Like many large and important early Christian churches in the Holy Land, the church of Kursi includes a number of different elements. On the upper terrace of the hill is the structures second element: a small chapel paved with a colorful mosaic floor. Here a shallow vale breaks northward, bounded on the West by Tell `Areimeh. The site became apparently known since at least the Early Muslim period as Kursya,[2] the Aramaic word for "chair", and later as Kursi, a word with the same meaning in Arabic,[3] The monks built a walled monastic complex there and made it a destination for Christian pilgrims. An excellent account of the ruins is given in Thomson's LB, III, 558.There is nothing above ground of older date than the 2nd and 3rd centuries of our era; but there is no reason to doubt that the Greek city of Gerasa stood on the same site. See CAPERNAUM. open map. It was largely overgrown with thorn-bushes, and it yielded one of the finest crops of thistles in the country. Fertility:The walnut, the palm, the olive and the fig, which usually require diverse conditions, flourish together here. 51.91.102.219 Mark 1:16 Passing along by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew the brother of Simon casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. ), and "the lake" (Luke 5:1, etc.). Why would he do that? 4:1-34. If you travel with an airplane (which has average speed of 560 miles per hour) between Jerusalem to Capernaum, It takes 0.14 hours to arrive. The multitude following on foot along the northern shore of the lake would cross the Jordan by the ford at its mouth which is used by foot travelers to this day. This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks. They were both Gentile cities filled with citizens who were culturally more Greek than Semitic; this would account for the pigs in the biblical account. To the North of this the waters of the sea almost touch the foot of the steep slope. It is as if this chamber (which once had a tower) was built to protect or preserve the boulder. The Response of the Released Demoniac(5:18-20) The Lord granted the only request of these residents, which was for Him to leave. This is just five miles from Capernaum, where Jesus had previously been, so it makes sense. This courtyard provided an impressive space to meet, talk and restperhaps on the low benches whose remains we found on the western side. He calls the inhabitants Syrians, when, at the beginning of the Jewish revolt, the district round Gerasa was laid waste. Soon after the sites final abandonment, alluvial soil from the Wadi Samak covered this important Christian holy place. The arguments for and against this view may be summarized as follows:(a) Galilee ran right round the lake, including most of the level coastland on the East. Unfortunately, the most severe damage to the mosaics occurred in the nave. It lights up the landscape as the eye does the human face; and it is often spoken of as "the eye of Galilee." See CAPERNAUM. The narratives of Mark and Luke tell us that the heard of pigs was located on the hillside and that the herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea (Mk 5:13 Lukes record is pretty much identical). Calms a storm from . The air cleared, and the wide welter of foam-crested waves attested the fury of the blast. From the beginning of our work, it was clear that we were excavating the remains of a large, walled settlement of a religious character, undoubtedly a monastery that included a well-built basilica of exceptional quality. The soil is deep, rich loam, of amazing fertility. A third city, Hippos, was similar in character to Gadara and Gerasa, and it may fit the biblical account even better. Cultivation was confined to the Southwest part; and the rest furnished grazing ground for a tribe of nomads. According to Luke 3:23, Jesus was about thirty years old (quite old in those days) when he began his ministry. A relatively large tell, no doubt the urban center of the area, stands about 300 yards from the monastery discovered by the bulldozer. It is overlaid with lava; and here and there around the lake there are outcrops of basalt through the limestone. (iii) If the 4th Gospel was not written until well into the 2nd century, then the apostle was not the author; but this is a very precarious assumption. Once it burst from the South. Occasionally, however, tempests break over the lake, in which a boat could hardly live. The remains of the monastery can be visited in the Kursi National Park. The action you just performed triggered the security solution. John 6:1 After these things, Jesus went away to the other side of the sea of Galilee, which is also called the Sea of Tiberias. On the shore, fully 2 miles from the Jordan, are the ruins of Tell Chum. The most likely answer is to the country of the Gerasenes: i.e., Gerasa, a Greek town thought to be the same as the similarly-named Kersa on the east shore of Lake Tiberias. Lets be clear: I know zero greek. Distance between North District and Capernaum (9,93 km.) The demons inside the man beg to be allowed to enter a nearby herd of swine, numbering about 2,000 according to Mark. Ewing. It is located at the longitude of -71.522615 and latitude of 41.364855. Contradictions, The Sea of Galilee is Israel's largest freshwater lake. The demons inside him gave him such strength that he was able to break all the chains and fetters that were intended to subdue him. The water from `Ain et-Tabgha was brought round the promontory at `Ain et-Tineh by a conduit cut in the rock. The lower part simply encloses a huge boulder, over 22 feet high. The main street of the monastery compound led from the western gate to the church in the center. 