After stilling the storm while crossing the Sea of Galilee, Jesus lands with his disciples on the eastern shore of the lake. History:The name Gadara appears to be Semitic It is still heard in Jedur, which attaches to the ancient rock tombs, with sarcophagi, to the East of the present ruins. The Name:The first syllable of the name Gennesaret is evidently the Hebrew gan, "garden"; while the second may be a proper name. Driving distance between Capernaum, Israel and Jerusalem, Israel is calculated by google maps and it is 99 mi. Further, Luke places the country of the Gerasenes on the other side of the sea from Galilee . 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. Why swap out one territory for another? Therefore it was no contrary wind that carried them toward Capernaum and the "land of Gennesaret." Although the site was severely damaged, life continued as before, but with a lower living standard. Josephus gives Pella as the northern boundary of Peraea (BJ, III, iii, 3). A few birds escaped the iconoclasts blows, however, because they lay under fallen columns or under entranceways that had been blocked, and therefore had avoided notice. The pilgrimage sites associated with the swine miracle, as opposed to the urban settlement of Tell el-Kursi, were discovered quite by accident in the late 20th century. Fish:The sea contains many varieties of fish in great numbers. , Flavius Josephus and Steve Mason, Flavius Josephus: Life of Josephus (Boston; Leiden: Brill, 2003), 47. John 6:1 After these things, Jesus went away to the other side of the sea of Galilee, which is also called the Sea of Tiberias. Gerasa, Gadara, Gergesa from where did the pigs stampede? 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. 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). 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. When they arrive on the shore he gets out and is met by two demoniacs/a guy called Legion. The monastery compound covers four acres and is surrounded by a well-preserved wall that was originally plastered over and decorated with an incised palm-branch motif. Description:Modern Jerash lies on both banks of Wady Jerash, about 6 miles from its confluence with Wady ez-Zerqa (the Jabbok). If it lay on the East it is inconceivable that none of them should have mentioned the river in this connection. Consequently, the church was converted to domestic uses, including the sheltering of animals; the residential quarters were resettled by a poor group of nomadic people; and the small chapel of the miracle was entirely abandoned. Why would Matthew do that? 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 miracle referred to took place, without doubt, near the town of Gergesa . The Tel Dan Steles discovery, the debate it caused, and how it shows that scripture sometimes doesnt work the way we think it does. :Many scholars maintain that all the New Testament references to Bethsaida apply to one place, namely, Bethsaida Julias. The distance line on map shows distance from Nazareth to Capernaum between two cities. The water of the lake is clear and sweet. v. 37) describe Jesus' healing of the demoniac "Legion" and . It continued to be a great and important city, and was long the seat of a bishop (Reland, Palestine, 776). This courtyard provided an impressive space to meet, talk and restperhaps on the low benches whose remains we found on the western side. The ruins include those of two theaters, a basilica, a temple, and many important buildings, telling of a once great and splendid city. The distance from the Dead Sea to the Sea of Galilee is 104 miles or 167 kilometers. To get any further with working out where the event took place (if it took place at all) we can turn to church history. Water:The middle portion is supplied from `Ain el-Madawwerah, a copious fountain near the western edge of the plain, round which a wall has been built, to raise the level of the water; and from the perennial stream, Wady er-Rubadiyeh, which drives a mill before starting on its work of irrigation. 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. Its just one of those things. Many are the ruins of great and splendid cities on slope and height of which almost nothing is known today. (ii) No case can be cited where the phrase eis to peran certainly means anything else than "to the other side." According to Luke 3:23, Jesus was about thirty years old (quite old in those days) when he began his ministry. Two paved streets with double colonnades cut through the city at right angles, four massive pedestals still marking the point of intersection. Ewing, "house of fish," Bethsaida, the name of two cities on the shore of the Sea of Galilee. Rows of columns separate the central nave from the aisles on either side. Distance between Jerusalem and Capernaum (126,65 km.) , Glenn F. Chesnut, Eusebius of Caesarea (Person), ed. Slowly, perhaps, but surely, the old order is giving place to the new. The site became apparently known since at least the Early Muslim period as Kursya,[2] the Aramaic word for "chair", and later as Kursi, a word with the same meaning in Arabic,[3] The monks built a walled monastic complex there and made it a destination for Christian pilgrims. 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. The air cleared, and the wide welter of foam-crested waves attested the fury of the blast. 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. Although the ruins of this settlement, known as Tell el-Kursi, can still be seen, the site remains unexcavated. (ii) Medieval works of travel notice only one Bethsaida. See CAPERNAUM. A herd of swine running headlong down the mountain would here inevitably perish in the lake (Matthew 8:32, etc.). 