Apostles

THE APOSTLES : M.M.NINAN
on or near the Sea of Galilee, the "hunters" would actually be hunting for fishes giving the meaning
"House of Fishermen."
Thus beth-sa'-i-da literally means "house of fishing" which implies that it was a fishing village.
House of the Fisherman
The most impressive remains at this site are the Iron Age gate and two large Hellenistic
houses. The House of the Fisherman measures 4,300 sq. feet, and is believed to be a
fisherman's home based on the discovery of two types of lead net weights, a round lead weight of
the so-called musket type, and a long, crooked needle. Among the coins discovered in the house
were two silver didrachmae of Demetrius II.
http://www.bibleplaces.com/bethsaida.htm
Syria and Palestine, in 1851 and 1852, Van de Velde (1818-1898), 1854, Vol II
"...Bethsaida Gaulonites is evidently spoken of, the ruins of which have been recognized by Dr. Eli
Smith and other travelers on a hill called et-Tell, on the east bank of the Jordan, close to the
northern shores of the lake. Josephus calls this Bethsaida-Julias, and informs us that Philip the
Tetrarch of Iturea and Trachonites gave it this epithet in honour of Julias, having enlarged the town,
and adorned it with public buildings." Julias may have been named after Augustus' daughter.
http://bibleatlas.org/bethsaida.htm
(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).