Two Places for Multiplication of Bread & Fish

Tabgha and Hippos (Photo)

Church floor mosaics from Tabgha and Hippos preserve details from the Greek version of Gospel of Mark about two different types of baskets (for broken pieces): KOPHINOS (without handles) in Tabgha and SPYRIS (with handles) in Hippos

Location:

Two floor mosaics of churches in Tabgha and Hippos

Historical Period:

Churches built in 4th-cenury

Archaeological Highlights:

Two places of Multiplicatios of Bread and Fish had been localized

Gospel Connection:

Mk 8:1-9, Mk 8:20

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Images from LEFT TO RIGHT → The Floor Mosaic in the Church of Multiplication of Tabgha

The mosaic in Tabgha shows a handleless basket full of bread and two large fish. Handleless baskets were called kophinoi in Greek. The same word is used in the Gospel of Mark.

→ The Floor Mosaic in the Burnt Church in Hippos

The mosaic from the opposite side of the Sea of Galilee, in Hippos, was discovered by Prof. Michael Eisenberg team. It shows a basket with handles, called spyris in Greek, and a group of small fish. This matches the Greek wording in the Gospel of Mark and may refer to sardines, which live in the eastern part of the Sea of Galilee.

These ideas come from Bargil Pixner who knew the Gospel of Mark in Greek by heart.

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