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. A third city, Hippos, was similar in character to Gadara and Gerasa, and it may fit the biblical account even better. There is a cliff lying beside this lake from which they point out the swine were cast down by the demons.15. 51.91.102.219 The name is derived from either a lakeside village, Gergesa, the next larger city, Gadara, or the best-known city in the region, Gerasa. (iii) Mark says that the boat started to go unto the other side to Bethsaida, while John, gives the direction "over the sea unto Capernaum" (Mark 6:17). , Freeman-Grenville, Chapman, and Taylor, The Onomasticon by Eusebius of Caesarea (Carta Jerusalem, 2003), 45. (d) In support of the single-city theory it is further argued that(i) Jesus withdrew to Bethsaida as being in the jurisdiction of Philip, when he heard of the murder of John by Antipas, and would not have sought again the territories of the latter so soon after leaving them. Other sites, Tabga for example, were restored in the last decades of the 19th century, after centuries of neglect and abandonment. Conclusion: we just dont know where this event is supposed to have taken place. The lake and mountains are, in main outline, such as His eyes beheld. From Mount Tabor to Capernaum: Step 27: From Caperaum to Nain: Step 28: From Nain to the second Galilean preaching tour: Step 29: From the second Galilean preaching tour to the country of Gerasenes: Step 30: From he country of Gerasenes to Capernaum: Step 31: From Capernaum to Jerusalem: Step 32: From Jerusalem to Nazareth: Step 33 A paved street, with double colonnade, ran from East to West. Mark 6:53 When they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret, and moored to the shore. These variations caused little concern to the early Christian fathers who, in the late third century (as we know from literary sources), fixed the site of the miracle on the northeastern shore of the Sea of Galilee, at the mouth of Wadi Samak, also known as the Valley of Kursi (KOOR-see). It may have been the fishing town adjoining the larger city. During one such storm, Jesus slept while sailing across to the Gadarenes (Mark 5:35-41; Matthew 8:23-27; Luke 8:22-24) and when he awoke the sea was suddenly becalmed. If Gamala, far down the eastern shore of the sea, were in Galilee, a fortiori Bethsaida, a town which lay on the very edge of the Jordan, may be described as in Galilee.But Josephus makes it plain that Gamala, while added to his jurisdiction, was not in Galilee, but in Gaulonitis (BJ, II, xx, 6). There the Jordan, issuing from the sea, almost surrounds the mound on which are the ruins of Kerak, the Tarichea of Josephus Crossing the floor of the valley, past Semakh, which is now a station on the Haifa-Damascus railway, we find a similar strip of plain along the eastern shore. Unless they had moved their residence from Bethsaida to Capernaum, of which there is no record, and which for fishermen was unlikely, Bethsaida must have lain close to Capernaum. If Capernaum were at Khan Minyeh, then the two lay close together. When he sees Jesus, the demoniac begs Jesus not to torment him. ), and "the lake" (Luke 5:1, etc.). Gerasa, one of the cities of Decapolis and the capital of the country of the Gerasenes, lay around 37 miles/60 kilometres away from the Sea of Galilee in what is today the city of Jerash in Jordan.3The country of the Gerasenes did not reach the Sea of Galilee (an important point that we'll get to in a bit). This writer extols the productiveness of the plain. Cultivation was confined to the Southwest part; and the rest furnished grazing ground for a tribe of nomads. Within the apse is a bench subdivided into semicircular, plastered seats. Smooth plaster covered the rock walls of the apse. 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. Ed.) The soil is deep, rich loam, of amazing fertility. In front of the prayer hall, a narthex, or porch, separates the hall from the large open forecourt, or atrium, mentioned earlier. II, ix, 1). According to Luke, the demoniac wears no clothes and lives among the tombs. It was taken by Antiochus the Great when in 218 B.C. Only twice in over 5 years the present writer witnessed such a hurricane. This is true even today. Sites such as Capernaum, the center of Jesus mission before he left for Jerusalem; Bethsaida, the birthplace of the apostles Andrew, Peter and Philip; Magdala, the home of Mary Magdalene; Tabga, where the miracle of the multiplication of loaves and fishes occurred; and the Sea of Galilee itselfall are places that to the Christian recall events connected with Jesus life, the miracles he performed and the sacred words he uttered. 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. The gospels. 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. 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). Only the mosaic in the baptistery can be dated with certainty. Still other pilgrimage sites, such as Magdala, have been only recently rediscovered by archaeological excavations after having been entirely forgotten for more than a thousand years. 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. 