The Web camera is established the city of Tverija shows on lake
Kineret. The Sea of Galilee, also Lake
of Gennesaret, Lake Kinneret, Sea of Tiberias or Tiberias Lake,
located near the Golan Heights, is the largest freshwater lake
in Israel, and it is approximately 53 km (33 miles) in
circumference, about 21 km (13 miles) long, and 13 km (8 miles)
wide. The lake has a total area of 166 km², and a maximum depth
of approximately 43 m (141 feet). The lake often appears on maps
and in the New Testament as Sea of Galilee or Sea of Tiberias (John
6:1) while in the Hebrew Bible, it is called the "Sea of
Chinnereth" (or spelled as "Kinnereth") (Numbers 34:11; Joshua
13:27). Much of the ministry of Jesus
occurred on the shores of Lake Galilee. In those days, there was
a continuous ribbon development of settlements and villages
around the lake and plenty of trade and ferrying by boat. The
Synoptic gospels of Mark (1:14-20), Matthew (4:18-22), and Luke
(5:1-11) describe how Jesus recruited four of his apostles from
the shores of Lake Galilee: the fishermen Simon and his brother
Andrew and the brothers John and James. One of Jesus' famous
teaching episodes, the Sermon on the Mount, is supposed to have
been given on a hill overlooking the lake. Many of his miracles
are also said to have occurred here including his walking on
water, calming a storm, and his feeding five thousand people (in
Tabgha). |