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, his uncle, Alphaeus of Simon, his nephew.

His cousins

James son of Alphaeus, the apostle, Joseph of Alphaeus, Jude 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 foot of a hill undulation and which has, in the back, a small and vast garden full of flowers ending with a very small olive tree. Further away, the usual hedge of hawthorn and cactus marks the property boundary. The fields, formerly belonging to Joachim, are beyond.

"You have little left," said Zechariah. "Your father's illness was long and costly. Repairs and damage caused by Rome were also expensive. You see, the road removed the three main outbuildings and the house was reduced. To enlarge it without heavy expenses, we used a part of the hill that forms a grotto. Joachim kept supplies there, and Anne her work tools. You will do what you deem good."

… And Joseph shows her his work: "You see, here I made this hole to collect Water from the rain, because these vines have always Thirst. At this olive tree, I cut the oldest branches to invigorate 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 a too hot sun and curious eyes. There is the old arbor; I only changed the rotten supports and worked with the cisWaterx. It will give a lot of grapes, I hope. And there, look" and, proudly, he leads her to the slope behind the house that marks the edge of the orchard, "and there, I dug a small cave and supported it, and when those little plants grow, it will be about as large as the one you had. There is no longer the spring... but I hope to bring a trickle of Water. I will work during the long 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 rockiest. The amphitheater, on which Nazareth spreads out in terraces, appears in full view when you reach the ridge of the last hill coming from Sephoris, which descends rather quickly through ravines to the small town. The place where Jesus is is exactly where his fellow citizens 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)

Notable events

The Annunciation to Mary (divine conception of Jesus).

The disbelief of the Nazarenes turned into hostility during the Passion:

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

His name

תנצר (Nasareth).; Nazareth (Naşèrèt) may mean "verdant" or "keeper" - 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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Learn more about this place

Sanctuary of the Holy House at Loreto.

Notebooks 1943: Relics given by heaven :

"Jesus said: Can you say that I did not love this land (Italy) where I brought the Relics of my life and my death: the house in Nazareth where I was conceived in a clasp of luminous ardor between the divine Spirit and the Virgin, and the Shroud on which the sweat of my death has imprinted the mark of my pain, suffered for humanity?"

Grotto in the Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth.

According to Maria Valtorta, these two Relics would therefore be authenticated. Regarding the House of Nazareth, this concerns the translation of this house to Loreto (Loreto) in Italy, in the 13th century. The website mariedeNazareth.com explains this point: it involves 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 "Angéli" with the Angels, would have given rise to a legendary story.

Excerpt from the Geographical Dictionary of the Gospel According to 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 well certainly mentioned, by The Evangelists and in the Acts of the Apostles. It is also very present, in Maria Valtorta's text. From the first chapters she gives a brief overview. "The small town, white among greenery, which rises and falls following the slopes on which it is built. The terrain undulates gently. Here, it is barely visible, there more accentuated".

Then, it is Jesus Himself who praises the charms of his village to his new disciple Simon the Zealot (Apostle): "And my town of Nazareth! It offers itself to the Kiss of the sun, all white and green, cheerful, between the two giants of the great and small Hermon, and the pedestal of the mountains that sustain the Tabor, gentle all green slopes that raise opposite to the sun their Tabor which is often snowy but so bWater when the sun envelops its summit. It then becomes an alabaster tinted pink, while opposite Carmel has lapis lazuli at certain Hours of great sun (...) And then, below, to the south, the fertile and flowery carpet of the Esdraelon Plain".

Though not mentioned in the Old Testament, Nazareth was not really an "insignificant village", as it is evidenced by recent findings, that the village of Jesus extended over four or five hectares, and included about forty households. Its population, at Jesus' time, is estimated at around 400 inhabitants. Nazareth was essentially an agricultural village.

Gallery

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  The house of Mary, Nazareth, in 2022.

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  Under the Basilica of the Annunciation, Nazareth, in 2022

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• 32° 42’ 07’’ N / 35° 18’ 12’’ E

• +370m/410m

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Notes and references

Note: Quotations from the work of Maria Valtorta on this page currently use machine-translated text and will gradually be replaced by the official English translation. Until then, the official translation may be consulted through the reference link provided with each quotation.

Article partially written from the Geographical Dictionary of the Gospel According to 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