Around the Sea of Galilee
Today we explore the Sea of Galilee. Looking east across the sea on a sand storm hazy morning.
A few minutes later around the sea on the Golan Heights side.
Our first stop is a private boat (aka dingy) cruise on the sea.
With all of 6 horse power. LOL.
But the views were very nice.
Looking back at Tiberias on the western shore of the sea.
Our next stop was Capernaum, where Peter lived. After Jesus left Nazareth, he moved to Capernaum and lived there for the last three years of his life. Capernaum was a fishing village on the northern shore of the Sea of Galilee. It had a population of about 1,500 during the Roman/Byzantine times. Archaeological excavations uncovered the large village, two ancient synagogues built one over the other and a Judeo-Christian church marking the home where Jesus lived.
Mt. of Beatitudes was the place where Jesus delivered his Sermon on the Mount.
The church was built on 1927.
Tabgha is a modern church which sits on the remains of Byzantine and Crusader churches on the shore of the Sea of Galilee. It is believed to be where Jesus fed the multitudes with bread and fish (Miracle of the Multiplication of the Fishes and the Loaves.
And then a quick stop at a kibbutz which houses the remains of a 2,000 year old boat. Interesting to see and hear the story of how if was found and restored.
Magdala is another archaeological sites. During the construction of a Christian Visitors’ Center a few years ago, archaeologists discovered a 1st century CE synagogue in the ancient village of Magdala, where Mary Magdalene was from.
