Houses (Jewish)

First-century Jewish homes in Galilee were modest, stone-built dwellings centered on family life, purity practices, and hospitality—simple yet deeply woven into the social and spiritual world reflected in the Gospel of Luke.

People, Places, and Things

Houses (Jewish)

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People, Places, and Things

Lysanias

Lysanias, tetrarch of Abilene in the early 1st century AD, was a minor ruler in the Anti-Lebanon region whose mention in the Gospel of Luke, later confirmed by inscriptions, anchors the gospel narrative firmly within Roman-era history.

Elizabeth

Elizabeth, the righteous and faithful wife of Zechariah, is the mother of John the Baptist, whose miraculous late-in-life pregnancy testifies to God’s power and faithfulness in preparing the way for Jesus.

Jerusalem

In the first century, Jerusalem was the religious and cultural heart of Judaism, the political flashpoint of Roman-occupied Judea, and the pivotal stage for events that shaped both Jewish and Christian history.

The Lake of Gennesaret

In the first century AD, the Lake of Gennesaret—also known as the Sea of Galilee—was a fertile, storm-prone freshwater lake that served as the economic and spiritual heart of Galilee, supporting thriving fishing towns like Capernaum and providing the setting for many key events in Jesus’ ministry.

The Ceremony of Circumcion

Jewish boys were circumcised on the eighth day as a commanded sign of God’s covenant with Abraham, marking their entry into the covenant community through a sacred ceremony where the child was named and blessed.

Mary (Mother of Jesus)

Mary, a humble Jewish woman from Nazareth, was divinely chosen to bear Jesus through the Holy Spirit, embodying faith and obedience within the cultural and religious context of first-century Judaism.