The Holy Land and the Bible; . -, and customsof the people round the lake in old times. We still go down fromCana to Capernaum ; ^ Safed is a city set on an Jiill, and might have 1 John vi. 21, 22,59; Matt, ; Mark vi. 53. 2 Land of Israel, \^.4A2. 3 Matt. ix. 9. 5. 5 John iv. Ancient Koman Aqueduct at Klian Menieli. From a Drawing by E. S. Cutnoert. (See page 560.) X^^^-J KHAN MINIEH, KHEKSA, CHORAZIN. 561 been pointed to from Ilattin when the words were uttered/ though,indeed, ahnost all the towns and villages of Palestine are on allusioDS to the fate of the
The Holy Land and the Bible; . -, and customsof the people round the lake in old times. We still go down fromCana to Capernaum ; ^ Safed is a city set on an Jiill, and might have 1 John vi. 21, 22,59; Matt, ; Mark vi. 53. 2 Land of Israel, \^.4A2. 3 Matt. ix. 9. 5. 5 John iv. Ancient Koman Aqueduct at Klian Menieli. From a Drawing by E. S. Cutnoert. (See page 560.) X^^^-J KHAN MINIEH, KHEKSA, CHORAZIN. 561 been pointed to from Ilattin when the words were uttered/ though,indeed, ahnost all the towns and villages of Palestine are on allusioDS to the fate of the seed as it falls from the hand of thesower; to the merchant seeking goodly pearls; to the fishers craft onthe lake; and all else in the sacred narrative, are always absolutelytrue to nature and fact. Even apparent contradictions to what may besupposed to be Oriental mamaers, such as the mention of women aspresent in public, notwithstanding the usual Eastern seclusion of thesex,2 are true to life, for at this very day, the great excitements of life—a funeral, wedding, feast, or market—attract women and children insuch numbers that they often form the majority of the spectators orparticipants. In summer, on account of the heat and moisture, the shores of theLake of Galilee are very much tr
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