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Gennesaret
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Palestine in the days of Christ
Where are these places ?
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
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Palestine Region
Sidon
Tyre
.
. Mt Hermon
.
. Caesarea Philippi
.
Bethsaida
Capernaum . . Gergesa
Gennesaret
Mt CarmelGennesaret
. Dalmanutha...Sea of Galilee
Cana . . Nain
Nazareth .
DECAPOLIS
Samaria .
Sychar .
Arimathea . Jericho .
Bethphage .
. Betharabah
. Emmaus
Jerusalem . . Bethany
Bethlehem .
JUDEA
Jerusalem
Gethsemane
Golgotha
Mt Olives
Wise men –
East
Dead Sea
Jordan River
Mediterranean Sea
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Gospel in Geography
Mark 6:53
When they had crossed over, they came to the land of
Gennesaret and anchored there.
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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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Searched
Gennesaret
WHY?
Because
the Sea of
Galilee was
once called
Gennesaret
My search
brought me to
the middle of
the Sea of
Galilee
There just is NO city today that is called Gennesaret
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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
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Gennesaret
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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Gospel in Geography
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,
The Sea of Galilee, also Lake of Gennesaret, Lake
Kinneret or Sea of Tiberias
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Gospel in Geography
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,
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Gospel in Geography
Lake Gennesaret
This 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:
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Gospel in Geography
Lake Gennesaret
This 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,
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Gospel in Geography
Lake Gennesaret
This 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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Gospel in Geography
Lake Gennesaret
This 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,
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Gennesaret
Illustrated 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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Gennesaret
Joshua 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,
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