Bethsaida

Passages on this topic

From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), a historical reference index. The groupings are Nave’s; the verses are shown in the text used across this site.

1. A city of Galilee

The city of Philip, Andrew, and Peter

• John 1:44 Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the same town as Andrew and Peter.
• John 12:21 They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and requested of him, “Sir, we want to see Jesus.”

Jesus visits

• Mark 6:45 Immediately Jesus made His disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of Him to Bethsaida, while He dismissed the crowd.

Jesus cures a blind man in

• Mark 8:22 When they arrived at Bethsaida, some people brought a blind man and begged Jesus to touch him.

Jesus prophesies against

• Matthew 11:21 “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
• Luke 10:13 Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

2. Desert of, east of the sea of Galilee, Jesus feeds more than five thousand people in

• Luke 9:10 Then the apostles returned and reported to Jesus all that they had done. Taking them away privately, He withdrew to a town called Bethsaida.
• Matthew 14:13 When Jesus heard about John , He withdrew by boat privately to a solitary place. But the crowds found out about it and followed Him on foot from the towns.
• Mark 6:32 So they went away in a boat by themselves to a solitary place.