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May 11, 2024 · Nazareth, historic city of Lower Galilee, in northern Israel; it is the largest Arab city of the country. In the New Testament Nazareth is associated with Jesus as his boyhood home, and in its synagogue he preached the sermon that led to his rejection by his fellow townsmen. The city is now a centre of Christian pilgrimage.
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Jul 22, 2020 · Nazareth may be best known for its famous ancient resident — Jesus — but as British-Israeli archaeologist Yardenna Alexandre notes in this week’s The Times of Israel Podcast, the once small...
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His parents came to Bethlehem as census travelers. He was born in noble Bethlehem, but this is not where they would stay. Mary and Joseph returned to their hometown (Matthew 2:23). And after they took their child up to Jerusalem to dedicate him, “they returned into Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth” (Luke 2:39). So also, after his memorable vi...
Among Jews, Nazareth’s reputation was poor enough, but outside Israel, the town wasn’t even known. Which is why each of the Gospel writers had to explain what Nazareth was — a town in Galilee — when they first mentioned it (Matthew 2:23; Mark 1:9; Luke 1:26). Today we sing about the little town of Bethlehem, but Bethlehem, humble as it was compared...
But Nazareth’s story did not end in dishonor. His Father saw fit not only to redeem a fallen race, but also a disgraced moniker, when he raised the Nazarene from the dead. Now the risen Christ is indeed “Jesus of Nazareth” — not in shame but unparalleled glory. First it came from the angel at the tomb: “Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth...
God himself grew up in a forgotten town in Galilee. He came down from Jerusalem, and went down in self-humbling, and down into the tomb, and then took Nazareth up with him in his triumph. And how many of us today, in adolescent immaturity, harbor a kind of mild contempt for our Nazareths, suspecting in our unchastened arrogance that we have ascende...
Jul 17, 2023 · The first mention of Nazareth in the Bible is found in the early chapters of the New Testament in the story of Jesus’ birth. The Old Testament does not reference Nazareth by name in any of its thirty-nine books. Neither does the historian Josephus. There could be several explanations for this.
The town is not named in the Old Testament, although the presence of a spring and the convenience of the site make it probable that the place was occupied in old times.
The town is not named in the Old Testament, although the presence of a spring and the convenience of the site make it probable that the place was occupied in old times. Quaresimus learned that the ancient name was Medina Abiat, in which we may recognize the Arabic el-Medinat el-baidtah, "the white town."
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24/11/2023. What We Know About Nazareth at the Time of Jesus. Antal Ligeti, “Nazareth,” 1862 (photo: Public Domain) The New Testament accounts of Nazareth are roundly supported by archaeological evidence. Dave Armstrong, November 24, 2023 – National Catholic Register. Nazareth was a very small town when Jesus was born.
