A Biblical village where Jesus is said to have performed some of his most famous miracles really existed, and today lies in ruins only a mile from the Sea of Galilee, archaeologists believe.

In the Bible, Bethsaida was home to disciples Peter, Andrew and Philip, and was where Jesus purportedly fed the 5,000, walked on water and helped a blind man to see.

Archaeologists have been working for 32 years to find the lost city, which was eventually cursed to destruction by Jesus because residents failed to repent in spite of his miracles.

Now professor Rami Arav of the University of Nebraska says he is in no doubt that Et-Tell, in the Golan Heights near the Jordan River estuary, is the location of the biblical village.








'Ancient sources place several requirements for the identification of Bethsaida,' Aray said,' adding that 'finds in Et-Tell convinced not only me but a group of experts.'

To argue his case, Dr Arav refers to the Roman historian, Titus Flavius Josephus, who describes the location of Bethsaida in his writings.

'Josephus says that the town was in the 'lower Golan' near the estuary of the Jordan River,' said Dr Arav - the same location as the El-Tell dig site.








Researchers have been working at the site for 32 years and now believe it is safe to say it was the site of the biblical city

The professor also highlights Josephus' description of how Bethsaida was later 'advanced unto the dignity of a city' and renamed Julias, after the wife of Roman emperor Augustus.

Bethsaida — the biblical hometown to disciples Andrew, Peter and Philip — was reputedly where Jesus performed a number of miracles.

These included the feeding of the 5,000, in which Christ — following the death of John the Baptist — used five loaves and two fishes supplied by a boy to feed a crowd of his followers.

The Gospel of Mark, meanwhile, tells of a blind man of Bethsaida whose sight was restored after two blessings from Jesus.



At Et-Tell the research team studying the location discovered a temple that was dedicated to Julia, Augustus' wife.

The name Bethsaida translates as 'house of fishing/hunting' and Dr Arav believes this holds another clue.

He contends that the ruins at Et-Tell were once known as Zer, which could also be transcribed as 'Tzed', a Hebrew word that means both hunting and fishing.

This name, he believes, ultimately morphed into Beit-tzed or Bethsaida.

And though Et-Tell is over a mile from the Sea of Galilee – contrary to the biblical description of Bethsaida as a place accessible by boat – the dig site may have been closer in ancient times.

The transformation, it's argued, can be explained by tectonic movements and changing water levels in the lake.

Dr Arav said: 'Basically you need to know that the Sea of Galilee is right in the middle of the Syro-African rift and is prone to tectonic shifts.'

They researchers also discovered ancient fishing equipment among the ruins of the settlement.

Jesus was said to have cursed the village, warning it faced worse treatment than Sodom – a city destroyed by God in the Old Testament.

Although Bethsaida did not meet the calamitous end Jesus foretold, it was ultimately abandoned.

'Fortunately Jesus did not say when the town will be destroyed,' joked Dr Arav.

'So in the 4th century it was abandoned and, without maintenance, the buildings collapsed.'

The professor also threw down the gauntlet to archaeologists who claim the nearby site of El-Araj is the true Bethsaida.

He believes that what they have actually found is a former military camp.



Archaeologists have been working for 32 years to prove that the site of the city cursed to destruction by Jesus once stood at the El-Tell excavation site


'This is an outstanding achievement, but it is not Bethsaida mentioned in the ancient sources,' he said.

'They simply do not meet the prerequisites mentioned above, but they fit perfectly the military camp.

'I would also request that the directors of the dig at El-Araj publish a peer-reviewed article stating their discoveries.

'They failed to do it so far and everything the archaeological community knows about their finds comes from sketchy briefing by journalists in newspapers.

'This is, of course, not enough.'

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8665771/amp/Biblical-village-Bethsaida-Jesus-walked-water-finally-identified-archaeologists.html

Awesome!

The Bible is God's word to mankind and it is 100% accurate, proven by hundreds of fulfilled prophecies. Man does not need science or archaeology to prove the veracity of the word of God!

