Sea of Galilee - Genesar

Sea of Galilee. Randall Niles scans the shoreline near Ancient Genesar Harbor during a major drought in 2008. The low water level on the Sea of Galilee reveals ancient harbors from the time of Jesus.

The Sea of Galilee isnt really a sea, but actually Israels largest freshwater lake (13 by 8 miles), located in the northern part of the country. Today, the lake is also known as Lake Galilee and Lake Tiberias. In the Bible, the Sea of Galilee was also known as the Sea of Gennesaret.

The Sea of Galilee was the location where Jesus conducted much of his ministry. Because of local trade and fishing, there were many small settlements all around the lake. On the shores of the Sea of Galilee, Jesus called four of his early disciples, the fishermen Peter, Andrew, John and James. (see Matthew 4:18-22 and Mark 1:14-20).

Many of Christs miracles were performed on or around the Sea of Galilee, including his walking on water (Matthew 14:22-32, Mark 6:45-51) and calming the sea (Matthew 8:23-27, Mark 4:35-41). Jesus gave his Sermon on the Mount on a hill overlooking the lake (Matthew 5,6,7) and he performed the miracle of the loaves and the fishes at Tabgha right on the lakes shoreline (Matthew 14:13-21, Mark 6:30-44, Luke 9:10-17, John 6:1-15).

Visit http://www.allaboutarchaeology.org/sea-of-galilee-faq.htm to further explore the importance of the Sea of Galilee, Genesar (Ginosar), and other ancient locations to Bible Archaeology underlying the accounts of Jesus.

Also, go to http://www.RandallNiles.com/videos.htm to watch more videos about the History of Israel, Archaeology, the Bible, and great evidence for the time of Jesus Christ.

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[lahij]

magog gog ( majuj yajuj will drink this sea eat montain for day of judgemnet,

[IsmiWSA]

Thanks

[jbbremerton]

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