woe unto thee, Bethsaida ! The Biblical record.
It is clearly stated in John 1:44 that Philip the disciple was from Beth-saida, the city (πόλις, G4484) of Andrew and Peter. Mark 8:22 He came For if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon which were done in you, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
1. A consortium of schools headed by the University of Nebraska, Omaha, claim to be excavating Biblical Bethsaida at the site of et-Tell on the east bank of the Jordan River and have published their findings as the Bethsaida Excavations Project since 1991. Woe to you, Bethsaida! root צדה, or צוד). Bethsaida (“house of fishing” or “place of hunting” in Hebrew) was a small fishing village that sat on a hillside on the northeastern end of the Sea of Galilee, part of the triad of cities where Jesus did most of His ministry, with Capernaum and Chorazin completing the triangle (Matthew 11:20-24). BETHSAIDA, BETH-SAIDA bĕth sā’ ə də (Βηθσαῖδα, house of hunting or fishing from the Heb. Bethsaida is also said to be the fishing village where Jesus fed the masses with just five loaves and two fish (Luke 9:10–17; Mark 6:30–44). Bethsaida was a fisher village situated somewhere on the shores of the Sea of Galilee and all John says about it is that it was the hometown of Peter, Andrew and Philip (John 1:44, 12:21).
Luke 10:13 | View whole chapter | See verse in context Woe unto thee, Chorazin! bethsaida beth-sa'-i-da (Bethsaida, "house of fishing"): (1) A city East of the Jordan, in a "desert place" (that is, uncultivated ground used for grazing) at which Jesus miraculously fed the multitude with five loaves and two fishes ( Mark 6:32 ; Luke 9:10 ). for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in you, they had a great while ago repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. Mark and Matthew connect Bethsaida to the famous scene in which Jesus walks on water, which in itself is a direct reference to the beginning of creation (Genesis 1:2) and the cleansing of creation (Genesis 7:17). A town on the N shore of the Sea of Galilee. And he took them, and went aside privately into a desert place belonging to the city called Bethsaida. Mark 6:45 Immediately he made his disciples get into the boat, and to go ahead to the other side, to Bethsaida, while he himself sent the multitude away.