Gennesaret
Where Gennesaret sits on the map, and the 3 verses where it appears, in biblical order and linked to the full chapter.
- Identified with
- El Ghuweir
- Coordinates
- 32.8606, 35.5072
- Mentions
- 3 mentions
Coordinates and the modern identification come from the open atlas at OpenBible.info. For regions, peoples and large features there is no identification: the marked point only places the area on the map, and stands for neither a particular site nor its boundaries.
Can you visit it today?
The fertile plain along the north-western shore of the lake, still farmed with bananas and mangoes. At its northern end, at Tabgha, stand the Church of the Multiplication — with its Byzantine mosaic of loaves and fishes before the altar — and the Chapel of the Primacy on a rock at the water’s edge; the Mount of Beatitudes rises on the slope above.
- Where it is
- Between Magdala and Tabgha, along the north-western shore of the Sea of Galilee.
What to read there
The passage that gives this site its meaning, to read while you are here.
Mark 6, 34-44Open in the readerPassages where it appears
3 verses, in biblical order.
Matthew
- Matthew 14:34
And having crossed the sea, they arrived in the land of Genesaret.
Mark
- Mark 6:53
And when they had crossed over, they arrived in the land of Genesaret, and they reached the shore.
Luke
- Luke 5:1
Now it happened that, when the crowds pressed toward him, so that they might hear the word of God, he was standing beside the lake of Genesaret.