"Auwe oe, e Betesaida!" Ua hoowahawaha o Iesu ma kekahi pauku o ke Kauoha Hou, me ka ohumu ana aole i ae mai na kamaaina o keia kulanakauhale Baibala i kana olelo mahope o na hana mana a lakou i ike ai. Ma keia kulanakauhale ma Galilaia i olelo pinepine ia ma ka Euanelio, ua manaoia ua hanau na lunaolelo o Simona Petero a me kona kaikaina o Anederea a ua kokoke mai ka hoomahuahua ana i na popo berena a me na ia. Ua haʻi ʻo Flavius Josephus ma ka 'Jewish Antiquities' (18:28) ua lilo ke kauhale lawaiʻa haʻahaʻa i kūlanakauhale Roma liʻiliʻi i kapa ʻia ʻo Julias, i noho a hiki i ke kenekulia XNUMX AD Ma hope o ka nalowale ʻana o kona ʻike i ka manawa, ma muli paha o ka hoʻonui ʻana o ka pae wai o ke kai o Galilaia. I kēia lā ke holo nei kekahi mau pūnaewele ma ke ʻano he hoʻoilina nona. ʻO kekahi o lākou ka noho ʻana o El Araj, ma waena o Kaperenaum a me Kursi, ma ka Golan Heights. Ua loaʻa nā koena o nā hale Roma a me nā Iudaio ma laila, a me nā vestiges o kahi basilica Byzantine, i manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia ka Ekalesia o nā ʻAposetolo, i kūkulu ʻia e like me ka moʻomeheu Karistiano ma ka hale o San Pedro a me San Andrés. ʻO kahi palapala ma ka ʻōlelo Helene i ʻike ʻia ma nā ʻeli hou loa i hiki mai e hoʻoikaika i kēia kuhiakau.
ʻO nā kānaka kālaihonua mai Kinneret College ma Israel a me Nyack College ma New York, alakaʻi ʻia e nā polopeka ʻo Mordechai Aviam lāua ʻo Steven Notley, ka mea i loaʻa kahi mosaic i ka diaconicon (sacristy) o ka luakini, me nā kumu pua a me ke kākau ʻana i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i loko o ka medallion poepoe i hana ʻia me ka ʻeleʻele tesserae. Wahi a ka unuhi ʻana a nā polopeka ʻo Leah Di Segni (Hebrew University) a me Jacob Ashkenazi (Kinneret College), pili ia i kahi mea hāʻawi, ʻo "Constantine, ke kauwā a Kristo", a loaʻa kahi noi no ka uwao mai Saint Peter, "ke aliʻi a me ka luna koa. o na lunaolelo lani.
Ua hoʻohana nā mea kākau Kalikiano Byzantine i kēia inoa ʻo "ke aliʻi a me ka luna o nā lunaʻōlelo" e kuhikuhi iā Saint Peter, ka El Araj Excavation Project, i kākoʻo ʻia e ka Center for the Study of Ancient Judaism and Origins, i ʻōlelo ʻia ma kahi ʻōlelo. (CSAJCO), ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike o ka Baibala, ka Lanier Theological Library Foundation a me HaDavar Yeshiva (HK).
Hoʻolaʻa paha iā Saint Peter
"He hōʻailona hou kēia ʻike akā ua loaʻa iā Pedro kahi hui kūikawā me ka basilica, a ua hoʻolaʻa ʻia paha iā ia. Ma muli o ka ʻike maʻamau o ka moʻomeheu Kalikiano Byzantine i ka home o Peter ʻo Betsaida, ʻaʻole ʻo Kaperenaum, e like me ka mea i manaʻo pinepine ʻia i kēia lā, ua hoʻomanaʻo paha ka basilica i kona home, "wahi a Steven Notley, ka luna hoʻonaʻauao o ka ʻeli.
Kākoʻo ka ʻike i ka ʻike ʻana o ka basilica me ka Ekalesia o nā ʻAlele i wehewehe ʻia e Bishop Willibald o Eichstätt i ke kenekulia XNUMX, i kāna huakaʻi hele ʻana i ka ʻāina Hemolele. I kona hele ʻana mai Kaperenauma a Kursi, ua moe ʻo ia i ka pō ma kahi wahi, e like me ka mea i haʻi ʻia mai iā ia, "ʻo Betesaida kahi i hoʻopau ai ʻo Pedro lāua ʻo Andrés. I kēia manawa he halepule kahi i noho ai kona hale ma mua.
Ua hōʻike ʻo Mordechai Aviam, ka luna archaeological o nā hana, "ʻo kekahi o nā pahuhopu o kēia ʻeli ʻana ʻo ia ka hōʻoia inā loaʻa iā mākou kahi papa o ke kenekulia mua ma ka pūnaewele" a ua hoʻokō lākou. "ʻAʻole wale mākou e ʻike i nā koena koʻikoʻi mai kēia manawa, akā ʻo kēia hale pule nui a me ka monastery e hoʻopuni ana iā ia."
E hui pū ʻia kēia mau mea e hoʻoikaika i ka ʻike ʻana o El Araj / Beit haBek me ke kauhale Iudaio kahiko o Betsaida.
