Calms a storm from . After stilling the storm while crossing the Sea of Galilee, Jesus lands with his disciples on the eastern shore of the lake. Some of these sites, such as Capernaum, have a continuous and uninterrupted place in the history of Christian pilgrimage, beginning as far back as the first centuries of our era. The hot springs, as noted above, are in the bottom of the valley to the North. From the beginning of our work, it was clear that we were excavating the remains of a large, walled settlement of a religious character, undoubtedly a monastery that included a well-built basilica of exceptional quality. v. 37) describe Jesus' healing of the demoniac "Legion" and . And that doesnt fit the description were given of the stampede at all. After all its not far off 300 years after the events. He is however inclined to favor el-Mes`adiyeh, a ruin and winter village of Arab et-Tellawiyeh, which stands on an artificial mound, about a mile and a half from the mouth of the Jordan. Ewing. We may assume that the cities named in the Gospels were mainly Jewish. Both Gerasa and Gadara were cities to the east of the Sea of Galilee and the River Jordan. Identification and Description:Umm Cheis answers the description given of Gadara by ancient writers. The NT references ( Mark 5:1; Luke 8:26; cf. Traces of ancient buildings in the vicinity show that there must have been a fairly numerous population in the district.2. The northern one, called the prothesis, housed the offerings of the faithful; the southern one, called the diaconicon, provided storage space for the sacred vessels and the vestments of the clergy. to Capernaum, to Bethsaida . It lay near the place where the Jordan enters the Sea of Gennesaret (Ant., XVIII, ii, 1; BJ, II, ix, 1; III, x, 7; Vita, 72). The soil is deep, rich loam, of amazing fertility. Cloudflare Ray ID: 7a1615141b8e2bf0 The modern town stands at the northern corner of the plain; while at the southern end are the famous hot baths, the ancient Hammath. Today, it is identified with El-Koursi or Kursi. In any event, the "country of the Gergesenes/Gadarenes/Gerasenes" in the New Testament Gospels refers to some location on the eastern shore of the Sea of Galilee. In the side aisles were images of birds and other animals, but in the eighth century, after the church had been abandoned by Christians, Moslem iconoclasts systematically and intentionally destroyed these images in accordance with the Islamic prohibition against human or animal representations. Naturally the temperature in the valley is higher than that of the uplands; and here wheat and barley are harvested about a month earlier. The presence of a copious spring of sweet water makes it probable that the site has been occupied from olden time; but no trace remains of any ancient city. As a result of excavations by the Israel Department of Antiquities and Museums, however, it is becoming quite clear that the eastern shore of the Sea of Galilee also played an important role in early Christian pilgrimages. All Im able to say with any confidence is that Matthew felt compelled to change the location of the pigs. Matthew, using Mark as a source for his own gospel, appears to have been aware of this geographic difficulty. Description:Modern Jerash lies on both banks of Wady Jerash, about 6 miles from its confluence with Wady ez-Zerqa (the Jabbok). Twitter. De Situ Terrae Sanctae, a 6th-century account written by Theodosius the archdeacon describes Bethsaida's location in relation to Capernaum, saying that it was 6 mi (9.7 km) distant from Capernaum. 2023 Biblical Historical Context. Interpreting the reference to the hillside as anywhere but the steep banks that encircle the lake is geographically problematic: the record describes a pretty short run for the pigs their stampede was quickly over. There is scarcely any doubt that the scene of the miracle on the poor demoniac, and of the subsequent possession of the swine, must be looked for on this spot. The Gadarenes captured some of the boldest of the Jews, of whom several were put to death, and others imprisoned (ibid., 5). The Moslems who took over were not sensitive to the religious importance of the site. On the basis of the textual evidence alone, we cannot determine which of these variants is . He took them, and withdrew apart to a deserted place of a city called Bethsaida. Distance between Tel Aviv and Capernaum (117,32 km.) Gerasa itself is probably represented by the ruins of Kurseh on the South side of Wady Semak, just where it opens on the seashore. Even if Judas were born in Gamala, and so might properly be called a Gaulonite, he may, like others, have come to be known as belonging to the province in which his active life was spent. GERASA, GERASENES ( , ). 