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Bethsaida

Galilean city

Galilean fishing town, hometown of Philip, Andrew, and Peter, where Jesus healed a blind man and near which he fed the five thousand.

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Bethsaida is a town on or near the northern shore of the Sea of , identified as the hometown of the apostles Philip, , and (John 1:44; 12:21). performs several notable miracles there: he heals a blind man in two stages ( 8:22–26) and feeds the five thousand in a deserted place near Bethsaida ( 9:10–17). Despite these works, Jesus rebukes the city for its unbelief along with Chorazin and , saying it would be more tolerable for and in of judgment (Matt 11:21; Luke 10:13).

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