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	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Sea of Galilee
		Joshua 11:2), or as "the water of Genesar" (1 Maccabees 11:67), or, lastly, as "the Lake of Tarichea" (Pliny, "Hist.
		The lake is fed by several torrents and by copious hot springs on the north and west, but principally by the Jordan, which enters at the north-east corner and rushes out at the south-western extremity.
		To-day the shores are barren and desolate, with gloomy patches of volcanic soil to the north and west.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/14716b.htm (566 words)

	Galilee
		The Lake of Genesareth or Gennesaret, the sea of Kinnereth, the Sea of Tiberius and the Sea of Galilee are all the same.
		The setting of the lake and its shores were beautiful in those days, and here were situated the summer homes of wealthy Jews, Herodians, and Romans.
		About the lake the land is so fruitful that all sorts of trees can grow upon it.
	www.latter-rain.com /ltrain/galilee.htm (648 words)

	Sea of Galilee - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The lake is situated deep in the Jordan Great Rift Valley, the valley caused by the separation of the African and Arabian Plates.
		One of Jesus' famous teaching episodes, the Sermon on the Mount, was given on a hill overlooking the lake.
		Israel's National Water Carrier, built in 1964, transports water from the lake to the population centers of Israel, and is the source of most of the country's drinking water.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sea_of_galilee (1195 words)

	John the Apostle - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		They originally were fishermen and fished with their father in the Lake of Genesareth.
		After the Resurrection, John with Peter was the first of the disciples to run towards the grave and he was the first to believe that Jesus had truly risen (John 20:2-10).
		When later Jesus appeared at the Lake of Genesareth, John was also the first of the seven disciples present who recognized his master standing on the shore (John 21:7).
	arikah.com /encyclopedia/John_the_Apostle (1301 words)

	St. Peter - Encyclopedia of Religion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		After this scene at the lake we hear nothing of Peter till he again appears with the others at the ascension (Acts 1:15-26).
		He was the son of Jona (Johannes) and was born in Bethsaida (John 1:42, 44), a town on Lake Genesareth, the position of which cannot be established with certainty, although it is usually sought at the northern end of the lake.
		But, most important of all, when He appeared at the Lake of Genesareth, Christ renewed to Peter His special commission to feed and defend His flock, after Peter had thrice affirmed his special love for his Master (John 21:15-17).
	www.religion-encyclopedia.com /P/peter.htm (8194 words)

	Homily 6 July 2003
		He sees two boats moored by the lake, but the fishermen have left them and are washing their nets.
		The Sea of Galilee refers to the province; the Sea of Tiberias refers to a local city; the Lake of Genesareth refers to the nature of the lake itself.
		The water of this lake is constantly moved by the breezes blowing over it.
	web2.airmail.net /~carlsch/MaterDei/Homilies/homily030706.htm (1151 words)

	Galilee
		The Lake of Genesareth or Gennesaret, the sea of Kinnereth, the Sea of Tiberius and the Sea of Galilee are all the same.
		The setting of the lake and its shores were beautiful in those days, and here were situated the summer homes of wealthy Jews, Herodians, and Romans.
		About the lake the land is so fruitful that all sorts of trees can grow upon it.
	latter-rain.com /background/galilee.htm (648 words)

	June 25th 2006 A.D. - 12thSunday in Ordinary Time 4/35-41
		The Lake of Genesareth (also called the Sea of Galilee) is a relatively small body of water, 14 miles long and three to seven miles wide.
		But storms could up suddenly as the winds swept down from the mountains of Lebanon, more over the boats used by the fishermen on the lake were sturdy enough but not built to resist more than the normal waves on a not very big lake.
		Well, they had a nice ride from one end to the other while their dad told them about some of the silly things he had done when he was a kid and then when he was an officer in the Navy flying off an aircraft carrier.
	www.agreeley.com /hom06/june25.html (477 words)

