. Hurlbut's Life of Christ for young and old . Approach to Jenisalem, from the railroad station on the southwest 147. Jewish fishermen by the Sea of Galilee 148 jFour Jfisijermen Calleb CHAPTER 23 THE PLACE which Jesus chose for his home, afterbeing driven away from Nazareth, was Caper-naum. This was a large city on the northwesternshore of the Sea of Gahlee. Only one city beside thelake was larger—Tiberias. That was a new city, builtby Herod, the ruler of Galilee, and named after theEmperor Tiberius at Rome. But Tiberias was not aJewish city. It contained temples to idols, its peoplewere fore
. Hurlbut's Life of Christ for young and old . Approach to Jenisalem, from the railroad station on the southwest 147. Jewish fishermen by the Sea of Galilee 148 jFour Jfisijermen Calleb CHAPTER 23 THE PLACE which Jesus chose for his home, afterbeing driven away from Nazareth, was Caper-naum. This was a large city on the northwesternshore of the Sea of Gahlee. Only one city beside thelake was larger—Tiberias. That was a new city, builtby Herod, the ruler of Galilee, and named after theEmperor Tiberius at Rome. But Tiberias was not aJewish city. It contained temples to idols, its peoplewere foreigners, and very few Jews were willing to livemthin its walls. Then, too, Herod Antipas lived therein a palace which he had built, and Jesus did not wish?to be near Herod. But Capernaum was a Jewish city, and Jesus feltthat his work was to be among the Jews. At least fourof the early followers of Jesus lived in Capernaum; twopair of brothers, Simon and Andrew, the sons of Jonas;and James and John, the sons of Zebedee. These fourmen were partners with Zebedee in the fishing owned a number of fishin
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