33A, Word Biblical Commentary (Dallas: Word, Incorporated, 1998), 226. Then Josephus explicitly says that Bethsaida was in Lower Gaulonitis (BJ, II, ix, 1). The distance is about 19 miles from the river. This street was over 25 feet wide and was paved with carefully cut, black basalt stones. Gergesa, also Gergasa ( in Byzantine greek) or the Country of the Gergesenes, is a place on the eastern (Golan Heights) side of the Sea of Galilee located at some distance to the ancient Decapolis cities of Gadara and Gerasa. Naturally the temperature in the valley is higher than that of the uplands; and here wheat and barley are harvested about a month earlier. This is true even today. (London; New York: United Bible Societies, 1994), 18, 72, 121. They are closed by carved stone doors, and are used as storehouses for grain, and also as dwellings by the inhabitants. These differences caused copyists of the gospels to perform no end of monkey-business with the sentence there are 3 variants for each of the synoptic gospels.2 Were looking at a genuine problem that was recognised very early. 2023 Biblical Historical Context. This city may be located at et-Tell, a ruined site on the East side of the Jordan on rising ground, fully a mile from the sea. Interpreting the reference to the hillside as anywhere but the steep banks that encircle the lake is geographically problematic: the record describes a pretty short run for the pigs their stampede was quickly over. About 2 miles farther West are the hot springs of eT-Tabgha. The warm water from copious springs runs into a little bay of the sea in which fishes congregate in great numbers. The bulldozer was stopped and the Department of Antiquities and Museums was called in to excavate scientifically. Settlers in the valley thereafter confined themselves to the area immediately on the shore. Today, it is identified with El-Koursi or Kursi. The distance from the Dead Sea to the Sea of Galilee is 104 miles or 167 kilometers. The Valley of Kursi, or Wadi Samak, is still rich in fertile farming land. There is a cliff lying beside this lake from which they point out the swine were cast down by the demons.15. Gergasa, it has been suggested12, is a transliteration of Kursi, located half way up the eastern shore of the Sea of Galilee. The at some distance is a bit fluffy in the english it could mean anywhere from not far to miles away. Peter and Andrew, James and John.The towns around the lake named in Scripture are treated in separate articles. Did he just take a stab at a location that seemed possible based on what hed heard somewhere? He could have followed Mark, but he chose to do something else.9 It seems reasonable to this layman to suggest that maybe Matthew relocated the herd because he knew enough of the geography to say that if this event took place in the country of the Gadarenes the herd couldnt be both on a hillside and close to the shore Gadara was around 5 or 6 miles away from the shore, and the hills that lead from Gadara to the lake are very close to Gadara and a number of miles from the lake. The settlement was quite well planned and carefully organized. Jesus gives Kingdom illustrations. Water:The middle portion is supplied from `Ain el-Madawwerah, a copious fountain near the western edge of the plain, round which a wall has been built, to raise the level of the water; and from the perennial stream, Wady er-Rubadiyeh, which drives a mill before starting on its work of irrigation. South of el-Mejdel the mountains advance to the shore, and the path is cut in the face of the slope, bringing us to the hot spring, `Ain el-Fuliyeh, where is a little valley, with gardens and orange grove. Here he feeds the 5,000 (Mt 14:14; Mk 6:33; Lk 9:11; Jn 6:5) [6] The disciples return across the Sea of Galilee (Mt 14:22; Mk 6:45), Jesus walking on the water to join them (Mt 14:25; Mk 6:48; Jn 6:19). From the point where the Jordan enters in the North to its exit in the South is about 13 miles. The sultan of Damascus is said to have fortified it; but there is nothing to show that the Moslems occupied it for any length of time. As this is too far from the sea for a fishing village, Schumacher (The Jaulan, 246) suggests that el-`Araj, "a large, completely destroyed site close to the lake," connected in ancient times with et-Tell "by the beautiful roads still visible," may have been the fishing village, and et-Tell the princely residence. Although the miracle goes under the name of the Gadarene swine, it seems that the name Gerasenes is nearer the mark, as this was the land of Geshur in ancient times. Therefore