	St. Peter, Prince of the Apostles
		He was the son of Jona (Johannes) and was born in Bethsaida (John 1:42, 44), a town on Lake Genesareth, the position of which cannot be established with certainty, although it is usually sought at the northern end of the lake.
		Simon pursued in Capharnaum the profitable occupation of fisherman in Lake Genesareth, possessing his own boat (Luke 5:3).
		But, most important of all, when He appeared at the Lake of Genesareth, Christ renewed to Peter His special commission to feed and defend His flock, after Peter had thrice affirmed his special love for his Master (John, xxi, 15-17).
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/p/peter,prince_of_apostles,saint.html (7664 words)

	Saint John Apostle and Evangelist (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		According to the usual and entirely probable explanation they became, however, for a time disciples of John the Baptist, and were called by Christ from the circle of John's followers, together with Peter and Andrew, to become His disciples (John, i, 35-42).
		After the Resurrection John with Peter was the first of the disciples to hasten to the grave and he was the first to believe that Christ had truly risen (John, xx, 2-10).
		When later Christ appeared at the Lake of Genesareth John was also the first of the seven disciples present who recognized his Master standing on the shore (John, xxi, 7).
	www.deaconlaz.org /JohnApostle.html (1299 words)

	The Life of Christ, THE SERAPH, September 1999, Vol XX No1
		The numerous ravines which, on the north east and on the east, extend to the upper shore of the lake, are, as it were, so many dangerous defiles in which the winds from the heights of Hauran, from the tablelands of Gaulanitis, and from the summit of Mount Hermon, meet and then rush on together.
		The best sailors, at such times, abandon all hope of reaching the northern shore of the lake, and hasten off toward the south, where the storm is always less severe.
		This act of supreme power on the part of the Savior on earth has not ceased to be repeated from the time it astonished the disciples on the lake of Genesareth.
	friarsminor.org /xx1-6.html (3020 words)

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		Their beginning was for a time first as disciples of John the Baptist, then they were called by Christ, together with Peter and Andrew, to become His disciples (John, i, 35-42).
		After the Resurrection John with Peter was the first of the disciples to hasten to the grave and he was the first to believe that Christ had truly risen.
		When later Christ appeared at the Lake of Genesareth John was also the first of the seven disciples who recognized his Master standing on the shore.
	www.nonprofits2000.net /saintjohns/john.html (454 words)

	ST ANDREW, APOSTLE
		The authority of this piece being contested, little stress is laid upon it, and the following account is gathered from the sacred writings, and those of the fathers.
		St Andrew was a native of Bethsaida, a town in Galilee, upon the banks of the lake of Genesareth.
		Our Saviour being come back into Lower Galilee in autumn, and meeting one day Peter and Andrew fishing in the lake, before the end of the same year, he called them to a constant attendance upon the ministry of the gospel, saying that he would make them fishers of men.
	www.ewtn.com /library/MARY/ANDREW.HTM (1383 words)

	Apostles.com
		After the Resurrection John with Peter was the first of the disciples to hasten to the grave and he was the first to believe that Christ had truly risen (John, xx, 2-10).
		When later Christ appeared at the Lake of Genesareth John was also the first of the seven disciples present who recognized his Master standing on the shore (John, xxi, 7).
		The Fourth Evangelist has shown us most clearly how close the relationship was in which he always stood to his Lord and Master by the title with which he is accustomed to indicate himself without giving his name: "the disciple whom Jesus loved".
	www.apostles.com /stjohn.html (105 words)

	Adult Bible Study of Luke - Chap. 6, 10/28/01
		Originally James and John were fishermen and fished with their father in the Lake of Genesareth.
		After the Resurrection John with Peter was the first of the disciples to hasten to the grave and he was the first to believe that Christ had truly risen (John, 20:2-10).
		When later Christ appeared at the Lake of Genesareth John was also the first of the seven disciples present who recognized his Master standing on the shore (John 21:7).
	www.trinitywilmette.org /10281luk.htm (3076 words)

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	Andrew Feast Day: November 30
		St Andrew was a native of Bethsaida, a town in Galilee, upon the banks of the lake of Genesareth.
		The place naturally had its custom house, since it lay on the road that leads from Damascus just where, at the northwest corner of Lake Galilee, that road passed from the territory of Herod Philip to the domains of his brother, Herod Antipas.
		He left it gladly, it seems, and completely--at least it was not he but Judas who kept the accounts for the apostolic group (John 13: 29).
	www.calvaryepiscopal.org /apostles.html (4202 words)

