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Bethsaida in the Bible.

Bethsaida is a city in the Bible, about 131 km (81 miles) north of Jerusalem. The King James Version names it in 4 verses, from Matthew 11:21 to John 12:21. The King James Version also gives the name Bethsaida to 1 other place, listed on this page.

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What happened at Bethsaida.

A city near which Christ fed 5,000 (Luke 9:10; comp. John 6:17; Matt. 14:15-21), and where the blind man had his sight restored (Mark 8:22), on the east side of the lake, two miles up the Jordan. It stood within the region of Gaulonitis, and was enlarged by Philip the tetrarch, who called it “Julias,” after the emperor’s daughter. Or, as some have supposed, there may have been but one Bethsaida built on both sides of the lake, near where the Jordan enters it. Now the ruins et-Tel.

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

People named with Bethsaida.

Philip 2Andrew 1Jesus 1Simon 1

Near Bethsaida.

All 4 verses that name this Bethsaida.

Matthew 1

  • Matthew 11:21Woe 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.

Luke 1

  • Luke 10:13Woe 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.

John 2

  • John 1:44Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.
  • John 12:21The same came therefore to Philip, which was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired him, saying, Sir, we would see Jesus.

Other places called Bethsaida.

Bethsaida, on the map at the same spot as the Bethsaida above.

A town, named in 3 verses.

  • Mark 6:45And 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 8:22And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him.
  • Luke 9:10And 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.

Questions about Bethsaida.

Where is Bethsaida in the Bible?

Bethsaida is a city about 131 km (81 miles) north of Jerusalem. BibleLectio shows it on a painted map of the Bible’s world, with every verse that names it.

How many times is Bethsaida named in the Bible?

The King James Version names Bethsaida in 4 verses, in 3 books, from Matthew 11:21 to John 12:21. It also gives the name Bethsaida to 1 other place.

Which people are named with Bethsaida in the Bible?

The verses that name Bethsaida also name Philip, Andrew, Jesus and Simon.

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