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This small fresh-water lake in the north of what is now known as Israel is called the Sea of Galilee, a name that seems to have originated with Mark's Gospel, possibly to help readers understand where the lake was and, by calling it a sea, emphasise the drama of events occuring there. Of course, the Gospels of Matthew and Luke followed Mark in using this name. John's Gospel uses this name one time (verse 6:1) but explains that this is actually the sea of Tiberias. The lake was known to Jews as the Lake of Gennesaret and to Romans as Lake Tiberias.

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