Bethsaida (2)
Bethsaida is a settlement mentioned in 3 verses. Its most likely location is another name for Bethsaida 1. The name means “house of fruits, or of food, or of snares.”
Where is Bethsaida?
Approx. 32.9104, 35.6310 · OpenStreetMap · Google Maps
Possible modern locations
| Identification | Type | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| another name for Bethsaida 1 | settlement | Medium |
| At Tell | settlement | Medium |
| El Mess’adiyye | settlement | Low |
Verses that mention Bethsaida
- Mark 6:45
And 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 8:22
And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him.
- Luke 9:10
And 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.