	New Catholic Dictionary: nets (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The New Testament references supply more definite information, since several of the Apostles were fishermen, and the Lake of Genesareth so often the scene of events related by the Evangelists.
		Amphiblestron, from a verb meaning to cast around, thus a casting net (Matthew 4; Mark 1), which corresponds with the modern shabakeh of the fishermen on the Lake of Genesareth.
		Sagene in Matthew 13, is the drag net, the Djarf of the modern fishermen of the lake.
	www.catholic-forum.com /Saints/ncd05731.htm (174 words)

	Zebulun - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Josephus (Antiquities V.1.22) assigns to Zabulon the land near to Carmel and the sea, as far as the Lake of Genesareth.
		It included a part of the Jezreel Valley, and the great highway from the sea to the lake.
		Within the territory of Zabulon, Christ was brought up, and did and said much that is narrated in the Gospels, especially in the Synoptics, about His Galilean ministry.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Zebulun (708 words)

	Wesley's Notes on the Bible \| Christian Classics Ethereal Library
		in the plain lying southward from Cinneroth, or the lake of Genesareth.
		But there are other cities called by that name, which signifying a watching-place, might be easily applied to several places of good prospect.
		Merom - A lake made by the river Jordan in the northern part of it, which was in the territory of the King of Schimron, near Hazor, Jabin's royal city, and almost in the middle of these confederate kings.
	www.ccel.org /ccel/wesley/notes.ii.vii.xi.ii.html (1114 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Peter, Prince of the Apostles
		John) who were with Christ on certain special occasions the raising of the daughter of Jairus from the dead (Mark 5:37; Luke 8:51); the Transfiguration of Christ (Matthew 17:1; Mark 9:1; Luke 9:28), the Agony in the Garden of Gethsemani (Matthew 26:37; Mark 14:33).
		On sarcophagi and other memorials appear scenes from the life of St. Peter: his walking on Lake Genesareth, when Christ summoned him from the boat; the prophecy of his denial; the washing of his feet; the raising of Tabitha from the dead; the capture of Peter and the conducting of him to the place of
		On two gilt glasses he is represented as Moses drawing water from the rock with his staff; the name Peter under the scene shows that he is regarded as the guide of the people of God in the New Testament.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/11744a.htm (8069 words)

	Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims \| Christian Classics Ethereal Library (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		And it came to pass, that when the multitudes pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Genesareth,
		And saw two ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone out of them, and were washing their nets.
		And going into one of the ships that was Simon's, he desired him to draw back a little from the land.
	www.ccel.org /ccel/bible/douayr.Luke.5.html (935 words)

	THE SERMONS OF ST. ANTONY -- FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		A lake has the property of generating a breeze which accompanies the movement of its waves; yet it is a standing water, which does not flow away.
		And just as waters are pent up in a lake, and do not flow away, so in this world the freedom of sinners is restricted, so that they are unable to find pleasure in their delights as much as they would like.
		In this seventh article, as if at the seventh time, worldly people will be struck by the fear of punishment, and the preacher will see a little cloud, a little bit of compunction, arise from the sea of their hearts.
	www.franciscan-archive.org /antonius/opera/ant-hd22.html (10361 words)

	John Wesley Commentary on Joshua Chapter 11
		in the plain lying southward from Cinneroth, or the lake of Genesareth.
		But there are other cities called by that name, which signifying a watching - place, might be easily applied to several places of good prospect.
		5: Merom - A lake made by the river Jordan in the northern part of it, which was in the territory of the King of Schimron, near Hazor, Jabin's royal city, and almost in the middle of these confederate kings.
	bible.christiansunite.com /wes.cgi?b=Jos&c=11&print=1 (1099 words)

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	Society of St. Pius X - District of Australia and New Zealand (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Simon, son of Jona, originally from Bethsaida in Galilee, later lived in Capharnaum at the Lake of Genesareth.
		And still another event is quite remarkable for our consideration: We already heard about the miraculous catch of fish after the resurrection of Our Lord at the Lake of Genesareth.
		When John, who was in the ship with Peter, realized the miracle, he recognized immediately the author, comprehending this person on the shore to be the Lord Himself.
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