Nazareth

Nazareth.

The city of the holy Family.

Inhabitants or natives

Genealogical tree of Jesus.

Jesus and his Family

Jesus, the Virgin Mary, his mother, Saint Joseph, his foster father, Anne and Joachim, his maternal grandparents, Alphaeus of Jacob, Jesus' uncle, his uncle, Alphaeus of Simon, nephew of Jesus, his nephew.

His cousins

James the son of Alphaeus, the apostle, Joseph of Alphaeus, Jude the son of Alphaeus (Thaddeus), the apostle, Simon of Alphaeus.

The inhabitants

Alphaeus of Sarah, Asa the donkey-driver, Ishmael the donkey-driver, Benjamin, Eliakim, Esther and Samuel the unworthy son, Simeon, Levi the synagogue leader.

Description

The house of the holy Family

"Here is your house, Mary," said Joseph pointing with the whip to a small house located exactly at the bottom of a hill undulation and which has, behind it, a well and vast garden full of flowers ending with a very small olive tree. Further on, the usual hawthorn and cactus hedge marks the boundary of the property. The fields, formerly Joachim’s, are further away.

"You've got little left," said Zacharias. "Your father’s illness was long and costly. Also costly were the expenses for repairs, the damage done by Rome. You see, the road cut off the three main outbuildings and the house was reduced. To enlarge it without heavy expense, part of the hill that forms a cave was used. Joachim kept provisions there and Anne her tools. You will do what you think best."

… And Joseph shows her his work: "You see, here, I made this hole to collect the Water from rain, because these vines are always thirsty. I cut the oldest branches from that olive tree to rejuvenate it. I planted these apple trees because two had died, and there I put fig trees. When they grow, they will protect the house from too fierce a sun and prying eyes. There is the old arbor, I only replaced the rotten supports and worked with the cisterns. I hope it will bear a lot of grapes. And there, look," and proudly he leads her to the slope rising behind the house that marks the boundary of the orchard, "and there I dug a small cave and supported it, and when these young plants grow, it will be about as large as the one you had. The spring is gone... but I hope to bring a trickle of water. I will work on summer evenings when I come to see you..."

"When coming from Sephoris, you enter Nazareth from the northwest side, that is, by the highest and most rocky route. The amphitheater, on which Nazareth extends in terraces, appears entirely when one reaches the ridge of the last hill coming from Sephoris, which descends rather quickly through ravines towards the small city. The place where Jesus is is the exact point where his fellow townspeople tried to stone him and where he stopped them by his power to pass through them."

"A stone seat is against the house."

Jesus himself describes Galilee and his town: . (Learn more about this place)

Significant events

The Annunciation to Mary (divine conception of Jesus).

The unbelief of the Nazarenes turns into hostility during the Passion:

"Oh! No. Many, even from Nazareth, insulted him. It is known. What a shame!"

Its name

תנצר (Nasareth).; Nazareth (Naşèrèt) may mean "verdant" or "guardian" - Other names: Nazara, Nasirah, En Nasira, Japhia, Mash-had, en-Nasirah, Nazerat, Nazareth of(in) Galilee, Yafti en Nasra.

Where is it mentioned in the work?

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EMV 562 EMV 566 EMV 596 EMV 599
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Learn more about this place

Sanctuary of the Holy House at Loreto.

Notebooks of 1943 : Relics given by heaven :

"Jesus said: Can you say that I have not loved this land (Italy) where I brought the Relics of my life and of my death: the house of Nazareth where I was conceived in a radiant embrace between the divine Spirit and the Virgin, and the Shroud on which the sweat of my death imprinted the mark of my pain, endured for humanity?"

Grotto in the Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth.

According to Maria Valtorta, these two Relics would thus be authenticated. For the House of Nazareth, it is about the translation of this house to Loreto (Loreto) in Italy, in the 13th century. The site mariedeNazareth.com clarifies this point: it concerns the maritime transfer from Palestine to Italy, by the Angeli family, of the house of Nazareth during the conversion of the Nazarenes to Islam. The importance of the event and the similarity of "Angeli" with the Angels, gave rise to a legendary tale.

Excerpt from the Geographical Dictionary of the Gospel Salton Maria Valtorta, by Jean-François Lavère :

The village of the Holy Family

The village in which Jesus lived thirty years of his earthly life is, of course, mentioned by The Evangelists and in the Acts of the Apostles. It is also very present in the text of Maria Valtorta. From the first chapters she gives a brief overview. "The small town, white among the greenery, which rises and falls along the slopes on which it is built. The terrain undulates gently. Here it is barely visible, there more pronounced".

Then, it is Jesus Himself who praises the charms of his village to his new disciple Simon the Zealot (Apostle): "And my city of Nazareth! It offers itself to the kiss of the sun, all white and green, smiling, between the two giants of the great and the little Hermon, and the pedestal of the mountains that support the Tabor, gentle all green slopes that face the sun and raise their Tabor, often snowy but so good when the sun envelops its summit. It then becomes an alabaster tinged with pink, while opposite Carmel has lapis lazuli at certain hours of great sun (...) And then, below, to the south, the fertile and flowered carpet of the Esdraelon Plain".

Although not mentioned in the Old Testament, Nazareth was not really a "small insignificant village", as recent findings show that the village of Jesus stretched over four or five hectares, and had about forty households. Its population at the time of Jesus is estimated at around 400 inhabitants. Nazareth was an essentially agricultural village.

Gallery

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  Mary’s house, Nazareth, 2022.

• Nazareth - Sous la basilique de l'Annunciation.webp

  Under the Basilica of the Annunciation, Nazareth, 2022

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• 32° 42’ 07’’ N / 35° 18’ 12’’ E

• +370m/410m

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Notes and references

Article partially written from the Geographical Dictionary of the Gospel Salton Maria Valtorta, by Jean-François Lavère.

To kill a person or animal by throwing stones. This punishment was used in the East and especially among the Jews. (For example, Jews stoned adulterers, blasphemers).

First part of the Bible from the book of Genesis until before the coming of Jesus Christ. Parallel