ISRAEL PHOTOS III  -- A COLLECTION OF PHOTOS FROM ISRAEL 

WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF SCENES AND SITES PERTINENT TO THE STUDY OF CHRISTIANITY

MODERN FISHING VESSELS


Modern fishing vessel from Kibbutz En Gev on the lake near Tiberias (January 2006)


Tiberias, April 2005

These boats were used by fisherman who fished at night.

I was able to find a boat and fishing crew setting out as the last light of day was fading from the sky.


Tiberias, July 2006


Night Fishing, April 2005, Tiberias



Fishing crew returning from fishing early in the morning, January 2006

Jesus attracted a following as a result of his teaching. Four fishermen named Peter, Andrew, James and John followed him. Once Peter was fishing all night with his crew and caught nothing. God intervened and Jesus told them to let down there nets to try again. Peter and crew hauled in a large catch as a result of following his advice. Another time Jesus taught that one who has begun to plow should plow and not look back. This is not to exalt idle folly. The work was hard, but worse circumstances arose from not working at all.

Jesus also taught a tax collector named Matthew. Tax collectors were amongst the wealthy of their day. A member of the Jewish Grand Sanhedrin in Jerusalem named Nicodemus followed Jesus. Joanna the wife of Chuza, King Herod's steward supported Jesus. Rabbis during the time of Christ sometimes worked jobs to gain income as the teaching did not pay enough. Jesus and his disciples could not be at their jobs much of the time and accepted some support from the community as Jesus did not charge for his teaching. At times God poured out a blessing upon them such as a boat load of fish or other miraculous provision. People followed Jesus because they saw miracles.

Photo of a man in Joppa mending a fishing net

Parable of the Mustard Seed
     A Mustard Field Along Highway 87-North Shore of Galilee
     Mustard Seeds in the Palm of a Hand
     Mustard Flowers
     Giant Mustard
     Upper Most Seats of the Synagogue
The Fig Tree
     Mt of Olives Fig Tree, April 12-13, 2005
     Fig and Pomegranite Trees Below Siloam in Jerusalem
     Sycomore Fig Tree
The Good Shepherd
The Parable of the Sheep and the Goats
     Goat Herder
Camels
Ritual Cleansing
Shechem
     The Olive Harvest of Samaria
     Mt. Ebal
     Olive Tree
Pearl of Great Price
A First Century Synagogue at Gamala
     Overview of Gamala
Modern Galilee Fishing Boats
Kursi
     Caves and/or Tombs
     Steep Slope Near Kursi
Hippos
Feeding the 5,000
     On the Mountain
     Walking on Water
     Ramot-Tzelon area
Mt. Hermon
The Pools of Bethesda in Jerusalem
     Healing Pools
     Crusader Chapel and St. Ann Church
Pool of Siloam in Jerusalem
     Hezekiah's Tunnel
     Overlook to Siloam
Tower of Siloam
A Watch Tower in a Vineyard/Olive Grove
     Grape Vines at Beth Horan
     Towers
Mt. Precipice
     South Face
     Summit
     Over the edge
     Measuring Line
     View of Nazareth from near Megiddo
Nazareth
     The Basilica of the Annunciation
Capernaum
Healing a Paralytic in Capernaum
Bethsaida
Waterskins and Wineskins
The Fish and the Coin
     Barbel
A Denarius
Casting Out a Demon
The Road to Jericho
     Old Roman Road
     Wilderness Above Jericho
     Old Jericho
Western Wall
Gethsemane and the Cave of Gethsemane
Church of the Holy Sepulcher
Rolling Stone Tombs - Jerusalem
    Other Rolling Stone Tombs
Tiberias
Solar Power in Israel
Salt of the earth
Chorazin

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Israel Photos IV -- Pilgrimage

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