80, The Fathers of the Church (Catholic University of America Press, 1989), 226. Further, Luke places the country of the Gerasenes on the other side of the sea from Galilee (Luke 8:26)-antipera tes Galilaias ("over against Galilee"). Slowly, perhaps, but surely, the old order is giving place to the new. This is doubtless to be identified with the village of Bethsaida in Lower Gaulonitis which the Tetrarch Philip raised to the rank of a city, and called Julias, in honor of Julia, the daughter of Augustus. 3. 6.211. The absence of any name resembling Bethsaida need not concern us.Were There Two Bethsaidas? This is true even today. This tell is crowned by an ancient Canaanite settlement. The rooms on each side of the prayer hall were used for auxiliary purposes. "The advent of the railway has stirred afresh the pulses of life in the valley. (iv) The present writer is familiar with these waters in both storm and calm. The two towns were therefore practically in the same line. Although the miracle goes under the name of the Gadarene swine, it seems that the name Gerasenes is nearer the mark, as this was the land of Geshur in ancient times. Today, it is identified with El-Koursi or Kursi. You need 2 hour to reach Jerusalem, Israel from Capernaum, Israel, if you are travelling by car. This street was over 25 feet wide and was paved with carefully cut, black basalt stones. Therefore it was no contrary wind that carried them toward Capernaum and the "land of Gennesaret." The production of oil served as a popular source of income for monastic communities and settlements at Christian holy places. See CAPERNAUM. About 2 miles farther West are the hot springs of eT-Tabgha. The most likely answer is to the country of the Gerasenes: i.e., Gerasa, a Greek town thought to be the same as the similarly-named Kersa on the east shore of Lake Tiberias. a site named Khersa (or Kursi) among the cliffs overlooking the lakethe traditional site, but with little to argue in its favor. The ruins of the town are not considerable; but there are remains of a strong wall which must have surrounded the place. 10, Library of the Historical Jesus Studies (London; New Delhi; New York; Sydney: Bloomsbury, 2013), 168. There are some ruins now on this spot still known by the very slight corruption of Kerzha. History:The great and splendid city in the Decapolis is first mentioned as taken after a siege by Alexander Janneus, 85 B.C. At the beginning of the Jewish revolt the country around Gadara was laid waste (BJ, II, xviii, 1). Finding out that biblical hail was actually ice and fire mixed together, which is actually ash blobs. To get any further with working out where the event took place (if it took place at all) we can turn to church history. Some of these it is impossible to identify. The mountains on the East and on the West rise to about 2,000 ft. Only twice in over 5 years the present writer witnessed such a hurricane. Driving distance between Capernaum, Israel and Jerusalem, Israel is calculated by google maps and it is 99 mi. However, Im not alone in thinking that this isnt the best explanation.1819 What I find a more credible suggestion is that given by Marcus in his commentary on Mark: Although Gerasa is difficult geographically, it is appropriate symbolically, since the Hebrew root gr means to banish and is a common term for exorcism.20. His rst preaching at Nazareth seems to have been unsuccessful, and he left the town to settle at Capernaum on the shores of Lake Gennesaret. Josephus names it as marking the eastern limit of Peraea (BJ, III, iii, 3). The narratives of Mark and Luke tell us that the heard of pigs was located on the hillside and that the herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea (Mk 5:13 Lukes record is pretty much identical). Galilee is one of the USA city. , Ulrich Luz, Matthew: A Commentary, ed. The narrow ridge on which the ruins lie runs out toward the Jordan from the uplands of Gilead, with the deep gorge of Wady Yarmuk-Hieromax-on the North, and Wady el `Arab on the South. Peter and Andrew, James and John.The towns around the lake named in Scripture are treated in separate articles. In a few moments the air was thick with mist, through which one could hear the roar of the tortured waters. This writer extols the productiveness of the plain. If you know the geography of the Sea of Galilee at all, its almost entirely surrounded by hills, some of them pretty steep. Northward the plain widens into the marshy breadths of el-BaTeichah, and once more we reach the Jordan, flowing smoothly through the fiat lands to the sea.3. Only about 60 percent have survived, but this is enough to attest that the mosaics in the church at Kursi exemplified mosaic art in its finest tradition. Jesus'-Ministry, A friend recently asked about the geographical problem of Mark 5 so I thought Id write up some thoughts on the topic. According to Luke, the demoniac