The Village of Jesus' Apostles May Have Been Discovered

[JohnElias3773]

The Hometown of Peter, Andrew and Phillip May Have Just Been Discovered.

Archaeologist in Galilee claim they may have found the lost village of Bethsaida, the hometown of Peter, Andrew and Phillip.

John 1:44 Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.

The name Bethsaida means, appropriately enough, ‘House of the fishermen.’ Over the ages it’s location was lost to history. Part of the mystery was that King Philip Herod had built over Bethsaida and renamed it Julias. Jewish historian Josephus Flavius said that Philip Herod remade the village into a proper Roman polis.

Israel’s Haaretz first reported it: Bethsaida Discovery

Then National Geographic covered it: The House of Jesus' Apostles

Background on Bethsaida: The Mystery of Bethsaida

 

[Nithavela]

Cool.