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nosagold:
May the Lord Jesus give you understanding

kingxsamz:
The white or the black one?

Offpoint:
What's provocative about the heading?

kingxsamz:
I'm very sure you didn't read the article at all...
You just typed with the freebasics Mtn and Airtel allowed you to use.
There is no concrete proof that this site was cursed by some white Jesus, let alone 5000 people being fed here.

kingxsamz:
The white or the black one?

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.

gasparpisciotta:
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.

A biblical village cursed to destruction by Jesus really existed and today lies in ruins only a mile from the Sea of Galilee, archaeologists believe
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

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.

THE BIBLICAL MIRACLES OF BETHSAIDA
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.

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

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
'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.'

The dig site at El-Araj flooded earlier this summer, stopping excavations.

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.

A biblical village cursed to destruction by Jesus really existed and today lies in ruins only a mile from the Sea of Galilee, archaeologists believe

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.

THE BIBLICAL MIRACLES OF BETHSAIDA

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.

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

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

'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,’ he said.

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

Image123:
Every word you typed belongs to the white man. Does it make you more foolish? Should something be untrue or discarded simply because the white man told you. Would it be more credible because the green man told you instead. Think and be sensible before insinuating.

kingxsamz:
You're just repeating what the white man told you when he brought his religion to you and called yours evil. So I'm not surprised.

Opmic:
Whether u believe or not, whether u like it or not,
Jesus Was, Is and will continue to be Lord

VLTA:
More grace brother. Continue the good work. May God, His Spirit touch the hearts of your audience in that they will be convicted as many that read you.

kingxsamz:
You're just repeating what the white man told you when he brought his religion to you and called yours evil. So I'm not surprised.
You're a hypocrite,white man said u originated from monkeys u believed it,he said the earth is round you believed,he said Neil Armstrong went to the moon you believed,and many other conspiracy theories you've believed but now that he said that Jesus came to earth 2 thousand years ago and performed miracles,you've tagged it as white man's religion right?you're so narrow minded but it's ok divinity is not meant to be understood by narrow minded individuals

Nwatachoba1:
Some believe in something that happened millions of years ago but don't want to to things that happened thousands of years ago...... AFRICA WITH THEIR BLACK BRAINS...

PIMPLES DEY SOME PEOPLE BRAIN O

Seebrian:
Jesus is real. I'm speaking from practical experience. I sincerely pray every doubting person about this reality would receive a personal encounter of salvation. Amen.

eplanning:
And besides, the Bible and Christianity were in Africa (Ethiopia and Egypt) ever before the Romans adopted it and used it to conquer the world.

As offensive as this religion called Christianity was to the Most High, it was practiced in Africa for centuries. Most of those whom the whites later came to meet at the Western coasts of Africa are Israelites who had fled the land of ISRAEL, being driven out by the Romans. These Israelites migrated through Egypt, Nubia, Ethiopia, Sudan and further southwards to West, Central and Southern Africa. They are the majority in sub-saharan Africa now.

Juliusmomoh:
I can't come and kill myself trying to read long article.... If them find am wetin come be my own .

kingxsamz:
You're just repeating what the white man told you when he brought his religion to you and called yours evil. So I'm not surprised.

kingxsamz:
Just so you know, this is not proof.
Only dumb folks will reject visible evidence and accept some illogical story about a white man feeding 5000 people with 5 loaves of bread and two Fish.
You sef use your brain think nw... How does one walk on water and feed 5000 people with 5 loaves of bread? 5 loaves of bread o.
If an article or research pops up and mentions 10million years, you'll say "these white people can lie ehn", "how did they know"?
How do you know that a man fed 5000 people with 5 loaves of bread? Oh a 2000 year old book that has been re-re-re-re-re edited told you abi?

Primesky:
OPEN your eyes and mind. If it fits your understanding then it's no longer a miracle, and just because you didn't see it doesn't make it false.

There's something called 'supernatural' it's beyond natural and as such cannot be explained by physics, chemistry, mathematics and logic.

God is limitless, no argument against that.

skywalker240:
but Jesus answers me when i call on him

Righteousness89:
Glorious ...

Irrespective of What Scientist say or think, it is Irrelevant.

The Holy Bible, which Chronicles the Written and Spoken World of God is the Standard and Manual For Humanity!

Humanity under any guise or Name Should Have the Bible as their Guide..

We all are Mere Ordinary Creatures, Created by The Creator

Creatures cannot Decide for the CREATOR.

The Clay Cannot Decide for the Porter !

It is an Error! It is Folly!

kingxsamz:
Just so you know, this is not proof.
Only dumb folks will reject visible evidence and accept some illogical story about a white man feeding 5000 people with 5 loaves of bread and two Fish.
You sef use your brain think nw... How does one walk on water and feed 5000 people with 5 loaves of bread? 5 loaves of bread o.
If an article or research pops up and mentions 10million years, you'll say "these white people can lie ehn", "how did they know"?
How do you know that a man fed 5000 people with 5 loaves of bread? Oh a 2000 year old book that has been re-re-re-re-re edited told you abi?