Biblical places
Sea of Galilee
The lake where most of Jesus' Galilee ministry took place, with Capernaum and other villages along its shore.
Sources and location confidence
- Location confidence
- Very High
- Sea of Galilee
- 32.8331, 35.5911
A lake whose location is geographically well-established.
Related Bible passages
These are selected indexed references, not an exhaustive list of every mention in the Bible.
Matthew 4:18
And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.
Mark 1:16
Now as he walked by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew his brother casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.
Luke 5:1
And it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret,
John 6:1
After these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias.
Matthew 15:29
And Jesus departed from thence, and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee; and went up into a mountain, and sat down there.
Mark 7:30
And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he came unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis.
John 21:1
After these things Jesus shewed himself again to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias; and on this wise shewed he himself.