The land and the Book; or, Biblical illustrations drawn from the manners and customs, the scenes and scenery of the Holy Land . cky channel, about a mile north of the Mujamia,and it is also spanned by a strong stone bridge. Farther upthe river is a ruined site called Dalhamia or could make Dalmanutha out of this word, if the geog-raphy of the New Testament would admit the location hereof that place, to which our Lord came on his return fromCaosarea Pliilippi (Banias) through the midst of the coasts ofDecapolis.^ This journey of our Saviour appears to havebeen unusually extended an
The land and the Book; or, Biblical illustrations drawn from the manners and customs, the scenes and scenery of the Holy Land . cky channel, about a mile north of the Mujamia,and it is also spanned by a strong stone bridge. Farther upthe river is a ruined site called Dalhamia or could make Dalmanutha out of this word, if the geog-raphy of the New Testament would admit the location hereof that place, to which our Lord came on his return fromCaosarea Pliilippi (Banias) through the midst of the coasts ofDecapolis.^ This journey of our Saviour appears to havebeen unusually extended and very circuitous. Departingfrom Tyre and Sidon, he came to this lake, not by the directroute, but, going first to Banias, he then made a circuitthrough the region of Decapolis, on the east of the lake and tlie Jordan. Now, if he visited Jerash, Pella, Gadara, andHippos, he might return by this Dalhamia on his way home,or might come hither by boat, as Mark states. It must beremembered, however, that Matthew says Jesus came intothe coasts of Magdala^ after the very same miracle mention- » Mark vii. 31. = Matt. xv. 39. i i. V <m DALM^INUTIIA—THE JOKUAN. 63 ed by Mark, just before he came to Dalmanutlia; and thiswant of correspondence (for it is not a contradiction) betweenthe two records my geographical knowledge does not yetenable me to clear up. It is generally supposed that thename in Mark is an error, and ought to be corrected intoMagdala. This solution I do not accept. It is certain thatbut a very few points in this long journey are mentioned byany of the evangelists, and Jesus may well have gone toboth Magdala and Dalmanutha; and since he must havepassed very near to this Dalhamia (as it is now called), it isnot unlikely that he visited it. At any rate, there is abun-dant room in the country, and in the narratives, for a Dal-manutha, and I see no good reason for supposing that Markhas fallen into a geographical error. If this Dalhamia is notit, I confidently expect th
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