it was no contrary wind that carried them toward Capernaum and the "land of Gennesaret." Thomas P. Halton, trans. General Description:The sea lies in the deep trough of the Jordan valley, almost due East of the Bay of Acre. Galilee is one of the USA city. Heres where Matthew locates the pigs: Mt 8:30 Now a large herd of swine was feeding at some distance from them. Luke 5:1 Now it happened, while the multitude pressed on him and heard the word of God, that he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret. Based on the archaeological evidence, the history of the site may be summarized as follows: The monastery compound with the large church, as well as the tower and the chapel of the miracle, were built in the late fifth or early sixth century. From the northern parts of the lake the Horns of ChaTTin, the traditional Mount of Beatitudes, may be seen through the rocky jaws of the gorge. The mountains on the East and on the West rise to about 2,000 ft. Possibly, however, the name may represent the Hebrew ganne sarim, "princely gardens." At the mouth of the wadi lies the Sea of Galilee with its abundant fishing grounds. The Old Testament names were "sea of Chinnereth" (yam-kinnereth: Numbers 34:11 Deuteronomy 3:17 Joshua 13:27; Joshua 19:35), and "sea of Chinneroth" (yam-kineroth: Joshua 12:3; compare 11:2; 1 Kings 15:20). Pompey is said to have restored it, 63 B.C. The "green grass" of Mark 6:39, and the "much grass" of John 6:10, point to some place in the plain of el-BaTeichah, on the rich soil of which the grass is green and plentiful compared with the scanty herbage on the higher slopes. Identification and Description:Umm Cheis answers the description given of Gadara by ancient writers. Synoptic-Gospels. We may assume that the cities named in the Gospels were mainly Jewish. Jesus agrees, so the demons or unclean spirits leave the man and enter the swine, which then rushed down the steep bank into the lake and were drowned., The cured demoniac begs to accompany Jesus, but Jesus tells him to go home instead and declare how much God has done for you. The cured demoniac then declares to all how much Jesus had done for him. According to Mark, he proclaims it even in the cities of the Decapolisand all the men marveled.. it is a happy contention of the seasons, as if each of them claimed this country; for it not only nourishes different sorts of autumnal fruit beyond men's expectation, but preserves them a great while." Now a village is pointed out beside Lake Tiberias, into which the swine rushed down headlong.11. The city of Gadara is represented today by the ruins of Umm Qeis on the heights south of el-Chummeh-the hot springs in the Yarmuk valley-about 6 miles Southeast of the Sea of Galilee. From Mount Tabor to Capernaum: Step 27: From Caperaum to Nain: Step 28: From Nain to the second Galilean preaching tour: Step 29: From the second Galilean preaching tour to the country of Gerasenes: Step 30: From he country of Gerasenes to Capernaum: Step 31: From Capernaum to Jerusalem: Step 32: From Jerusalem to Nazareth: Step 33 The monastery compound lies at the foot of a hill, on a plain by the Sea of Galilee. Nearby, halfway up the steep slope was a separate towerlike structure. There are some ruins now on this spot still known by the very slight corruption of Kerzha. Gerasa and Gadara are accounted for in historical accounts (by writers such as Pliny the Elder and Josephus) and by archaeological research. Decaplis, David Noel Freedman, The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary (New York: Doubleday, 1992), 673. (iii) Mark says that the boat started to go unto the other side to Bethsaida, while John, gives the direction "over the sea unto Capernaum" (Mark 6:17). As a result of excavations by the Israel Department of Antiquities and Museums, however, it is becoming quite clear that the eastern shore of the Sea of Galilee also played an important role in early Christian pilgrimages. Sites such as Capernaum, the center of Jesus mission before he left for Jerusalem; Bethsaida, the birthplace of the apostles Andrew, Peter and Philip; Magdala, the home of Mary Magdalene; Tabga, where the miracle of the multiplication of loaves and fishes occurred; and the Sea of Galilee itselfall are places that to the Christian recall events connected with Jesus life, the miracles he performed and the sacred words he uttered. Jerusalem: 31.7857: 35.2007: Capernaum: 32.88033: 35.573307: Distance: 126.65 km: DECAPOLIS. It was given by Augustus to Herod the Great in 30 B.C. From Jerusalem to: Bethany - 2 miles Bethlehem - 6 miles Bethphage - 1 mile Caesarea - 57 miles Caesarea Philippi - 105 miles Capernaum - 85 miles Dead Sea - 6 miles Emmaus - 16 miles Jericho - 15 miles Joppa - 35 miles Jordan River - 21 miles Mediterranean Sea - 37 miles Salim - 50 miles Samaria - 36 miles Sea of Galilee - 70 miles The ridge sinks gradually to the East, and falls steeply on the other three sides, so that the position was one of great strength. Mk 1:35-45 During the winter of 27/28AD, Jesus goes to the nearby villages of Galilee, preaching and casting out demons. Gergesa, also Gergasa ( in Byzantine greek) or the Country of the Gergesenes, is a place on the eastern ( Golan Heights) side of the Sea of Galilee located at some distance to the ancient Decapolis cities of Gadara and Gerasa. 