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Bethsaida

Galilee · New Testament · 7 verses

A town near the northern shore of the Sea of Galilee, home of the apostles Peter, Andrew, and Philip. The name appears in Matthew, Mark, Luke and 1 more in the King James text.

About Bethsaida

A town near the northern shore of the Sea of Galilee, home of the apostles Peter, Andrew, and Philip.

Its place in the story

Bethsaida was the hometown of several apostles and a place where Jesus healed a blind man. He rebuked the town for not repenting despite the miracles done there.

Bethsaida in Scripture (KJV)

“Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.”

Matthew 11:21 (KJV)

“And straightway he constrained his disciples to get into the ship, and to go to the other side before unto Bethsaida, while he sent away the people.”

Mark 6:45 (KJV)

“And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him.”

Mark 8:22 (KJV)

“And the apostles, when they were returned, told him all that they had done. And he took them, and went aside privately into a desert place belonging to the city called Bethsaida.”

Luke 9:10 (KJV)

“Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in you, they had a great while ago repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.”

Luke 10:13 (KJV)

“Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.”

John 1:44 (KJV)

“The same came therefore to Philip, which was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired him, saying, Sir, we would see Jesus.”

John 12:21 (KJV)

Where it leads

Near Bethsaida Jesus healed a blind man and it was home to some of his first disciples.

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