A dictionary of the . pot of manna was dis-covered, recalling the words of Jesus:Your fathers did eat manna in thewilderness, and are dead. John 6: Tell Hum is Capernaum, then thissynagogue was doubtless the one which northward along the bank, on whichseveral springs and the remains of build-in ir s nre to be seen, until it reaches Telllimn. From thence northward to Kera-zeh, probably Chorazin, is about 2 miles,and there are traces of a paved roadwhich connected the city with the greatcaravan-road to Damascus. Followingthe shore of the lake to the north-westabout 2 miles, where t
A dictionary of the . pot of manna was dis-covered, recalling the words of Jesus:Your fathers did eat manna in thewilderness, and are dead. John 6: Tell Hum is Capernaum, then thissynagogue was doubtless the one which northward along the bank, on whichseveral springs and the remains of build-in ir s nre to be seen, until it reaches Telllimn. From thence northward to Kera-zeh, probably Chorazin, is about 2 miles,and there are traces of a paved roadwhich connected the city with the greatcaravan-road to Damascus. Followingthe shore of the lake to the north-westabout 2 miles, where the Jordan emp-ties into the Sea ofGalilee, is Abu Zany,which Dr. Thomsonregards as Beth-saida, the birthplaceof Peter and An-drew. The ruin ofall these cities has! been so complete asto render their verysites doubtful, andstrikingly to remindus of the fearful pre-diction of our Lordconcerning 11:21-23. CAPHTOR{chajjlet), the origi-raiins at Tell Hum. (From a Photograph. Palestine Exploration Fund.) nSi\ home of the. the pious Roman centurion built, Luke7:1-10, and in which Jesus taught. North of the town are two tombs, onebuilt under ground of limestone blocksafter the hard basaltic rock had been cutaway ; the other above ground and white-washed within and without, as in ourLords day. Matt. 23 : 27. The road from Khan Mini/eh to TellHum now leads over the rocks at someheight above the lake. It is a narrowpath, more like an ancient conduit thana road. From this height the view ex-tends to Tiberias. A short distancefrom Khan Minyeh by the seashore isAin et-Tin, or Fig Spring (whichDr. Robinson erroneously identified withthe spring Kapharnaum, mentioned byJosephus). A mile farther north is thecharming bay Et-Tabighah, by whichsome locate western Bethsaida, but atwhich, more probably, was the suburband harbor of Capernaum ; here is avery copious fountain abounding infish (probably the Kapharnaum ofJosephus), and a large stream whichturns a mill and once watered, througha
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