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. This condition is fulfilled only by the district immediately South of Wady Semak, North of Qal `at el-Chucn. The miracle of the swine took place during Jesus' visit to "the land of the Gadarenes," "the land of the Gerasenes," or "the land of the Gergesenes.". From Jerusalem to: Bethany - 2 miles Bethlehem - 6 miles Bethphage - 1 mile Caesarea - 57 miles Caesarea Philippi - 105 miles Capernaum - 85 miles Dead Sea - 6 miles Emmaus - 16 miles Jericho - 15 miles Joppa - 35 miles Jordan River - 21 miles Mediterranean Sea - 37 miles Salim - 50 miles Samaria - 36 miles Sea of Galilee - 70 miles Then Josephus explicitly says that Bethsaida was in Lower Gaulonitis (BJ, II, ix, 1). This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks. Round the greater part of the lake there is a broad pebbly beach, with a sprinkling of small shells. In a few moments the air was thick with mist, through which one could hear the roar of the tortured waters. , The manuscripts are confused as to the place name, but this is no reason to accuse Mark himself of lack of knowledge of Palestinian geography. R. Alan Cole, Mark: An Introduction and Commentary, vol. The road then crosses a second promontory, and proceeds along the base of the mountain to Tiberias. David Noel Freedman, The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary (New York: Doubleday, 1992), 991. PLACE. Recently the German Catholics made extensive purchases, including the village of el-Mejdel. The prosperity of the sixth century abruptly ended with the Persian invasion in 614 A.D. Mark 8:22 He came to Bethsaida. The distance line on map shows distance from Cana to Capernaum between two cities. TIME. On the sands along the shore from el-Mejdel to `Ain et-Tineh these shells are so numerous as to cause a white glister in the sunlight.The main formation of the surrounding district is limestone. 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. Woe to you, Bethsaida! So at least that part of the story adds up the pigs could have run into the lake from Gadaras territory. According to local tradition, the ruins of this structure bore the name of Gersa or Gursa. The walls of the structure are more than 3 feet thick. There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data. Decaplis, The place is not mentioned till later times. He gave it a free constitution. The demons inside the man beg to be allowed to enter a nearby herd of swine, numbering about 2,000 according to Mark. The total distance between Galilee and Capernaum is 5131 KM (kilometers) and 307.05 meters. David Noel Freedman, The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary (New York: Doubleday, 1992), 673. It was a strong fortress (Ant., XIII, iii, 3), near the Hieromax-i.e. 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). , Joel Marcus, Mark 18: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary, vol. Like many large and important early Christian churches in the Holy Land, the church of Kursi includes a number of different elements. Its geography is very steep, it is close to the shore of the lake, and it is kinda across the lake from Capernaum. 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. Farther North, Wady el-`Amud brings down much water in the rainy season. Bacon, If we accept Marcan Priority (which we do around here) then weve got Mark writing country of the Gerasenes, Luke following him faithfully, but Matthew deliberately changing Gerasenes to Gadarenes in his version of events. 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. The hot springs, as noted above, are in the bottom of the valley to the North. Twitter. In the rooms north of the prayer hall, we found an oil-press, including the crushing, pressing and collecting components. The structure itself consists of two parts. 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. Identification and Description:Umm Cheis answers the description given of Gadara by ancient writers. Like, not even the alphabet. In most cases they have gone, leaving not even their names with any certainty behind; but His memory abides forever. GENNESARET, lake of, same as Tiberias, sea of. It was conquered by the Moslems in the time of Omar (Guy le Strange, Palestine under the Moslems, 462). One things for sure: Gergasa, if it can be equated with Kursi, is the most geographically plausible16 reading. It gradually narrows toward the South, taking the shape of a gigantic pear, with a decided bulge to the West. From this disaster it appears soon to have recovered, and the period of its greatest prosperity lay, probably, in the 2nd and 3nd centuries of our era. No trace of the name Bethsaida has been found in the district; but any one of the sites named would meet the requirements.To this neighborhood Jesus retired by boat with His disciples to rest awhile. Unfortunately, the most severe damage to the mosaics occurred in the nave. Frost is not quite unknown; but no one now alive remembers it to have done more than lay the most delicate fringe of ice around some of the stones on the shore. Ewing. The street terminated at the courtyard in front of the church. In 1 Maccabees 11:67 the sea is called "the water of Gennesar" (the Revised Version (British and American) "Gennesareth"). GADARA. Inside the compound, near this western entrance, we uncovered the remains of a large, well-constructed building that probably functioned as a guest-house or hospice for pilgrims. The abundance of fish at each place furnished a good reason for the recurrence of the name.W. In their season the wild flowers lavish a wealth of lovely colors upon the surrounding slopes; while bright-blossoming oleanders fringe the shore.Coming westward from the point where the Jordan enters the lake, the mountains approach within a short distance of the sea. It is overlaid with lava; and here and there around the lake there are outcrops of basalt through the limestone. (Ant., XVII, xi, 4; BJ, II, vi, 3). The fig and the vine are still cultivated with success. At the end of the nave is a semicircular apse. Nearly opposite Tiberias is the stronghold of Chal`-at el Chocn, possibly