Readers of the Gospels or those interested in the history of the early Church will benefit from the author's lived experience in excavating Bethsaida and will come to know the significance of this site for New Testament studies.

Chapters are "Bethsaida Prior to the New Testament", "Home of the Apostles", "Across the Sea ... to Bethsaida", "Fishing Village", "Houses of Fisherman and Others", "Philip as Ruler", "The Founding of Bethsaida-Julias", "The Disciples of John the Baptist", "The Multiplication of Loaves and Fishes", "The Healing of the Blind Man", "Woe Saying Against Bethsaida", "Early Christian Community in Bethsaida", "The Gathering of Sayings of Jesus", and "The Destruction of Bethsaida".

Maps of particular places of importance and other illustrative materials are included.