Emmanuelcann:
The Bible is God's word to mankind and it is 100% accurate, proven by hundreds of fulfilled prophecies. Man does not need science or archaeology to prove the veracity of the word of God!

100% accurate my foot!
Who's trying to prove your Bible
These are simply archeologists doing their work.
This is an historical town that is referred by other sources that even precedes your bible.
From the article,the description given by the bible was found to be incorrect,and the town was never destroyed as falsely predicted by the biblical Jesus.
These findings further proves what has already been academically established-that the bible is bogus,but of course you religious niggas can't assimilate simple information.

felixomor:
A Biblical village where Jesus is said to have performed some of his most famous miracles really existed, and today lies in ruins only a mile from the Sea of Galilee, archaeologists believe.

In the Bible, Bethsaida was home to disciples Peter, Andrew and Philip, and was where Jesus purportedly fed the 5,000, walked on water and helped a blind man to see.

Archaeologists have been working for 32 years to find the lost city, which was eventually cursed to destruction by Jesus because residents failed to repent in spite of his miracles.

Now professor Rami Arav of the University of Nebraska says he is in no doubt that Et-Tell, in the Golan Heights near the Jordan River estuary, is the location of the biblical village.








'Ancient sources place several requirements for the identification of Bethsaida,' Aray said,' adding that 'finds in Et-Tell convinced not only me but a group of experts.'

To argue his case, Dr Arav refers to the Roman historian, Titus Flavius Josephus, who describes the location of Bethsaida in his writings.

'Josephus says that the town was in the 'lower Golan' near the estuary of the Jordan River,' said Dr Arav - the same location as the El-Tell dig site.








Researchers have been working at the site for 32 years and now believe it is safe to say it was the site of the biblical city

The professor also highlights Josephus' description of how Bethsaida was later 'advanced unto the dignity of a city' and renamed Julias, after the wife of Roman emperor Augustus.

Bethsaida — the biblical hometown to disciples Andrew, Peter and Philip — was reputedly where Jesus performed a number of miracles.

These included the feeding of the 5,000, in which Christ — following the death of John the Baptist — used five loaves and two fishes supplied by a boy to feed a crowd of his followers.

The Gospel of Mark, meanwhile, tells of a blind man of Bethsaida whose sight was restored after two blessings from Jesus.



At Et-Tell the research team studying the location discovered a temple that was dedicated to Julia, Augustus' wife.

The name Bethsaida translates as 'house of fishing/hunting' and Dr Arav believes this holds another clue.

He contends that the ruins at Et-Tell were once known as Zer, which could also be transcribed as 'Tzed', a Hebrew word that means both hunting and fishing.

This name, he believes, ultimately morphed into Beit-tzed or Bethsaida.

And though Et-Tell is over a mile from the Sea of Galilee – contrary to the biblical description of Bethsaida as a place accessible by boat – the dig site may have been closer in ancient times.

The transformation, it's argued, can be explained by tectonic movements and changing water levels in the lake.

Dr Arav said: 'Basically you need to know that the Sea of Galilee is right in the middle of the Syro-African rift and is prone to tectonic shifts.'

They researchers also discovered ancient fishing equipment among the ruins of the settlement.

Jesus was said to have cursed the village, warning it faced worse treatment than Sodom – a city destroyed by God in the Old Testament.

Although Bethsaida did not meet the calamitous end Jesus foretold, it was ultimately abandoned.

'Fortunately Jesus did not say when the town will be destroyed,' joked Dr Arav.

'So in the 4th century it was abandoned and, without maintenance, the buildings collapsed.'

The professor also threw down the gauntlet to archaeologists who claim the nearby site of El-Araj is the true Bethsaida.

He believes that what they have actually found is a former military camp.



Archaeologists have been working for 32 years to prove that the site of the city cursed to destruction by Jesus once stood at the El-Tell excavation site


'This is an outstanding achievement, but it is not Bethsaida mentioned in the ancient sources,' he said.

'They simply do not meet the prerequisites mentioned above, but they fit perfectly the military camp.

'I would also request that the directors of the dig at El-Araj publish a peer-reviewed article stating their discoveries.

