots. Anciently, scholars believe, it was Bethsaida. It boasts a mosaic pavement and an ...

Experts believe they have found the lost Roman city of Julias, formerly the village of Bethsaida, which was the home of Jesus’ apostles Peter, Andrew and Philip. Last month, archaeologists fr… ...

The Rev. Matt Knopf, associate pastor of First Lutheran Church, has long been interested in biblical archeology.

An aerial picture taken on July 11, 2021, shows the Beteha (Bethsaida Valley) in the northern part of the Sea of Galilee, one of the main water sources in Israel.

The remains of a settlement discovered by the sea of Galilee in the Bethsaida Valley Nature Reserve is thought to be the site of the lost Roman city of Julias, Haaretz reported.

It's one thing to read about the life of Jesus in the Bible, to learn how he miraculously fed 5,000 people near the fishing village of Bethsaida, and how he called brothers Simon and Andrew ...