Philips City: From Bethsaida to Julias
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Bathsaida Julias was a new city built by Philip the Tetrarch. It was originally a small town, but Philip the Tetrarch, having raised it to the rank of city, called it Julias, after Julia, the daughter of the Emperor Augustus Josephus Ant.
Philip died and was buried there. It is probably to be identified with et-Tell, a little more than a mile N of the Sea of Galilee. It was probably a Greek-speaking place, cf. It was the home of Peter, Andrew, and Philip, and Jesus went there frequently. Jesus also rebuked the people there for not receiving His teachings:. Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
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Lost Roman city that was home to Jesus' apostles found, say archaeologists
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Two steles stand upright on both sides of the gate. A sacrificial high place is located on the southern side of the inner gate. The pit was found to contain bones of kosher animals.
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The structure is based on large basalt stones. It was reconstructed with wood beams to a height of 3M, and is the largest Biblical gate excavated in the Holy Land.
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One of the four inner chambers 3 - north-west in the inner gatehouse is shown below. The picture below shows another view of the four-chamber design of the inner gatehouse. These rooms served as a granary - storehouse for threshed grain or animal feed. The excavators found evidence of the 8th C BC battle that destroyed the city, with signs of fire on the bricks and carbonized wood, and arrow heads.
After hundreds of years, when the city was rebuilt in the Hellenistic and Roman period, a new city wall was built over these ruins. An aerial view of Area A, focusing on the gate area, is provided below courtesy of the excavations director R. In the center of the picture is the four-chamber inner gate area, where two persons are working on the excavation.
The outer gate courtyard is on the lower-left side, and the southern section is on the top-left side. A ground plan of areas "A" as above and "B" the center of the hill is also attached, showing the different layers. The structures are drawn in different colors - orange and black for the Iron age "Stratum 5" ; blue for the Roman period Stratum 2. A detailed plan from the season may be downloaded here in pdf , courtesy of Dr.
Out er Gate section. This is the outer gate court yard, which measured roughly 15M x 15M and was surrounded by the four towers. Two steles stand on both sides of the gate, just like on the inner side.
The names of many ancient places have been lost, and others have strayed from their original localities. If the boat was taken from any point in el-BaTeichah towards et-Tell, no east wind would have distressed the rowers, protected as that part is by the mountains. Archaeologists say they may have located the lost Biblical city of Bethsaida-Julias, which was the home of three of Jesus' apostles. In contrast, at least three of its native sons — Peter, Andrew and Philip — responded to his call and gave up everything to follow him. The excavation site of et-Tell is located in a public recreation area known as Jordan Park, close to the Yahudia Junction at the intersection of Routes 87 and
A gate altar Hebrew: The pagan altars are described in many Biblical verses, such as Ezekiel 20 And the name whereof is called Bamah unto this day". The "high place" is in this case just two steps up, but in most cases it was located on a high-place - on top of hills or large trees. Ezekial describes the practice 20 A 50 x 60cm stone basin was found on top of the altar. Near the altar was a stele bearing the figure of a horned bull. It was broken to five pieces, another evidence of the Assyrian destruction.
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The following photo shows the altar and the outer gate court yard. The stone basin has a square recess 35cm deep. The east side of the city is shown in the following photo. The eastern gate is on the right side, while the outer city walls of the city stretch from the gate to the left. A closer view of the eastern city walls is in the next photo.
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The edge of a cobble stone road appears in the bottom left side. The cobble stone road approached the city, following the eastern outer city wall to a distance of about 25 m from the outer city gate. It then departs from the wall and turns east. The cobble stone road then continues down the hill eastward for the next 25 m, but this section is not yet excavated. The location of the road is indicated as a red square on the diagram. The following picture shows the road from the south side. The walls of the city are located on the left side.
The next picture is a view from the bottom of the road facing towards the outer side of the gate. The paved area served as a large plaza outside the city gate. The cobblestone road was paved in the 9th century BC, and had been in use until the 4th century AD.
Pottery finds on the road located in the excavation hole include shards from all periods, from the Bronze period up to the Roman period. In future, the road will be the entry point of the visitors to the reconstructed city. An escape tunnel under the Iron Age city of Geshur may have been recently uncovered. The tunnel, leading from the Royal palace, towards a gap between the eastern inner and outer city walls, may have served the royals to safely flee from a besieged city. A similar escape tunnel is referred in the accords of Zedekiah during the Babylonian siege 2 Kings Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all his host, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it And the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
And on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.
And the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between two walls, which is by the king's garden Check this Youtube video for a presentation. The preliminary excavations will be followed in with a further investigation of this tunnel. This site is really unique: The lost land of Geshur, the massive gate complex, the fishermen of BethSaida - all in one small place. What other new surprises will the archaeologist find in the coming excavation seasons?
This text describes the miracle of the healing of the blind man in BethSaida: And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought. And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking. After that he put his hands again upon his eyes, and made him look up: And he sent him away to his house, saying, Neither go into the town, nor tell it to any in the town".
This text talks about the miracle of feeding the multitude, afterwards Jesus left for the area of BethSaida.
And they that did eat of the loaves were about five thousand men. 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". This text also relates to BethSaida and the miracle of feeding the multitude: And he took them, and went aside privately into a desert place belonging to the city called Bethsaida.
And the people, when they knew it, followed him: And when the day began to wear away, then came the twelve, and said unto him, Send the multitude away, that they may go into the towns and country round about, and lodge, and get victuals: But he said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, We have no more but five loaves and two fishes; except we should go and buy meat for all this people. For they were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them sit down by fifties in a company. And they did so, and made them all sit down. Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them, and brake, and gave to the disciples to set before the multitude".
According to the following text, Bethsaida was given to Herod Phillip, one of the sons of Herod the great.