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Pliny the Elder, in his Natural History, places Bethsaida on the eastern side of the Sea of Galilee. [5] The historian Josephus says that the town of Bethsaida (at that time called Julia), was situated 120 stadia from the lake Semechonitis, not far from the Jordan River as it passes into the middle of the Sea of Galilee. [6]
Around 200 BC, during the period in which Simon II was the Jewish High Priest, the channel was enclosed, and a second pool was added on the south side of the dam. [20] [21] [22] Although popular legend argues that this pool was used for washing sheep, this is very unlikely due to the pool's use as a water supply, and its extreme depth (13m).
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 .
Several manuscripts of the Gospel include a passage considered by many textual critics to be an interpolation added to the original text, explaining that the disabled people are waiting for the "troubling of the waters"; some further add that "an angel went down at a certain time into the pool and stirred up the water; then whoever stepped in first, after the stirring of the water, was made ...
The main settlement dates to the 3rd and 4th centuries. The majority of the structures found were made from basalt, a black volcanic rock found locally. [5] The town's ruins are spread over an area of 25 acres (100,000 m 2), subdivided into five separate quarters, with a synagogue in the centre.
Mark then explains to his audience the Jewish custom of washing before each meal, indicating that he probably wrote for a non-Jewish audience. [2] The Expositor's Greek Testament speaks of Mark writing "from the Gentile point of view"; [3] the Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges suggests the explanation was "for Roman readers". [4]
Depiction of Jehu King of Israel giving tribute to the Assyrian king Shalmaneser III on the Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III from Nimrud (c. BCE – c. 841–840) Finkelstein holds that Judah emerged as an operational kingdom somewhat later than Israel, during the second half of 9th century BCE, [ 4 ] but the subject is one of considerable ...
Christians have to wear a large wooden cross and members of both groups had to wear black hats. [8] 1013 During the fall of the city, Sulayman's troops looted Córdoba and massacred citizens of the city, including many Jews. Prominent Jews in Córdoba, such as Samuel ibn Naghrela were forced to flee to the city in 1013. 1013–1073