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We have a Roman village, in the village we have pottery, coins, also stone vessels, which are typical of first-century Jewish life, so now we strengthen our suggestion and identification that El-Araj is a much better candidate for Bethsaida than e-Tell.
This is a list of people, who died just prior to the Massacre of the Innocents (the slaughter by Herod of Judea of male babies under two years old in an effort to eliminate the newborn King of the Jews) [1] or during the 1st century, who have received recognition from the Catholic Church as saints (through canonization).
Model of the pools during the Second Temple Period (Israel Museum). The Pool of Bethesda is referred to in John's Gospel in the Christian New Testament, in an account of Jesus healing a paralyzed man at a pool of water in Jerusalem, described as being near the Sheep Gate and surrounded by five covered colonnades or porticoes.
1st century AD Bethsaida, Galilee, Roman Empire: Died: AD 54/80 Hierapolis, Asia, Roman Empire: Venerated in: All Christian denominations that venerate saints: Canonized: Pre-congregation: Major shrine: relics in Basilica Santi Apostoli, Rome: Feast: As Philip and James, Apostles, in the Roman Rite and in Protestant commemorations:
The 1st century was the century spanning AD 1 (represented by the Roman numeral I) through AD 100 (C) according to the Julian calendar. It is often written as the 1st century AD or 1st century CE to distinguish it from the 1st century BC (or BCE) which preceded it. The 1st century is considered part of the Classical era, epoch, or historical ...
First-century historian Flavius Josephus refers to the Gennesaret area as having very rich soil. [2] The town was perhaps halfway between Capernaum and Magdala. [3] This account is seen by some as a vindication of the reverence paid to relics practiced in the Catholic and Orthodox churches.
Capernaum's 4th-century synagogue (detail with columns and benches) The village was inhabited continuously from the 2nd century BC to the 11th century AD, when it was abandoned sometime before the First Crusade. [5] This includes the re-establishment of the village northeast of the earlier location in c. 700, during the Early Islamic period. [5]
Herod Antipas (Greek: Ἡρῴδης Ἀντίπας, Hērṓidēs Antípas; c. 20 BC – c. 39 AD) was a 1st-century ruler of Galilee and Perea.He bore the title of tetrarch ("ruler of a quarter") and is referred to as both "Herod the Tetrarch" [1] and "King Herod" [2] in the New Testament. [3]