Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Bethsaida?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with At Tell.

First appears in Matthew 11:21 · 3 books · 4 chapters

Overview

House of fish. (1. ) A town in Galilee, on the west side of the sea of Tiberias, in the. Modern identification: At Tell.

Bethsaida is represented in the local geography layer as At Tell. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Matthew 11:21 and is mentioned across 3 books, with 4 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Galilee

About 19 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Canaan

About 32 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Nazareth

About 39 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Samaria

About 81 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Damascus

About 92 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Bethsaida today

Travel to Bethsaida, the modern-day At Tell.

Bethsaida is commonly identified with At Tell, and the map on this page is meant to orient you to that present-day site before you continue into routing or street-level navigation.

Bethsaida is mapped here at the commonly cited modern identification.

This is a study aid, not live travel advice. Archaeological tells, access rules, excavation boundaries, and nearby modern roads can change.

Modern orientation

At Tell

32.910°N · 35.631°E

Key passages

Appears in

John

2 chapters · 2 verse mentions

Matthew

1 chapter · 1 verse mention

Luke

1 chapter · 1 verse mention