The Galilee boat
The kind of boat the Gospels put Jesus and the disciples in has been found, dated, and can be walked around.
Fakapapau'i 'e he keliMe'a1st century BC – 1st century AD
A fishing boat eight metres long, built of twelve kinds of wood and much repaired, found in the mud when the lake dropped. Radiocarbon and construction date it to the first century. It carried a crew of five and could hold about fifteen people.
And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him.
- Na'e 'ilo'i
- Lake bed of the Sea of Galilee, near Kibbutz Ginosar, Israel, 1986 — Exposed by drought; excavated by Shelley Wachsmann and colleagues
- 'Oku tauhi 'i
- Yigal Allon Museum, Ginosar, Israel
- Na'e a'u mai fēfē kiate kitautolu
- Na'e keli hake, pe 'oku kei tu'u 'i he potu na'e langa ai.
Ko e me'a 'oku ne fakahā
It is a boat of the right lake and the right century. There is no connection to any individual, and none is claimed.
Founga hono ngāue'aki 'e he kau hisitōlia
A significant find in ancient shipbuilding, studied for its hull construction and repairs.
'I he Folofola
Fekau'aki mo
Ngaahi ma'u'anga fakamatala
- Wachsmann, The Sea of Galilee Boat (1995)
'Oku 'i he lea faka-Pilitānia 'a e ngaahi fakamatala ko 'eni he taimi ni. 'E muimui mai 'a e liliu.