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Bethsaida (/ b ɛ θ ˈ s eɪ. ɪ d ə / beth- SAY -id-ə ; [ 1 ] from Ancient Greek : Βηθσαϊδά , romanized : Bēthsaïdá ; from Aramaic and Hebrew : בֵּית צַידָה , romanized : Bēṯ Ṣayḏā , lit.
Archaeological excavations have uncovered a synagogue from the 3rd century AD, suggesting a thriving Jewish community. [3] Bethsaida: Situated on the northeastern shore of the Sea of Galilee, Bethsaida was the hometown of apostles Peter, Andrew, and Philip. It was also the site where Jesus healed a blind man (Mark 8:22-26).
The same account is given in Matthew 14:34-36.In both the gospels, those who were sick aimed to touch the tassels (Greek: Greek: κράσπεδον, kraspedon) of Jesus' garments, "which in accordance with Numbers 15:38, the Jew wore on each of the four extremities of his cloak".
In North American and other diaspora Jewish communities, the use of "shiksa" reflects more social complexities than merely being a mild insult to non-Jewish women. A woman can only be a shiksa if she is perceived as such by Jewish people, usually Jewish men, making the term difficult to define; the Los Angeles Review of Books suggested there ...
While walking on the roof of his palace, David sees a beautiful woman bathing. He inquires about her, discovering her identity as Uriah's wife. Still desiring her, David later has sex with Bathsheba, impregnating her. [4] [5] [6] (David E. Garland and Diana R. Garland regard David's actions as an example of rape in the Hebrew Bible. [7])
According to the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, the Galilean cities of Chorazin, Bethsaida, Capernaum, and the Decapolis did not repent in response to Jesus's teaching, so Jesus declared that the wicked cities of Tyre, Sidon, Sodom and Gomorrah would have repented; it will be more bearable for the latter cities on the Judgement Day, and Capernaum, in particular, will sink down to Hades (Matthew ...
How did a young Jewish woman who escaped Nazi-occupied Austria in the late 1930s end up in New York and emerge as one of the most dynamic illustrators of comic books a few years later?
Christ Healing the Blind Man by A. Mironov.. The Blind Man of Bethsaida is the subject of one of the miracles of Jesus in the Gospels.It is found only in Mark 8:22–26. [1] [2] The exact location of Bethsaida in this pericope is subject to debate among scholars but is likely to have been Bethsaida Julias, on the north shore of Lake Galilee.