The river Jordan enters it at its northern end and passes out at its southern end. It is 60 miles northeast of Jerusalem and 27 east of the Mediterranean Sea. The Sea of Galilee is of an oval long and six broad.
no less than nine very populous cities stood on the very shores of the lake. The surrounding region was then the most densely peopled in all Israel. Most of our Lord's public life was spent in the environs of this sea. Jos 19:35 Its modern name is Bahr Tubariyeh. Joh 6:1 At its northwestern angle was a beautiful and fertile plain called "Gennesaret," and from that it derived the name of "Lake of Gennesaret." Lu 5:1 It was called in the Old Testament "the Sea of Chinnereth" or "Cinneroth," Nu 34:11 Jos 12:3 from a town of that name which stood on or near its shore. Mt 4:18 It was also called the "Sea of Tiberias," from the celebrated city of that name. So called from the province of Galilee, which bordered on the western side. The main cities in Galilee mentioned in the Bible were Nazareth, Cana, Capernaum, and far to the north was Caesarea Philippi.
The very fertile Plain of Esdralon and Valley of Megiddo was in Lower Galilee. Lower Galilee had smaller hills of 1,000 feet. Upper Galilee had many mountain ranges averaging around 4,000 feet. In Galilee there was upper Galilee and lower Galilee. The Geography of Galilee During New Testament Times. Map of the Area Around the Sea of Galileeĭuring the time of Jesus there were three main regions mentioned in the New Testament: Judea in the south, Samaria in the middle and Galilee in the north. Matthew 4:23 - And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people. Matthew 4:15 - The land of Zebulun, and the land of Naphtali, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles. Sea of Galilee Area in the Time of Christ
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