The Evidence of Archaeology

Years ago, an objection by critics of the Christian faith was that there was no evidence that Jesus ever lived. Today that position is simply untenable. Historical research scholar, Dr. Edwin Yamauchi, already in the late twentieth century set the record straight on this: “From time to time some people have tried to deny the existence of Jesus, but this is really a lost cause…There is overwhelming evidence that Jesus did exist…” (Quoted in The Case for Christ, Lee Strobel, p.81). The following posts contain some of the recent evidence from archaeological discoveries, which both affirms the historicity of the Gospels and gives us the joy of walking “In the Footsteps of Jesus.”

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Wouldn’t it be deeply appealing to spend a night during a trip to Israel in the home where Jesus grew up, like a bed and breakfast inn? That is more fantasy than a real possibility. What is true, however, is that you can actually see the place and part of the structure of His home from over 2,000 years ago! 

How can one of the most prominent cities in the ministry of Jesus disappear for over 1700 years? In the New Testament, Bethsaida was the location of the feeding of the five thousand (Luke 9:12-17); where Jesus cured a blind man (Mark 8:22-25); and where He walked on the Sea of Galilee (Mark 6:45-51). Bethsaida was the home of the disciples Philip, Andrew, and Peter (John 1:44). 

Bethsaida was also included in this startling judgement by Jesus: 

Then he began to reproach the cities in which most of his deeds of power had been done, because they did not repent. “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the deeds of power done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes” (Matthew 11:20-23). 

Is this the reason the location of Bethsaida was unknown for seventeen centuries?