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Bethsaid
a
The ancient village of Bethsaida is believed to be
located on the northern shore of the Sea of Galilee.

Recent discoveries at the site of el-Araj have called

into question the decades-old claim that et-Tell on
the eastern shore of the Jordan River is this lost
Biblical city.
 In the Bible, Bethsaida is famously the home of
the apostles Peter, Andrew, and Philip
In the Bible, Bethsaida is famously the home of the

Philip
Andrew
apostles Peter, , and
Andrew
The first called apostle
Andrew meets Jesus:
Matthew 3:13-17
Matthew 3:13-17
Andrew was a disciple of John the Baptist before
he became a disciple of Jesus Christ
Appearances of St. Andrew the Apostle in the
bible:
The feeding of the
5000:
John 6:10-14
John 6:10-14
The feeding of the
5000:
Andrew assisted Jesus in finding food to feed the
5000 people who came to hear Jesus preach.
John 6:1-
“Philip
15: answered him, ’It would take more than
half a year’s wages to buy enough bread for each
one to have a bite!’
Another of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s
brother, spoke up, ‘Here is a boy with five small
barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will
they go among so many?’
Jesus said, ‘Have the people sit down.’”
The destruction of the temple and
signs of the end times:
Mark 13
Mark 13
 Troubles and
Mark
Persecutions:
“ Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, across
13:3 :
from the Temple, when Peter, James, John, and
Andrew came to him in private.”
The fruitful grain of wheat:
 The fruitful grain of
wheat:
Joh 12:20-26 :
“ Now there were certain Greeks among those
who came up to worship at the feast. Then they
came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida of Galilee,
and asked him, saying, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.”
Philip came and told Andrew, and in turn, Andrew
and Philip told Jesus.--
-- But Jesus answered them, saying, “The hour has
come that the Son of Man should be glorified.
Most assuredly, I say to you, unless a grain of
wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains
alone; but if it dies, it produces much grain. He
who loves his life will lose it, and he who hates his
life in this world will keep it for eternal life. If
anyone serves Me, let him follow Me; and where I
am, there My servant will be also. If anyone serves
The last years of St. Andrew:
 Saltire cross:
The cross of St. Andrew the Apostle
As a dedicated follower of Jesus, Andrew preached
about Christ around the Black Sea and through
Greece.
It was in Greece that he was told to stop spreading
the teachings by the governor Aegeas as he still
believed in the Roman gods.
When he refused, Andrew was sentenced to death
by crucifixion in the city of Patras.
Andrew was to be crucified on a cross, but he
requested an X-shaped one as he felt unworthy to
die on an upright one like Jesus did.

This is why the cross of St Andrew is now a

symbol of the saint and appears on the Scottish
flag.

Saint Andrew was crucified on November 30,

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