6.211. Round the greater part of the lake there is a broad pebbly beach, with a sprinkling of small shells. It gradually narrows toward the South, taking the shape of a gigantic pear, with a decided bulge to the West. Traces of ancient buildings in the vicinity show that there must have been a fairly numerous population in the district.2. The place might therefore be called with propriety, either "land of the Gerasenes," with reference to the local center, or "land of the Gadarenes," with reference to the superior city. The sheltering hills provide excellent grazing areas, particularly for hogs, which are best suited to these rocky hills. It was taken by Antiochus the Great when in 218 B.C. (NOTE.-The Textus Receptus of the New Testament reading. It should be noted, however, that the name is in origin radically different from Bethsaida. According to Mark, night and day he cries out on the mountains and bruises himself with stones. It curves round from el-Mejdel in the South, to `Ain et-Tineh, or Khan Minyeh, in the North, a distance of over 3 miles, with an average breadth from the sea to the foot of the mountains of about a mile. West of this village opens the tremendous gorge, Wady el Chamam, with the famous robbers' fastnesses in its precipitous sides, and the ruins of Arbela on its southern lip. After all its not far off 300 years after the events. Both Gerasa and Gadara were cities to the east of the Sea of Galilee and the River Jordan. In the South it is watered by the stream from Wady el-Chamam, the gorge that opens to the West of el-Mejdel.2. Now there is no question that Capernaum was on "the other side," nor is there any suggestion that the boat was driven out of its course; and it is quite obvious that, sailing toward Capernaum, whether at Tell Chum or at Khan Minyeh, it would never reach Bethsaida Julius. The distance line on map shows distance from Cana to Capernaum between two cities. Josephus names it as marking the eastern limit of Peraea (BJ, III, iii, 3). Save in very settled conditions they will not venture far from the shore. The triumphal arch to the South of the city is almost entire. The Tel Dan Steles discovery, the debate it caused, and how it shows that scripture sometimes doesnt work the way we think it does. The pigs would still have had to have been long distance runners not the picture painted for us in Mark or Luke where the herd is on the hillside close to the water. This seems to be the fountain called "Capharnaum" by Josephus (BJ, III, x, 8). From Mount Tabor to Capernaum: Step 27: From Caperaum to Nain: Step 28: From Nain to the second Galilean preaching tour: Step 29: From the second Galilean preaching tour to the country of Gerasenes: Step 30: From he country of Gerasenes to Capernaum: Step 31: From Capernaum to Jerusalem: Step 32: From Jerusalem to Nazareth: Step 33 , James R. Edwards, The Gospel according to Mark, The Pillar New Testament Commentary (Grand Rapids, MI; Leicester, England: Eerdmans; Apollos, 2002), 154. Fish:The sea contains many varieties of fish in great numbers. Country of the Gerasenes:The town itself is not named in Scripture, and is referred to only in the expression, "country of the Gerasenes" (Mark 5:1 Luke 8:26, 37; see Westcott and Hort, The New Testament in Greek, Appendix, 11). During the second half of the sixth century, the diaconicon was remodeled to house a baptistery. On the rocky promontory, however, East of Khan Minyeh we find Sheikh `Aly ec-Caiyadin, "Sheikh Aly of the Fishermen," as the name of a ruined weley, in which the second element in the name Bethsaida is represented. Mark 6:53 When they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret, and moored to the shore. Frost is not quite unknown; but no one now alive remembers it to have done more than lay the most delicate fringe of ice around some of the stones on the shore. MATTHEW. Many ancient tombs are to be seen in the face of the hills. The ruts worn in the pavement by the chariot wheels are still to be seen.That there was a second Gadara seems certain, and it may be intended in some of the passages referred to above. Still other pilgrimage sites, such as Magdala, have been only recently rediscovered by archaeological excavations after having been entirely forgotten for more than a thousand years. Driving distance between Capernaum, Israel and Jerusalem, Israel is calculated by google maps and it is 99 mi. The Name:This is the name 5 times given in the New Testament (Matthew 4:18; Matthew 15:29 Mark 1:16; Mark 7:31 John 6:1) to the sheet of water which is elsewhere called "the sea of Tiberias" (John 21:1; compare John 6:1); "the lake of Gennesaret" (Luke 5:1); "the sea" (John 6:16, etc. Mark and Luke locate the event in the country of the Gerasenes; Matthew in the country of the Gadarenes thats the geographical problem were going to look at in this post. In addition to the domestic uses of oilin foods, as well as in lampsvials of holy oil were