Sacred Atlas

Bible Place Guide

Sea of Galilee in the Bible

Calling of fishermen, storms, crossings, walking on water, and post-resurrection catch. See Scripture references, modern location, confidence level, and source attribution from Sacred Atlas.

Modern locationGalilee, Israel
ConfidenceHigh
Scripture refs8

High confidence

Modern identification

Sea of Galilee / Kinneret - Galilee, Israel

Coordinates32.8694, 35.5383
Kindsea
Claims7
Sources3

Scripture anchors

Matthew 4:18Mark 4:35-41Matthew 14:22-33John 21:1-14Deut 3:17Josh 11:2Josh 19:351 Kgs 15:20

Why this place is in the atlas

Calling of fishermen, storms, crossings, walking on water, and post-resurrection catch.

Claim ledger

names[0].value Sea of Galilee Sacred Atlas Editorial Review - CC-BY-4.0 - High
summary.en Calling of fishermen, storms, crossings, walking on water, and post-resurrection catch. Sacred Atlas Editorial Review - CC-BY-4.0 - High
foreignKeys[0] ancientId: a2bb265, urlSlug: chinnereth, friendlyId: Chinnereth OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data - CC-BY-4.0 - High
identifications[0].coordinates latitude: 32.869444, longitude: 35.538333, precision: approximate OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data - CC-BY-4.0; upstream ODbL-1.0 - High
identifications[0].modernRegion Galilee Sacred Atlas Editorial Review - CC-BY-4.0 - High
scriptureReferences Matthew 4:18, Mark 4:35-41, Matthew 14:22-33, John 21:1-14 King James Version 1769 - Public-Domain - High
temporalScopes c. AD 28-30: Core lake geography of Jesus' Galilean ministry Sacred Atlas Editorial Review - CC-BY-4.0 - Medium