The “Desert” of Bethsaida

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By analyzing the meaning of the word translated “desert,” the topography at the Feeding of the Five Thousand can be clarified.

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The Centurion and the Synagogue

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A Roman centurion’s concern for his slave focuses our attention on the presence of non-Jews in the land of Israel in the first century. A modern Jewish authority on the history of the period provides the story’s background.

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