What is the size of the Sea of Galilee?

Answer 1

The Sea of Galilee is approximately 33 miles in circumference, about 13 miles long, and eight miles wide.

AnswerA large-scale map shows the Sea of Galilee (also known as Lake Tiberias) as being an irregularly shaped, fresh-water lake, approximately 12km at its widest, and roughly 21 km (~ 13 miles) north to south. In the third century, Porphyry described the Sea of Galilee: "Experts in the truth of these places report that there is no sea there, though they do refer to a small, river-fed lake at the foot of the mountains in Galilee near the city Tiberius, a lake easily traversed in small canoes in no more than two hours and insufficiently capacious for waves or storms."

Answer 2

The Sea of Galilee, also known as the Lake of Gennesaret, Lake Kinneret, Sea of Tiberias or Tiberias Lake is the largest freshwater lake in Israel, and it is approximately 53 km (33 miles) in circumference, about 21 km (13 miles) long, and 13 km (8 miles) wide.

Answer 3

At its widest point around eight miles, (13 kms).

Answer 4

700,000,000 ft

Answer 5

At the widest part the freshwater lake is 8 miles across and longest stretch is 13 miles north to south. The area where Jesus would have crossed in Mark 4 is about 5 miles.