the ancient Hippos, with the village of Fik, the ancient Aphek, on the height to the East. Possibly, however, the name may represent the Hebrew ganne sarim, "princely gardens." (Ant., XV, vii, 3; BJ, I, xx, 3). Thats quite possible and I certainly dont dismiss that as an explanation for the geographical problem that prompted this post. du Talmud, 45).Centuries of neglect made a sad change in the plain. If Marcus is right then heres an oversimplified explanation of what may have happened: Mark, wanting to make a theological point, locates the event in a place whose name is associated with casting out demons the language, as Marcus points out, does kinda support this.21 This strengthens the exorcism theme of the pericope seems legit. That monastery was destroyed by Sassanid Persian armies in 614 CE, partially rebuilt, and finally levelled by the 749 Galilee earthquake. Many ancient tombs are to be seen in the face of the hills. Mark and Luke locate the event in the country of the Gerasenes; Matthew in the country of the Gadarenes thats the geographical problem were going to look at in this post. These things, together with the frequent, and sometimes terribly destructive, earthquakes, sufficiently attest the volcanic character of the region. (Ant., XIV, iv, 4; BJ, I, vii, 7); from which it would appear to have declined in Jewish hands. We discovered these images when we lifted the columns and reopened the blocked doorways. Pilgrimage was cut off and with it a major source of income. I just think that in this case theres a better explanation. On the other hand, with a wind from the West, such as is often experienced, eight or nine hours might easily be occupied in covering the four or five miles from el-BaTeichah to the neighborhood of Capernaum. Naturally the temperature in the valley is higher than that of the uplands; and here wheat and barley are harvested about a month earlier. , Ludwig Koehler et al., The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament (Leiden: E.J. gad'-a-ra (Gadara): 1. The absence of any name resembling Bethsaida need not concern us.Were There Two Bethsaidas? [10] Helmut Koester, Hermeneiaa Critical and Historical Commentary on the Bible (Minneapolis, MN: Augsburg, 2001), 23. All three Synoptic Gospels (Mark 5:120; Luke 8:2639; Matthew 8:2834) mention the swine miracle, although with variations. , Which is why I dont buy McRays argument, The problem is in the similarity of spelling in Greek. Was Marks knowledge of the Decapolis shaky? It was conquered by the Moslems in the time of Omar (Guy le Strange, Palestine under the Moslems, 462). John 1:44 Now Philip was from Bethsaida, of the city of Andrew and Peter. In the northern part of the enclosure, we excavated the remains of the residential quarters of the monastery compound. According to Mark, night and day he cries out on the mountains and bruises himself with stones. There he meets a man seized with an unclean spirit (Mark) or with demons (Luke). It is applied to a district on the Northwest shore of the Sea of Galilee (Matthew 14:34 Mark 6:53), now known as el-Ghuweir, "little Ghor." The warm water from copious springs runs into a little bay of the sea in which fishes congregate in great numbers. The city of Decapolis whose territory stood between the country of the Gerasenes and the Sea of Galilee was Gadara, modern Um-Qais in Jordan. In about ten minutes the wind fell as suddenly as it had risen. On the shore, fully 2 miles from the Jordan, are the ruins of Tell Chum. On the shore, fully 2 miles from the Jordan, are the ruins of Tell Chum. 27, Anchor Yale Bible (New Haven; London: Yale University Press, 2008), 342. Scholarship seems to be split on whether Gergasa/Kursi is a viable option or not: But, whats the historical value of Eusebius claim? Christian artifacts from Kursi can be viewed at the Golan Archaeological Museum. Why would he do that? 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. About halfway up the hill is the towerlike structure mentioned earlier. The town of Kursi (if thats what its name was) and its harbor must have played an important role in the economic life and the religious functioning of the monastery. App., 11).)2. This is just five miles from Capernaum, where Jesus had previously been, so it makes sense. This city may be located at et-Tell, a ruined site on the East side of the Jordan on rising ground, fully a mile from the sea. 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. The natives use it for all purposes, esteeming it light and pleasant. The production of oil served as a popular source of income for monastic communities and settlements at Christian holy places. The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah Alfred Edersheim. For if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon which were done in you, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. Distance between Haifa and Capernaum (51,83 km.) (ii) The Bethsaida of medieval writers was evidently on the West of the Jordan. The Syrians made reprisals, and took many prisoners. Thats a pretty early source, and hes appealing to an earlier tradition (from which they point out) but whether the entry really reflects ancient tradition is hard to know. Ancient scribes probably heard or saw one name in the process of copying a manuscript and thought they heard another. John R. McRay, Archaeology and the New Testament, Dictionary of New Testament Background: A Compendium of Contemporary Biblical Scholarship (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2000), 97. We may assume that the cities named in the Gospels were mainly Jewish. MATTHEW. 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