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Job's spring, near
Capernaum
Tabcha (Ein Sheva) is a place
in the northwest section of the Sea of Galilee,
located west of Capernaum. Tabcha is blessed by
seven springs and is named after these springs.
One of the springs is called
"Job's spring" (Ein Ayub), a warm sulfuric spring
named after the Biblical figure that was tested by
God. According to the tradition, Job lived in the
nearby cave and treated himself from his sickness in
the waters of the spring.
The photo above shows a view of
the Sea of Galilee, as seen from the spring. Jesus
must have returned from here on his way back from
the plains of Gennesaret (seen on the right side) and his home in Capernaum.
For more information on Job's
spring click
here.
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Jn 6:24-59:
"When the people therefore saw that Jesus
was not there, neither his disciples, they
also took shipping, and came to Capernaum,
seeking for Jesus. And when they had found
him on the other side of the sea, they
said unto him, Rabbi, when camest thou
hither? Jesus answered them and said,
Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek
me, not because ye saw the miracles, but
because ye did eat of the loaves, and were
filled. Labour not for the meat which
perisheth, but for that meat which
endureth unto everlasting life, which the
Son of man shall give unto you: for him
hath God the Father sealed. Then said they
unto him, What shall we do, that we might
work the works of God? Jesus answered and
said unto them, This is the work of God,
that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.
They said therefore unto him, What sign
shewest thou then, that we may see, and
believe thee? what dost thou work? Our
fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it
is written, He gave them bread from heaven
to eat.
Then Jesus said unto
them, Verily, verily, I say unto you,
Moses gave you not that bread from heaven;
but my Father giveth you the true bread
from heaven. For the bread of God is he
which cometh down from heaven, and giveth
life unto the world. Then said they unto
him, Lord, evermore give us this bread.
And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread
of life: he that cometh to me shall never
hunger; and he that believeth on me shall
never thirst. But I said unto you, That ye
also have seen me, and believe not. All
that the Father giveth me shall come to
me; and him that cometh to me I will in no
wise cast out. For I came down from
heaven, not to do mine own will, but the
will of him that sent me. And this is the
Father's will which hath sent me, that of
all which he hath given me I should lose
nothing, but should raise it up again at
the last day. And this is the will of him
that sent me, that every one which seeth
the Son, and believeth on him, may have
everlasting life: and I will raise him up
at the last day.
The Jews then
murmured at him, because he said, I am the
bread which came down from heaven. And
they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of
Joseph, whose father and mother we know?
how is it then that he saith, I came down
from heaven? Jesus therefore answered and
said unto them, Murmur not among
yourselves. No man can come to me, except
the Father which hath sent me draw him:
and I will raise him up at the last day.
It is written in the prophets, And they
shall be all taught of God. Every man
therefore that hath heard, and hath
learned of the Father, cometh unto me. Not
that any man hath seen the Father, save he
which is of God, he hath seen the Father.
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that
believeth on me hath everlasting life. I
am that bread of life. Your fathers did
eat manna in the lderness, and are dead.
This is the bread which cometh down from
heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and
not die. I am the living bread which came
down from heaven: if any man eat of this
bread, he shall live for ever: and the
bread that I will give is my flesh, which
I will give for the life of the world.
The Jews therefore
strove among themselves, saying, How can
this man give us his flesh to eat? Then
Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I
say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of
the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye
have no life in you. Whoso eateth my
flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal
life; and I will raise him up at the last
day. For my flesh is meat indeed, and my
blood is drink indeed. He that eateth my
flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in
me, and I in him. As the living Father
hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so
he that eateth me, even he shall live by
me. This is that bread which came down
from heaven: not as your fathers did eat
manna, and are dead: he that eateth of
this bread shall live for ever. These
things said he in the synagogue, as he
taught in Capernaum".
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Jesus returns
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