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ospeleography

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Palestine in the days of Christ

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01 Mediterranean Sea 02 Sea of Galilee 03 Nazareth 04 Mt Carmel 05 Judea 06 Sychar 07 Idumea 08 Bethlehem 09 Wise men – East 10 Egypt 11 Galilee 12 Jerusalem 12 Jordan 14 Betharabah 15 Cana 15 Capernaum 17 Gennesaret 18 Dalmanutha 19 Nain

20 Gergesa 21 Bethsaida 22 Phoenicia 23 Tyre 24 Sidon 25 Decapolis 26 Caesarea Philippi 27 Mt Hermon 28 Samaria 29 Jericho 30 Bethphage 31 Bethany 32 Gethsemane 33 Cyrene 34 Arimathea 35 Golgotha 36 Emmaus 37 Mt Olives 38 Dead Sea

Where are these places ?

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Palestine Region

Nazareth .Mt Carmel .

Bethlehem .

Wise men – East

Jerusalem .

Egypt

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Jericho .Bethphage .Arimathea .

. Bethany. Betharabah

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Samaria .

.Sea of GalileeDalmanutha .Capernaum .Mediterranean Sea

. Emmaus

JerusalemGethsemane

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Gennesaret

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Mark 6:53 When they had crossed over, they came to the land of

Gennesaret and anchored there.

Gospel in Geography

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Name:The first syllable of the name Gennesaret is evidently the Hebrew “gan” – Garden, or “ganne sarim” which means

Princely garden

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Closer view

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Gennesaret – South West of Capernaum

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Gennesaret

There just is NO city today that is called Gennesaret

Searched

My search brought me to the middle of

the Sea of Galilee

Because the Sea of

Galilee was once called Gennesaret

WHY?

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Believed to be the area of the city of Gennesaret Just like we found when looking for Capernaum

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Believed to be the area of the city of Gennesaret Just like we found when looking for Capernaum

Gennesaret

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Gennesaret

Gennesaret: This village on the shores of the Sea of Galilee marks the place where Jesus and his disciples landed. ( Mark 6:53 – Mat 14:34 )

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Luke 5:1 So it was, as the multitude pressed about Him to hear

the word of God, that He stood by the Lake of Gennesaret,

Gospel in Geography

The Sea of Galilee, also Lake of Gennesaret, Lake Kinneret or Sea of Tiberias

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Luke 5:1 And it came to pass, that, as the people pressed

upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret,

Gospel in Geography

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Lake GennesaretThis is called by four different names in Scripture.

1. The “Sea of Chinnereth” or Chinneroth Numbers 34:11, Joshua 12:3, Joshua 13.27

Numbers 34:11 And the coast shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain; and the border shall descend,

and shall reach unto the side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward:

Gospel in Geography

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Lake GennesaretThis is called by four different names in Scripture.

2. The “Lake of Gennesaret” Luke 5:1 – The name of the extended plain adjoining the lake.

Luke 5:1 And it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of

Gennesaret,

Gospel in Geography

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Lake GennesaretThis is called by four different names in Scripture.

3. The “Sea of Tiberias” John 6:1, 21:1 The name used by the natives at this time.

John 6:1 After these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee,

which is the sea of Tiberias.

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Lake GennesaretThis is called by four different names in Scripture.

4. “Sea of Galilee” Mat 4:18, Mat 15:29, Luke 5:1

Luke 5:1 And it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of

Gennesaret,

Gospel in Geography

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GennesaretIllustrated Bible Dictionary: And Treasury of Biblical History,

Biography, Geography, Doctrine, and Literature.

Gennesaret“Garden of Riches”

(1.) A town of Naphtali, called Chinnereth (Jos 19:35), sometimes in the plural form Chinneroth (Jos 11:2). In later times the name was gradually changed to Genezar and Gennesaret (Luke 5:1). This city stood on the western shore of the lake to which it gave its name. No trace of it remains. The plain of Gennesaret has been called, from its fertility and beauty, "the Paradise of Galilee.“ (2.) The Lake of Gennesaret, the Grecian form of Chinnereth.

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GennesaretJoshua 19:35 35 And the fortified cities are Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Chinnereth,

Joshua 11:2 2 and to the kings who were from the north, in the mountains, in the plain south of Chinneroth, in the lowland, and in the heights of Dor on the west,

Luke 5:1 1 So it was, as the multitude pressed about Him to hear the word of God, that He stood by the Lake of Gennesaret,