Galilee

Our next stop in the Holy Land trip was for 3 nights up in Galilee.  We stayed in the city of Tiberias, on the SW side.  It is the main city on the lake but also not mentioned as a place that Jesus ever went to.

 We went up to Mt Arabel on the western shore.  Right behind Natalie is the little town of Magdala, where Mary Magdalene is from.  To the west on the next hill is where one of the biggest crusade castle was built; and where the turning point battle it the crusades took place. Up to the top right of the picture is Capernum, where Peter lived and Jesus spent much of his time.

 This synagog is built on the foundation of the one that Jesus preached many of his sermons at in Capernum.  Right next to it is the excavated house of Peter, known from an inscription on a column of the proper period.

 This beach on the Sea of Galilee is where tradition holds that Jesus set out from many times, to call the fishermen as apostles, and is right below where the sermon on the mount was given.

We traveled up to Mount Carmel also.  This is looking out from it eastward to Mount Tabor.  Jesus went up to Carmel several times, and it is also where many Old Testament stories happened, such as Elijah calling down fire from heaven on the sacrifice and then slaying the priests of Baal.