Toponym Bethsaida in the world's Bibles
Meaning of the name: house of fruits, or of food, or of snares. Related names are: Sidon, Chorazin, Tyre . The translations of Bethsaida in 79 languages of the Bible are illustrated in the
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Wear it!Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. (MAT 11:21)
And straightway he constrained his disciples to get into the ship, and to go to the other side before unto Bethsaida, while he sent away the people. (MAR 6:45)
And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him. (MAR 8:22)
And the apostles, when they were returned, told him all that they had done. And he took them, and went aside privately into a desert place belonging to the city called Bethsaida. (LUK 9:10)
Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! 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. (LUK 10:13)
Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. (JOH 1:44)
The same came therefore to Philip, which was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired him, saying, Sir, we would see Jesus. (JOH 12:21)