often given or sold to pilgrims. Hippos, Gerasa, and Gadara were all counted in the Decapolis, an informal grouping of Greco-Roman cities just south of the ancient city of Caesarea Philippi. Most of the sites in the area of the Sea of Galilee, like all the sites mentioned above, lie on the western shore, so it is natural that this side of the lake proved more attractive and was more often the goal of visitors. Capernaum shall be brought down to Hades' (Matthew 11:21-23; Luke 10: 13- 15). This tell is crowned by an ancient Canaanite settlement. GENNESARET, lake of, same as Tiberias, sea of. Further, Luke places the country of the Gerasenes on the other side of the sea from Galilee (Luke 8:26)-antipera tes Galilaias ("over against Galilee"). . Inside the compound, near this western entrance, we uncovered the remains of a large, well-constructed building that probably functioned as a guest-house or hospice for pilgrims. In most cases they have gone, leaving not even their names with any certainty behind; but His memory abides forever. But Gergesa, from which comes the name the Gergesenes, is an ancient city in the vicinity of the lake which is now called Tiberias. William of Tyre calls the city Jarras, and places it 16 miles East of Jordan (Hist, xii, 16). This has therefore always been a favorite haunt of fishermen. John 1:44 Now Philip was from Bethsaida, of the city of Andrew and Peter. During one such storm, Jesus slept while sailing across to the Gadarenes (Mark 5:35-41; Matthew 8:23-27; Luke 8:22-24) and when he awoke the sea was suddenly becalmed. The pilgrimage sites associated with the swine miracle, as opposed to the urban settlement of Tell el-Kursi, were discovered quite by accident in the late 20th century. Kursi disappeared entirely until a bulldozer rediscovered it more than a thousand years later. When it comes down to it we really have no idea where the event the narratives are based on took place. Why would Matthew do that? Northward the plain widens into the marshy breadths of el-BaTeichah, and once more we reach the Jordan, flowing smoothly through the fiat lands to the sea.3. In about ten minutes the wind fell as suddenly as it had risen. This would exclude Gadara on the Hieromax. It became the seat of a bishopric, and one of its bishops attended the Council of Chalcedon. On the second occasion the wind blew from the East, and the phenomena described above were practically repeated.4. Ronald E. Heine, Vol. The hot springs, as noted above, are in the bottom of the valley to the North. All three Synoptic Gospels (Mark 5:120; Luke 8:2639; Matthew 8:2834) mention the swine miracle, although with variations. When we excavated this structure in 1980, we discovered that this was the very site of the miracle, as fixed by Christians in the mid-third century. , Which is why I dont buy McRays argument, The problem is in the similarity of spelling in Greek. Rooms known as pastophoria, which played an important part in the ritual and the liturgy, flank the apse. , Donald A. Hagner, Matthew 1-13, vol. In the small bay nearby, we can still see the remains of a well-constructed harbor used both for sea travel and by the fishing industry during the Roman period (first to fifth centuries A.D.). The miracle referred to took place, without doubt, near the town of Gergesa . Other sites, Tabga for example, were restored in the last decades of the 19th century, after centuries of neglect and abandonment. , Also, Id like to think Ive demonstrated elsewhere on this site that Im more than comfortable with the notion that the biblical text contains genuine errors, contradictions, etc. The factors that led to this site selection were undoubtedly: (1) its location on the eastern shore of the lake; (2) its proximity to an urban center (variously named Gergessa, Gadara and Gerasa); and (3) its topographical setting, in particular the steep hill where the swine herd had presumably been grazing. According to Luke, the demoniac wears no clothes and lives among the tombs. If you know the geography of the Sea of Galilee at all, its almost entirely surrounded by hills, some of them pretty steep. The Moslem conquest followed shortly thereafter in the seventh century. He deals with a remaining issue by locating the herd some distance away rather than on the hillside next to the lake. Distance between Jerusalem and Capernaum (126,65 km.) (ii) The Bethsaida of medieval writers was evidently on the West of the Jordan. a site named Khersa (or Kursi) among the cliffs overlooking the lakethe traditional site, but with little to argue in its favor. In recent years there has been a considerable revival of this industry. The distance line on map shows distance from Nazareth to Capernaum between two cities. The place is not mentioned till later times. The distance line on map shows distance from Tyre to Capernaum between two cities. If we accept Marcan Priority (which we do around here) then weve got Mark writing country of the Gerasenes, Luke following him faithfully, but Matthew deliberately changing Gerasenes to Gadarenes in his version of events. 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