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Bethsaida (from Hebrew/Aramaic בית צידה ''beth-tsaida'', lit. "house of hunting" or "fishing", from the Hebrew root צדה or צוד)〔https://www.biblicaltraining.org/library/bethsaida-beth-saida〕 is a place mentioned in the New Testament. == Bethsaida Julias == A city east of the Jordan River, in a "desert place" (that is, uncultivated ground used for grazing) possibly the site at which Jesus miraculously fed the multitude with five loaves and two fish (Mark 6:32; Luke 9:10). It may be possible to identify this site with the village of Bethsaida in Lower Gaulanitis which the tetrarch Herod Philip II raised to the rank of a polis in the year 30/31, and renamed it ''Julias'', in honor of Livia, the wife of Augustus. 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). This city was most likely located at et-Tell, a ruined site on the east side of the Jordan on rising ground, 2 km from the sea. This distance poses a problem, however. Why would a fishing village be so far from the water? A combination of three hypotheses can explain this: #Tectonic rifting has uplifted et-Tell (the site is located on the Great African-Syrian Rift fault) #The water level has dropped from increased population usage, land irrigation, and #The Jordan River delta has been extended by sedimentation. Dissenters suggest two other sites as possible locations for Bethsaida: el-Araj and el-Mesydiah. Both of these sites are located on the present shoreline, however, preliminary excavations, including the use of ground penetrating radar, have revealed only a small number of ruins not dating from before the Byzantine Period. Schumacher was, however inclined to favor ''el-Mes‛adīyeh'' (a ruin and winter village of Arab ''et-Tellawīyeh'') which stands on an artificial mound about a mile and a half from the mouth of the Jordan. However, the name is in origin radically different from Bethsaida. The substitution of sin for cad is easy; but the insertion of the guttural ‛ain is impossible. 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 a while. 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. The "desert" of the narrative is just the ''barrīyeh'' of the Arabs where the animals are driven out for pasture. The "green grass" of Mark 6:39, and the "much grass" of John 6:10, point to some place in the plain of ''el-Baṭeiḥah'', on the rich soil of which the grass is green and plentiful compared with the scanty herbage on the higher slopes. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bethsaida」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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