'They failed to do it so far and everything the archaeological community knows about their finds comes from sketchy briefing by journalists in newspapers.

'This is, of course, not enough.'

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8665771/amp/Biblical-village-Bethsaida-Jesus-walked-water-finally-identified-archaeologists.html

Just imagining what life was like then with so many stones around.... That's why it was easy for them to stone people as a form of punishment.

OtemAtum... Come and see evidence that my Darling Jesus is real as the oxygen you breathe in. He's alive!!!!

BeLookingIDIOT:

100% accurate my foot!
Who's trying to prove your Bible
These are simply archeologists doing their work.
This is an historical town that is referred by other sources that even precedes your bible.
From the article,the description given by the bible was found to be incorrect,and the town was never destroyed as falsely predicted by the biblical Jesus.
These findings further proves what has already been academically established-that the bible is bogus,but of course you religious niggas can't assimilate simple information.

Stop crying.

BeLookingIDIOT:

100% accurate my foot!
Who's trying to prove your Bible
These are simply archeologists doing their work.
This is an historical town that is referred by other sources that even precedes your bible.
From the article,the description given by the bible was found to be incorrect,and the town was never destroyed as falsely predicted by the biblical Jesus.
These findings further proves what has already been academically established-that the bible is bogus,but of course you religious niggas can't assimilate simple information.

When you meet the author please tell him all the above. We will all have our day before our maker, sooner or later.

Those clowns up there didn't read the article.

kingxsamz:
Those clowns up there didn't read the article.

Help them read it

Brachaa:


Just imagining what life was like then with so many stones around.... That's why it was easy for them to stone people as a form of punishment.

OtemAtum... Come and see evidence that my Darling Jesus is real as the oxygen you breathe in. He's alive!!!!

Lol, even Superman, spiderman, batman, hulk etc performed their fictitious acts in real earthly places, but that doesn't make them real beings. Try harder next time.

OtemAtum:
Lol, even Superman, spiderman, batman, hulk etc performed their fictitious acts in real earthly places, but that doesn't make them real beings. Try harder next time.

Superman - metropolis
Batman - Gotham
Etc etc

Those sound like real places in your universe.
Stop telling lies mixed with ignorance.

This is nice

Brachaa:


Just imagining what life was like then with so many stones around.... That's why it was easy for them to stone people as a form of punishment.

OtemAtum... Come and see evidence that my Darling Jesus is real as the oxygen you breathe in. He's alive!!!!

You just had to quote everything, even the pictures.

Tuale mama!

felixomor:
Superman - metropolis Batman - Gotham Etc etc
Those sound like real places in your universe. Stop telling lies mixed with ignorance.

Gotham is a real City.

felixomor:

Superman - metropolis
Batman - Gotham
Etc etc

Those sound like real places in your universe.
Stop telling lies mixed with ignorance.

See the screenshot below so you can know that your so called Metropolis is actually NEW YORK CITY, it's just a matter of changing real names to fictitious names to make the film interesting. The film isn't made in a fictitious planet afterall. It is made on earth.

OtemAtum:


See the screenshot below so you can know that your so called Metropolis is actually NEW YORK CITY, it's just a matter of changing real names to fictitious names to make the film interesting. The film isn't made in a fictitious planet afterall. It is made on earth.

So where is the Biblical fiticious name in the article above?

All these attempts to do cover up legover isn't working

felixomor:


So where is the Biblical fiticious name in the article above?

All these attempts to do cover up legover isn't working

What I'm saying is that you can put fictitious characters into real places, just like we have in films where Harry Potter is being acted in the UK but Harry Potter is a fictitious character, but where the book is is written is UK. It's a very simple analysis, why are you dancing shakushaku over it like this?

OtemAtum:
What I'm saying is that you can put fictitious characters into real places, just like we have in films where Harry Potter is being acted in the UK but Harry Potter is a fictitious character, but where the book is is written is UK. It's a very simple analysis, why are you dancing shakushaku over it like this?

Abegi go and rest.
All these unnecessary shalaye

felixomor:

Abegi go and rest.
All these unnecessary shalaye

E taya you ni?