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A Simple Request

“Sir, we want to see Jesus.”

These then came to Philip, him of Bethsaida of Galilee, and asked him, saying, Lord, we wish to see Jesus. — John 12:21 | Smith's Literal Translation (SMITH) The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments; Translated Literally From The Original Tongues by Julia E. Smith. Cross References: Isaiah 2:2-3; Isaiah 11:10; Isaiah 42:1-4; John 1:38-39; John 1:43-46; John 3:14-15; John 6:44; John 7:35-36; John 10:16; John 14:6; John 17:3; Acts 8:27-31; Acts 17:4; Acts 17:12; Romans 15:9-12

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Christ leads the blind man out of Bethsaida 

More than 3,000 years ago, a couple at the biblical site of Bethsaida, in Israel, was buried side by side in a spooning position, with the male's arm over the female's body, and the archaeologists who discovered the remains are now calling the couple "Romeo and Juliet."

Archaeologists think the individuals died at the same time, though they aren't sure what killed the couple, said Rami Arav, director of the Bethsaida project and a professor of religious studies at the University of Nebraska Omaha.

"It is very, very rare to find a couple like this" Arav said at a virtual archaeology conference held by New York University and the Israel Antiquities Authority from Oct. 25 to28.

The Third Year of Ministry  (Part 01)

Important Events in the Third Year of Jesus’ Ministry

The Third year of Jesus’ ministry begins at the 3rd Passover up to Palm Sunday. This period is a few days shy of a complete year and Jesus would have been around 32 years of age at the beginning of the year. This is known as the “Year of Opposition”. Given below is the list of the main events that occurred during the year:

Jesus travels to Phoenicia (Mark 7:24)

He heals the daughter of a Syro-Phoenician woman                  (Matthew 15:21-28)

Jesus travels from Phoenicia to Decapolis (Mark 7:31)

Deaf and Dumb man healed (Mark 7:32-37)

4000 people fed with 07 loaves and a few fishes (Matthew 15:32-39)

Jesus goes to Bethsaida (Mark 8:22)

A blind man is healed (Mark 8:22-26)

Jesus travels from Bethsaida to Caesarea Philippi 

The disciples and Jesus go up to the mount of transfiguration (Luke 9:28)

The Transfiguration (Matthew 17:1-13)

The demon possessed child is healed (Mark 9:17-27)

Jesus returns to Capernaum (Mark 9:30-33)

The 70 disciples are instructed and sent out (Luke 10:1-16)

Jesus travelled from Capernaum through Samaria to Bethany            (Luke 17:11)

Jesus heals 10 lepers near Samaria (Luke 17:12-16)

A woman that had committed adultery brought to Jesus (John 8:3-11)

Jesus attended the ‘Feast of the Dedication’ (John 10:22-29)

Jesus returns to Bethabara (John 10:40-42)

Lazarus is raised from the dead (John 11:1-54)

Jesus visits Zacchaeus, the chief of the publicans (Luke 19:1-28) 

A blind man named Bartimaeus is healed (Mark 10:46-52)

Jesus arrived at Bethany again six days before the Passover             (John 12:9-11)

Jesus triumphantly welcomed in to Jerusalem by the multitude     (Matthew 21:1-11)

Gospel MK 8:22-26

The "lost home of Jesus' apostles" has just been found, according to a recent Israeli newspaper report. Yet while the actual discovery is not nearly as sensational as many headlines suggest, the new results are adding very interesting fuel to an ongoing debate about the location of one of the most important cities in the New Testament. Here's what we know so far:

Has a house associated with Jesus' apostles really been discovered?

No, says a historical geographer with the excavation at el-Araj, a site on the northern shore of the Sea of Galilee in the Jordan River delta.

"We did not write the headline," explains Steven Notley, distinguished professor of New Testament and Christian Origins at Nyack College and academic director of the el-Araj excavations in an email to National Geographic.