wears no clothes and lives among the tombs. An excellent account of the ruins is given in Thomson's LB, III, 558.There is nothing above ground of older date than the 2nd and 3rd centuries of our era; but there is no reason to doubt that the Greek city of Gerasa stood on the same site. Capernaum shall be brought down to Hades' (Matthew 11:21-23; Luke 10: 13- 15). Jesus commands the unclean spirits to come out of him. The at some distance is a bit fluffy in the english it could mean anywhere from not far to miles away. It should be noted, however, that the name is in origin radically different from Bethsaida. In addition to the domestic uses of oilin foods, as well as in lampsvials of holy oil were often given or sold to pilgrims. Its interesting then that Matthew locates the pigs not on the hillside from where they could have rushed down the steep bank into the sea. Reland (Pal, II, 806) notes certain extant coins of Gerasa, from which it is clear that in the 2nd century it was a center of the worship of Artemis. It is mentioned in some ancient manuscripts of the Gospel of Matthew as the place where the Miracle of the Swine took place, a miracle performed by Jesus who drove demons out of two possessed men and into a herd of pigs. Ronald E. Heine, Vol. This courtyard provided an impressive space to meet, talk and restperhaps on the low benches whose remains we found on the western side. Mark 8:22 He came to Bethsaida. It is therefore significant that only the Fourth Gospel speaks of "Bethsaida of Galilee. But as we have seen above, the "want of precision" must also be attributed to the writer of John 6:17. Alexander Janneus invested the place, and reduced it after a ten months' siege (Ant., XIII, iii, 3; BJ, I, iv, 2). The abundance of fish at each place furnished a good reason for the recurrence of the name.W. Many ancient tombs are to be seen in the face of the hills. Gergesa, also Gergasa ( in Byzantine greek) or the Country of the Gergesenes, is a place on the eastern ( Golan Heights) side of the Sea of Galilee located at some distance to the ancient Decapolis cities of Gadara and Gerasa. They were both Gentile cities filled with citizens who were culturally more Greek than Semitic; this would account for the pigs in the biblical account. Luke 8:26 They arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is opposite Galilee. Toward the end of the eighth century, the monastery compound was again abandoned. So, Matthew is aware that on the face of it Marks account doesnt work. The greatest breadth is in the North, from el-Mejdel to the mouth of Wady Semak being rather over 7 miles. There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data. (ii) The Bethsaida of medieval writers was evidently on the West of the Jordan. Demonology, (NOTE.-The Textus Receptus of the New Testament reading. Capernaum (in the original Hebrew. Every effort has been made to accurately determine the rights status of works and their images. Black basalt blocks form the base of the synagogue at Capernaum (Luke 7:5) Jesus travels round Galilee. All scripture quoted from The Holy Bible: New Revised Standard Version (Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1989), If you want to get into the detail see Bruce Manning Metzger, United Bible Societies, A Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament, Second Edition a Companion Volume to the United Bible Societies Greek New Testament (4th Rev. There he meets a man seized with an unclean spirit (Mark) or with demons (Luke). With the conquest of the Moslems it passed under eclipse, and is now an utter ruin.3. Mark 6:45 Immediately he made his disciples get into the boat, and to go ahead to the other side, to Bethsaida, while he himself sent the multitude away. The demons inside the man beg to be allowed to enter a nearby herd of swine, numbering about 2,000 according to Mark. Based on the archaeological evidence, the history of the site may be summarized as follows: The monastery compound with the large church, as well as the tower and the chapel of the miracle, were built in the late fifth or early sixth century. The gospels. ", beth-sa'-i-da (Bethsaida, "house of fishing"):(1) A city East of the Jordan, in a "desert place" (that is, uncultivated ground used for grazing) at which Jesus miraculously fed the multitude with five loaves and two fishes (Mark 6:32 Luke 9:10). The ridge sinks gradually to the East, and falls steeply on the other three sides, so that the position was one of great strength. A third city, Hippos, was similar in character to Gadara and Gerasa, and it may fit the biblical account even better. Eusebius of Caesarea (260313 CE10) in his Onomasticon (basically a long list of place names with explanations of their location), not content with his available options of Gerasa and Gadara Eusebius decided