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Tell Hadar is located on the
northeast side of the Sea of Galilee, in the "midst"
of the coasts of Decapolis (as described in Mark
7:31). According to the Gospels, Jesus sailed across
the Sea of Galilee, landed in Decapolis, and fed 4,000
hungry people with just seven loaves of bread and a few
small fish. The topography of the site and the
proximity to the nearby major Roman road makes this
tradition sound reasonable.
The photo above shows a modern monument that
commemorates the place of the miracle, which is
located on the west side of the Tell. The pictures
show the seven loaves of bread, the seven baskets that
the disciples filled with leftovers after the meal,
and the small fish.
The Greek word ("Dodeka Thronon"), inscribed on the
stone, means "Twelve thrones". This is a passage from Matthew
19:28 referring to the twelve apostles: "And Jesus said
unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have
followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man
shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall
sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of
Israel".
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Mark 8:1-9:
"In those days the multitude being
very great, and having nothing to
eat, Jesus called his disciples unto
him, and saith unto them, I have
compassion on the multitude, because
they have now been with me three
days, and have nothing to eat: And
if I send them away fasting to their
own houses, they will faint by the
way: for divers of them came from
far. And his disciples answered him,
From whence can a man satisfy these
men with bread here in the
wilderness? And he asked them, How
many loaves have ye? And they said,
Seven. And he commanded the people
to sit down on the ground: and he
took the seven loaves, and gave
thanks, and brake, and gave to his
disciples to set before them; and
they did set them before the people.
And they had a few small fishes: and
he blessed, and commanded to set
them also before them. So they did
eat, and were filled: and they took
up of the broken meat that was left
seven baskets. And they that had
eaten were about four thousand: and
he sent them away. And straightway
he entered into a ship with his
disciples...".
Matthew 16:
5-12: "And when his disciples
were come to the other side, they
had forgotten to take bread. Then
Jesus said unto them, Take heed and
beware of the leaven of the
Pharisees and of the Sadducees. And
they reasoned among themselves,
saying, It is because we have taken
no bread. Which when Jesus
perceived, he said unto them, O ye
of little faith, why reason ye among
yourselves, because ye have brought
no bread? Do ye not yet understand,
neither remember the five loaves of
the five thousand, and how many
baskets ye took up? Neither the
seven loaves of the four thousand,
and how many baskets ye took up? How
is it that ye do not understand that
I spake it not to you concerning
bread, that ye should beware of the
leaven of the Pharisees and of the
Sadducees? Then understood they how
that he bade them not beware of the
leaven of bread, but of the doctrine
of the Pharisees and of the
Sadducees".
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Feeds the
4,000, with seven loaves of bread and a few small fish (2nd feeding of the multitude)
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