Magdala
Debated~500 m
- Modern identification
- Magdala · Western Sea of Galilee
- Coordinates
- 32.8256, 35.5164
Magdala is sometimes linked to Magadan through textual or geographic proposals, but the equivalence is uncertain.
What happened at Magdala
- The brief visit to magadan (dalmanutha) in Galilee and the sharp attack by the Pharisees and the Sadducees (note their appearance now against Jesus)
Mark 8:10-12; Matthew 15:39-16:4
Magadan/Dalmanutha has not been securely located. The map point is deliberately low-confidence. The ancient location is unknown. The point represents a proposed western-lakeshore vicinity and is not an identification.