I drove to Nazareth, Megiddo, and Sepphoris. Eventually you see the pictures show up in sermons and classes.
Nazareth is a zoo. In conjures up images of a sleepy, rural village. In reality, it is a huge, crowded city with small streets built on a series of steep hills and valleys. Nothing like it was in Jesus’ time. Here is what I saw a great deal of:
That would be cars not moving.
Here’s a little what it looks like from up above (if the picture looks fuzzy, it was a very hazy day):
On the flip side, Sepphoris is a little visited site of a 1century Roman/Greek town that is just over the hill from Nazareth. The homes were filled with beautiful mosaics. I think it likely that both Jesus and his earthly dad worked here. Interesting to see the ruins of houses God’s Son might have helped build.
Al
