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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge on John 6:23

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · Cross-reference reference work
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there: Joh 6:24 Tiberias: Tiberias was a celebrated city of Galilee, on the western shore of the lake to which it gave name, so called because built by Herod Agrippa in honour of the emperor Tiberius; distant 30 furlongs from Hippos, 60 from Gadara, 120 from Scythopolis, and 30 from Tarichea. It is still called Tabaria, or Tabbareeah, by the natives, is situated close to the edge of the lake, has tolerably high but ill-built walls on three of its sides, flanked with circular towers, and is of nearly a quadrangular form, according to Pococke, containing a population estimated at from 2,000 to 4,000 souls. Joh 6:1 where: Joh 6:11, Joh 6:12 John 6:24
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