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In the New Testament, the name appears changed to Gennesaret (in Matthew 14:34, Mark 6:53 and Luke 5:1; the latter refers to "the Lake of Gennesaret"). [13] In Matthew and Mark, this city or area is a place where Jesus visited and performed healings. [14] In Luke, he taught the crowds there and appointed his first four disciples.
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". [1] First-century historian Flavius Josephus refers to the Gennesaret area as having very rich soil. [2]
The word "Gennesaret" signifies a flourishing valley. The name of the adjacent Sea of Galilee is lake of Genesaret. Josephus speaks of the region saying, "The country of Genesar extends as far as the lake of the same name.
The Sea of Galilee is an attraction for Christian pilgrims who visit Israel to see the places where Jesus performed miracles according to the New Testament. Alonzo Ketcham Parker, a 19th-century American traveler, called visiting the Sea of Galilee "a 'fifth gospel' which one read devoutly, his heart overflowing with quiet joy".
Verses 1-11 report the call of Jesus' first disciples.Jesus arrives at the Lake of Gennesaret, or Sea of Galilee.Biblical scholar William Smith suggests that "there was a beautiful and fertile plain called 'Gennesaret'" at the northwestern angle of the Sea of Galilee, and "from that was derived the name of 'Lake of Gennesaret'" used by Luke in Luke 5:1. [3]
This narrative completes a total of five miracles connected with the sea: Jesus walking on the sea; Peter's walking on the sea with Jesus's aid; When sinking, Peter is raised; The sudden ceasing of the storm; The immediate arrival on land. From verse 33, it appears that both the sailors on the boat and the Apostles worshipped Jesus. [1] [2]
English: Israel’s largest freshwater lake, Lake Tiberias, is also known as the Sea of Tiberias, Lake of Gennesaret, Lake Kinneret, and the Sea of Galilee. The lake measures just more than 21 kilometres north-south, and it is only 43 meters deep.
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