to add a third candidate: Eusebius, Onomasticon, 74: Gergesa There the Lord healed the demoniacs. This condition is fulfilled only by the district immediately South of Wady Semak, North of Qal `at el-Chucn. The place is not mentioned till later times. Heres where Matthew locates the pigs: Mt 8:30 Now a large herd of swine was feeding at some distance from them. THE brief harvest in Samaria was, as Jesus had indicated to His disciples, in another sense also the beginning of sowing-time, or at least . If you travel with an airplane (which has average speed of 560 miles per hour) between Tyre to Capernaum, It takes 0.06 hours to arrive. West of this village opens the tremendous gorge, Wady el Chamam, with the famous robbers' fastnesses in its precipitous sides, and the ruins of Arbela on its southern lip. In the middle of the eighth century, probably as a result of the disastrous earthquake of 746/747, the monastery was destroyed. Nazareth: 32.699634: 35.303548: Capernaum: 32.88033: 35.573307: Distance: 32.24 km: During the second half of the sixth century, the diaconicon was remodeled to house a baptistery. GADARA. The soil is deep, rich loam, of amazing fertility. 2, Tyndale New Testament Commentaries (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1989), 158. Distance between North District and Capernaum (9,93 km.) Woe to you, Bethsaida! Although the site was severely damaged, life continued as before, but with a lower living standard. Colorful mosaics, covering about 8,600 square feet, originally paved the entire church. When they arrive on the shore he gets out and is met by two demoniacs/a guy called Legion. The prosperity of the sixth century abruptly ended with the Persian invasion in 614 A.D. There he meets a man seized with an unclean spirit (Mark) or with demons (Luke). In 1 Maccabees 11:67 the sea is called "the water of Gennesar" (the Revised Version (British and American) "Gennesareth"). He gave it a free constitution. , Joel Marcus, Mark 18: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary, vol. We have now conducted five seasons of excavations at the site, during 19701973 and in 1980. The land is almost entirely cleared, and it rewards the toil of the husbandman with all its ancient generosity.W. These differences caused copyists of the gospels to perform no end of monkey-business with the sentence there are 3 variants for each of the synoptic gospels.2 Were looking at a genuine problem that was recognised very early. In some places, the wall actually touches the boulder. Ewing. Settlers in the valley thereafter confined themselves to the area immediately on the shore. Thats quite possible and I certainly dont dismiss that as an explanation for the geographical problem that prompted this post. There is a cliff lying beside this lake from which they point out the swine were cast down by the demons.15. The "green grass" of Mark 6:39, and the "much grass" of John 6:10, point to some place in the plain of el-BaTeichah, on the rich soil of which the grass is green and plentiful compared with the scanty herbage on the higher slopes. They refuse to drink from the Jordan, alleging that "who drinks Jordan drinks fever." Giu 11, 2022 | how to calculate calories per serving in a recipe. Commentary on the Gospel according to John Books 1-10, Ed. After Herod's death it was joined to the province of Syria, 4 B.C. Capernaum area. The city of Gadara is represented today by the ruins of Umm Qeis on the heights south of el-Chummeh-the hot springs in the Yarmuk valley-about 6 miles Southeast of the Sea of Galilee. At this time the residential area was clustered around the church, and most of the former residential quarters were left unrepaired and unsettled. It is probably represented by the modern Jedur, not far from es-Salt (Buhl, Buhl, Geographic des alten Palastina, 255; Guthe). Here a shallow vale breaks northward, bounded on the West by Tell `Areimeh. The figure of a ship frequently appears on its coins: conclusive. A person seated on this bench beholds, through the chapels small prayer hall, an excellent view of the enclosed rock on the terrace below, and, from there, of the monastery at the bottom of the hill and the Sea of Galilee beyond. (Matthew 8:28; Mark 5:1; Luke 8:26) In Gerasenes in place of Gadarenes. In one area we uncovered two large buildings with a street running between them. These demon-possessed pigs then run headlong into the lake and, presumably, drown. Like, not even the alphabet. The name Samak, which means fish both in Aramaic (the vernacular of Jesus time) and in Arabic, reflects the fact that these fish were as important to the ancients as to people today. It was given by Augustus to Herod the Great in 30 B.C. It was located on the shore of the Sea of Galilee, whereas Gerasa and Gadara were several kilometers south-east of