Bible Trivia - 7/9/008

Question: What was another name for the Sea of Galilee during the time of Jesus’ ministry?

Answer: Lake Gennesaret. (Luke 5:1)

Comments: Jesus spent much of his ministry near the Sea of Galilee. It is Israel's largest freshwater lake. The Sea of Galilee is known by four names in Scripture: the Sea of Galilee, the lake of Genneseret (Luke 5:1), the sea of Chinnereth (Numbers 34:11; Joshua 13:27), and the sea of Tiberius (John 6:1).

Now it happened that while the crowd was pressing around Him and listening to the word of God, He was standing by the lake of Gennesaret; (Luke 5:1, NASB)