Part of the foundation of Herod the Great\u2019s palace at Caesarea Maritima, on the Mediterranean coast of Israel. The apostle Paul was imprisoned in the still-unsubmerged portion of this palace when he was interrogated by Felix and Herod Agrippa. From here, he was sent to Rome. \u00a0(Wikimedia Commons)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
We were up very early this morning for the first day of this year\u2019s Israel tour, driving through ancient Jaffa\/Joppa\/Yafo, and then up to Caesarea Maritima, where, among other things, we walked around in the ancient theater, Herod\u2019s palace, the hippodrome, and the more recent Muslim section. \u00a0Then we visited the Roman aqueduct that provided fresh water to the city, and drove up to the traditional location of the prophet Elijah\u2019s contest with the priests of Baal. \u00a0After lunch at a Druze-owned restaurant in Daliyat al-Karmel, we walked around the site of ancient Sepphoris, where (with others) I hypothesize\u00a0that Jesus and Joseph labored as construction workers. \u00a0From Sepphoris, we went to Nazareth, where we visited the \u201cSynagogue Church,\u201d the Basilica of the Annunciation, and the traditional Mount Precipice, from which\u00a0the enraged population of Nazareth attempted to throw Jesus to his death. \u00a0(I don\u2019t think it\u2019s the right location, but it offers a spectacular view of the Jezreel Valley, the village of [the Widow of] Nain, Mount Tabor, Nazareth itself, and . . . Mount Carmel.) \u00a0We then drove through the traditional village of Cana, where Jesus turned water into wine, and past the Horns of Hattin, where Saladin (Salah al-Din) decisively defeated the Crusaders on 4 July 1187, to our hotel on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee.<\/p>\n
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What an inexhaustibly fascinating place this is!<\/p>\n
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Posted from Tiberias, Israel<\/p>\n
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