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Bethsaida

Galilee, Israel

Bethsaida (beth-SAY-id-ə, from Koine, Bēthsaïdá, from Aramaic and, Bēṯ Ṣayḏā, lit. 'House of Fishing, or House of the Hunt', from the Hebrew root, Bayt Ṣaydā), also known as Julias or Julia (Ἰ, Ioulía), is a place mentioned in the New Testament. Julias lay in an administrative district known as Gaulonitis, now the Golan Heights. Historians have suggested that the name is also referenced in rabbinic literature under the epithet Ṣayḏān. The location of ancient Bethsaida or Julias has not been positively identified by modern researchers, of the three original candidates el-Araj being lately favoured due to the most recent discoveries, displacing et-Tell as the front-runner.

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