ABSTRACT
The archaeological ruin now identified with ancient BethSaida lies about one and a half miles north of the Sea of Galilee (see Figure 14). Mentioned only seven times in the New Testament (but often enough to make it the third most mentioned New Testament city after Jerusalem and Capernaum; the site is not mentioned by this name in the Hebrew Bible), its location/identification has been something of a controversy. The New Testament texts seem to locate the town close to the shore of the sea (i.e. Mark 6: 45). Thus, some authorities have suggested other possible locations such as el-Araj or Mesadiyye, both of which are much closer to the current shore line. However, recent probes at these two sites revealed no remains
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to be confused with the et-Tell identified as ancient ˛ by the current excavators to be the only real possibility for ancient BethSaida.
