. In His footsteps : a record of travel to and in the land of Christ : with an attempt to mark the Lord's journeyings in chronological order from His birth to His Ascension . uild a village such a life, with its leisure and its toil, with its sim-plicity and its sublimity, he goes out to preach to all whowill hearliim the Gospel of the kingdom. Geikie, Life of Christ. ^ Across Esdraelon, opposite to Nazareth, there emerged from the Samaritan hillsthe road from Jerus;ilem, thronged annually with pilgrims, and the road from Egypt,with its merchants going up and down. The IMidianite ca
. In His footsteps : a record of travel to and in the land of Christ : with an attempt to mark the Lord's journeyings in chronological order from His birth to His Ascension . uild a village such a life, with its leisure and its toil, with its sim-plicity and its sublimity, he goes out to preach to all whowill hearliim the Gospel of the kingdom. Geikie, Life of Christ. ^ Across Esdraelon, opposite to Nazareth, there emerged from the Samaritan hillsthe road from Jerus;ilem, thronged annually with pilgrims, and the road from Egypt,with its merchants going up and down. The IMidianite caravans could be watched formiles coming up from the fords of Jordan; and the caravans from Damascus woundround the foot of the hill on which Nazareth stands. Or, if the village boys climbed thenorthern edge of their hollow home, there was another road within sight, where thecompanies were still more brilliant—the highway between Acre and Damascus, alongwhich legions marched and princes swept with their retinues and all sorts of travelersfrom all countries went to and fro.—George Adam Smith, The Historical Geographyof the Holy Land. 4 45 Skitch Map HOST TMUS MmiSTM. First Years Ministry CHAPTER III. First Years Ministry, January to December, A. D. 27. Itinerary on Map.—Nazareth to Jordan—VVildeniess—Cana—Capernaum—Jerusalem—Cana through Judea and Galilee—Nazareth—Capernaum—Circuit through Galilee—Capernaum. FROM NAZARETH TO THE JORDAN. Baptism of Jesus, . . Matt, iii, 13-17; Mark i, 9-11; Luke iii, 21, 22. THE route which Jesus chose to the Jordan is not known,though it is not unlikely that he crossed to the east side ofthe river, just south of the Sea of Galilee, and followed itdown to the place where John was baptizing. According tothe gospel of John (i, 28) the scene of the baptism was Beth-abara, or Bethany (not the Bethany east of Jerusalem), butthere is no means of knowing its exact location. Al-most every conceivable opinion is held by one or mores
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