Galilee Orientation

We spent about three days in the area around the Sea of Galilee.  Scripture speaks often of this area, so let's take a look at it! On this map you will see Megiddo and Nazareth, two cities we have already discussed.  Following visits there, we traveled eastward to the Sea of Galilee, where Tiberias became …

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Nazareth, Boyhood Home of Jesus

While traveling eastward toward the Galilee area, we passed through Nazareth, the boyhood home of Jesus.  Today, what was once a tiny Jewish village is now a predominantly Palestinian Arab city of 70,000, known by some as "the Arab capital of Israel." Luke 4:16-30 provides the account of Jesus returning to Nazareth as an adult …

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Nazareth

Jesus's boyhood home. A city of 100-150 then. A city of 100's of 1000's today, predominately Muslim.