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the lake of Gennesaret

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Named at Luke 5:1, where Jesus is standing by the lake of Gennesaret while the multitude presses on him and hears the word of God; at 5:2–3 he sees two boats standing by the lake, enters Simon’s boat and teaches the multitudes from the boat.

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LUK 5:1–11, engwebp
¹Now while the multitude pressed on him and heard the word of God, he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret.
²He saw two boats standing by the lake, but the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets.
³He entered into one of the boats, which was Simon’s, and asked him to put out a little from the land. He sat down and taught the multitudes from the boat.
⁴When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.”
⁵Simon answered him, “Master, we worked all night and caught nothing; but at your word I will let down the net.”
⁶When they had done this, they caught a great multitude of fish, and their net was breaking.
⁷They beckoned to their partners in the other boat, that they should come and help them. They came and filled both boats, so that they began to sink.
⁸But Simon Peter, when he saw it, fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, “Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, Lord.”
⁹For he was amazed, and all who were with him, at the catch of fish which they had caught;
¹⁰and so also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. Jesus said to Simon, “Don’t be afraid. From now on you will be catching people alive.”
¹¹When they had brought their boats to land, they left everything, and followed him.
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Unresolved interpretation: The lake of Gennesaret in Luke 5:1

Luke 5:1–3 says that Jesus stood by the lake of Gennesaret; two boats were there, and he taught the multitudes from Simon’s boat.
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- LUK 5:1–11, engwebp
  ¹Now while the multitude pressed on him and heard the word of God, he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret.
  ²He saw two boats standing by the lake, but the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets.
  ³He entered into one of the boats, which was Simon’s, and asked him to put out a little from the land. He sat down and taught the multitudes from the boat.
  ⁴When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.”
  ⁵Simon answered him, “Master, we worked all night and caught nothing; but at your word I will let down the net.”
  ⁶When they had done this, they caught a great multitude of fish, and their net was breaking.
  ⁷They beckoned to their partners in the other boat, that they should come and help them. They came and filled both boats, so that they began to sink.
  ⁸But Simon Peter, when he saw it, fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, “Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, Lord.”
  ⁹For he was amazed, and all who were with him, at the catch of fish which they had caught;
  ¹⁰and so also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. Jesus said to Simon, “Don’t be afraid. From now on you will be catching people alive.”
  ¹¹When they had brought their boats to land, they left everything, and followed him.
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Mark 1:16 and Matthew 4:18 call the place where Jesus saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net into the sea the sea of Galilee.
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- MAT 4:18–22, engwebp
  ¹⁸Walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers: Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew, his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen.
  ¹⁹He said to them, “Come after me, and I will make you fishers for men.”
  ²⁰They immediately left their nets and followed him.
  ²¹Going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets. He called them.
  ²²They immediately left the boat and their father, and followed him.
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- MRK 1:16–20, engwebp
  ¹⁶Passing along by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew, the brother of Simon, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.
  ¹⁷Jesus said to them, “Come after me, and I will make you into fishers for men.”
  ¹⁸Immediately they left their nets, and followed him.
  ¹⁹Going on a little further from there, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who were also in the boat mending the nets.
  ²⁰Immediately he called them, and they left their father, Zebedee, in the boat with the hired servants, and went after him.
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Matthew 14:34 calls the land they came to, having crossed over, the land of Gennesaret, and Mark 6:53 says that when they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret.
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- MAT 14:34–36, engwebp
  ³⁴When they had crossed over, they came to the land of Gennesaret.
  ³⁵When the people of that place recognized him, they sent into all that surrounding region and brought to him all who were sick;
  ³⁶and they begged him that they might just touch the fringe of his garment. As many as touched it were made whole.
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- MRK 6:53–56, engwebp
  ⁵³When they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret and moored to the shore.
  ⁵⁴When they had come out of the boat, immediately the people recognized him,
  ⁵⁵and ran around that whole region, and began to bring those who were sick on their mats to where they heard he was.
  ⁵⁶Wherever he entered—into villages, or into cities, or into the country—they laid the sick in the marketplaces and begged him that they might just touch the fringe of his garment; and as many as touched him were made well.
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Luke 5:1 calls the lake Gennesaret and does not say whether it is the sea of Galilee or how it is related to the land of Gennesaret. This collection records the lake of Gennesaret apart and does not decide whether it is either of those places.

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Matched to OpenBible.info’s “Gennesaret” by name and 1 shared verse. The leading identification is El Ghuweir (confidence 1000 of 1000). The dataset gives no point for it, only the region, river or route it lies in or along, so no point is drawn for it.

AI-assisted source review; human approval pending, 2026-09-29

El Ghuweir
OpenBible.info confidence 1000 of 1000 (current scholarship)
32.86056, 35.50722
OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, “Gennesaret” (CC BY 4.0)

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Narrated location (1) — By the lake of Gennesaret: the great catch, and “From now on you will be catching people alive”

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Now while the multitude pressed on him and heard the word of God, he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret.

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Entry: the lake of Gennesaret (place-lake-gennesaret)
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Current wording: Named at Luke 5:1, where Jesus is standing by the lake of Gennesaret while the multitude presses on him and hears the word of God; at 5:2–3 he sees two boats standing by the lake, enters Simon’s boat and teaches the multitudes from the boat.
Cited evidence: LUK 5:1–11, engwebp
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