it. The fruits of Gennesaret had such high repute among the rabbis that they were not allowed in Jerusalem at the time of the feasts, lest any might be tempted to come merely for their enjoyment (Neubauer, Geog. All three of these New Testament variants have solid textual support. (2) Bethsaida of Galilee, where dwelt Philip, Andrew, Peter (John 1:44; John 12:21), and perhaps also James and John. it is a happy contention of the seasons, as if each of them claimed this country; for it not only nourishes different sorts of autumnal fruit beyond men's expectation, but preserves them a great while." At the end of the nave is a semicircular apse. Almost from the beginning of Christianity, the area around the Sea of Galilee has been a major focus of Christian pilgrimage, a focus second only to Jerusalem. At the center is a large prayer hall in the form of a basilica. As Jesus began to get back into the boat, the delivered demoniac pleaded with Him that he might accompany Him. 33A, Word Biblical Commentary (Dallas: Word, Incorporated, 1998), 226. The surface is 680 ft. below the level of the Mediterranean. Jerash, ancient Gerasa In the South it is watered by the stream from Wady el-Chamam, the gorge that opens to the West of el-Mejdel.2. But (i) this involved a passage from a point on the West to a point on the South shore, "crossing over" two considerable bays; whereas if the boat started from any point in el-BaTeichah, to which we seem to be limited by the "much grass," and by the definition of the district as belonging to Bethsaida, to sail to et-Tell, it was a matter of coasting not more than a couple of miles, with no bay to cross. Once it burst from the South. On the Sea of Galilee there are frequent storms. Tabor and approaching the edge of the great hollow, on a bright spring day, when the land has already assumed its fairest garments, the view of the sea, as it breaks upon the vision in almost its whole extent, is one never to be forgotten. Ed.) It is overlaid with lava; and here and there around the lake there are outcrops of basalt through the limestone. It curves round from el-Mejdel in the South, to `Ain et-Tineh, or Khan Minyeh, in the North, a distance of over 3 miles, with an average breadth from the sea to the foot of the mountains of about a mile. Gerasa and Gadara are accounted for in historical accounts (by writers such as Pliny the Elder and Josephus) and by archaeological research. The names of many ancient places have been lost, and others have strayed from their original localities. Occasionally, however, tempests break over the lake, in which a boat could hardly live. MATTHEW. Distance between Ramat Gan and Capernaum (114,37 km.) South of el-Mejdel the mountains advance to the shore, and the path is cut in the face of the slope, bringing us to the hot spring, `Ain el-Fuliyeh, where is a little valley, with gardens and orange grove. Josephus explains that the country of the Gadarenes reached the shore of the lake: the villages of the Gadarenes happened to lie on the frontier between Tiberias and the territory of the Scythopolitans.4. , Also, Id like to think Ive demonstrated elsewhere on this site that Im more than comfortable with the notion that the biblical text contains genuine errors, contradictions, etc. When it comes down to it we really have no idea where the event the narratives are based on took place. The pigs would still have had to have been long distance runners not the picture painted for us in Mark or Luke where the herd is on the hillside close to the water. John 12:21 These, therefore, came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and asked him, saying, "Sir, we want to see Jesus. Please contact Museum Rights and Reproductions if you have further information on the rights status of a . The monastery compound lies at the foot of a hill, on a plain by the Sea of Galilee. This describes the district in which Christ met and healed the demoniac from the tombs, where also took place the destruction of the swine. It was used to drive certain mills, and also to refresh the neighboring land. One of the great Roman roads ran eastward to Der`ah; and an aqueduct has been traced to the pool of el Khab, about 20 miles to the North of Der`ah. If it lay on the East it is inconceivable that none of them should have mentioned the river in this connection. Many New Testament manuscripts refer to the "Country of the Gadarenes" or "Gerasenes" rather than the Gergesenes. The indigo plant is grown in the plain of Gennesaret. The multitude following on foot along the northern shore of the lake would cross the Jordan by the ford at its mouth which is used by foot travelers to this day. Entirely cleared, and also to refresh the neighboring land malformed data, Matthew: a New Translation with and! 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