Tabgha, Capernaum & more...
Back already??????? I know...so amazing! ha! well this post below is one of the last days before I got to set my eyes on that beautiful city on a hill........sweet Jerusalem! Day 7 was a super fun day and will be in my heart forever. Enjoy the pictures and the Sea of Galilee.
Our first start of the morning was......
Two miles west of Capernaum is what Josephus referred to as the "well of Capernaum." Undoubtedly a popular fishing spot of the locals because of its famous "seven springs," Heptapegon (today the name has been corrupted to Tabgha) is the traditional location for several episodes in Jesus' ministry.
Tabgha is the traditional location for the calling of the disciples. It is believed that here Jesus walked along the shore and called out to Simon Peter and Andrew who were casting their nets into the lake. Walking along, Jesus saw two other brothers, James and John who were preparing their nets with their father Zebedee. Jesus called all of these men to follow him.
Mark 1 "After John was put in prison, Jesus went into Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God. "The time has come," he said. "The kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe the good news!"
As Jesus walked beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. "Come, follow me," Jesus said, "and I will make you fishers of men." At once they left their nets and followed him. When he had gone a little farther, he saw James son of Zebedee and his brother John in a boat, preparing their nets. Without delay he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed him....."
They were serious about us not being loud ha! i had to really watch it. he he.
remember this rock below...i will explain it further down. We sat outside and read scripture and just really enjoyed the morning. That was until they were about to start their morning Mass. All these people came out of nowhere ha! So we headed down to the water.
The seven springs that emerged at Tabgha (today only six have been discovered) produced water warmer than that of the Sea of Galilee. This warmer water helped the production of algae, which in turn attracted the fish. Fishermen thus have frequented this area for thousands of years.
And I became short of breath because of the beauty before me. Can you believe that our Jesus knew these waters, walked on the waters, and calmed these waters. Blows my mind. I mean, HE WAS HERE!!!!! And now He was here, with me, living inside of me! Am I being dramatic? maybe, but it was just one of those moments where you just want to raise your hands to the sky and sing praises that you belong to THE ONE & ONLY! amen!
a view from the water.....
our group
I tried to get some detailed pictures so you could really get a feeling of the Sea of Galilee.
rocks and water. For some reason this is one of my favorite pictures.
the priest coming to dip up some water....not catholic so not sure why but I am sure there is a reason.
these crazy thing were everywhere! so fun
and of course they pretty much matched my crazy hair color so I JUST HAD TO POSE with them. ha.
In John 21, Jesus met again with the disciples for the "last breakfast." Here he restored Peter to himself after the disciple's three denials by asking him three times if Peter loved Jesus.
Catholic tradition associates this event with the naming of Peter as the singular leader of the church. The rock at left is the traditional place where Jesus stood and called out to the disciples......the big word here is "tradition".
As I told you before, if they thought the site was sacred in anyway then they built a church there.
The stained glass was just beautiful!
We had such a great time! Then we got back in the bus and headed to..........
In existence from the 2nd c. B.C. to the 7th c. A.D., Capernaum was built along the edge of the Sea of Galilee and had up to 1500 residents. Today the ruins are owned by two churches: the Franciscans control the western portion with the synagogue and the Greek Orthodox's property is marked by the white church with red domes.
Statue of Peter at the entrance.
This says..."Thou art Peter and upon this rock I will build my church. Matt 16.18
Jesus made Capernaum his home during the years of his ministry: "Leaving Nazareth he went and lived in Capernaum" (Matt 4:13). Peter, Andrew, James and John were fishermen living in the village. Matthew the tax collector also dwelt here. Capernaum is one of the three cities cursed by Jesus for its lack of faith.
Parts of the synagogue stones are displayed in the area around the excavations
The flowers were so beautiful!
parts of the city....
This was my first view of the synagogue...
The House of Peter
Excavations revealed one residence that stood out from the others. This house was the object of early Christian attention with 2nd century graffiti and a 4th century house church built above it. In the 5th century a large octagonal Byzantine church was erected above this, complete with a baptistery. Pilgrims referred to this as the house of the apostle Peter.
Peter, also known as Simon Bar-Yonah, was one of Jesus 12 apostles. He was a fisherman, and his house was located close to the shores of the lake. This site is believed to be his house.
We then walked on to see the great remains of the Synagogue...
The dating of this synagogue is debated, but it is clearly later than the first century. Excavations have revealed a synagogue from the time of Jesus with walls made of worked stone and 4 feet thick. These earlier walls were preserved up to 3 feet high and the entire western wall still exists and was used as the foundation for the later synagogue.
This earlier synagogue was the center of activities of Jesus, where he taught (Mark: "And they went into Capernaum; and straightway on the Sabbath day he entered into the synagogue, and taught)
Jesus was confronted by a demoniac while teaching here (Mark 1:21-27)....
They went to Capernaum, and when the Sabbath came, Jesus went into the synagogue and began to teach. The people were amazed at his teaching, because he taught them as one who had authority, not as the teachers of the law. Just then a man in their synagogue who was possessed by an impure spirit cried out, “What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God!” “Be quiet!” said Jesus sternly. “Come out of him!”
The impure spirit shook the man violently and came out of him with a shriek. The people were all so amazed that they asked each other, “What is this? A new teaching—and with authority! He even gives orders to impure spirits and they obey him.”
In Capernaum, Jesus healed the servant of the centurion. This Roman official was credited with building the synagogue (Luke 7:3).
In this synagogue, Jesus gave sermon on the bread of life (John 6:35-59). Below is the entire portion of scripture. I put it on here in case you wanted to read it. I realize it's long so read it if you want. If you read it then really look at these pictures of Capernaum and pretend like you are sitting and listening to Jesus speak. So cool!
Jesus replied, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry again. Whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. But you haven’t believed in me even though you have seen me. However, those the Father has given me will come to me, and I will never reject them. For I have come down from heaven to do the will of God who sent me, not to do my own will. And this is the will of God, that I should not lose even one of all those he has given me, but that I should raise them up at the last day. For it is my Father’s will that all who see his Son and believe in him should have eternal life. I will raise them up at the last day.”
Then the people began to murmur in disagreement because he had said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” They said, “Isn’t this Jesus, the son of Joseph? We know his father and mother. How can he say, ‘I came down from heaven’?”
But Jesus replied, “Stop complaining about what I said. For no one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them to me, and at the last day I will raise them up. As it is written in the Scriptures,‘They will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who listens to the Father and learns from him comes to me. (Not that anyone has ever seen the Father; only I, who was sent from God, have seen him.)
“I tell you the truth, anyone who believes has eternal life. Yes, I am the bread of life! Your ancestors ate manna in the wilderness, but they all died. Anyone who eats the bread from heaven, however, will never die. I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Anyone who eats this bread will live forever; and this bread, which I will offer so the world may live, is my flesh.”
Then the people began arguing with each other about what he meant. “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” they asked.
So Jesus said again, “I tell you the truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you cannot have eternal life within you. But anyone who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise that person at the last day. For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. Anyone who eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in him. I live because of the living Father who sent me; in the same way, anyone who feeds on me will live because of me. I am the true bread that came down from heaven. Anyone who eats this bread will not die as your ancestors did (even though they ate the manna) but will live forever.”
He said these things while he was teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum.
It started to sprinkle so we ran under the trees and had some time of scripture and learning.
some of the local church men chatting it up.
Then we got back in the bus and to Chorazin....
The synagogue at Chorazin is a typical "Galilean" style synagogue.
Other synagogues had these types of decoration, but they were defaced during stricter times of enforcement of Jewish laws. Probably this one was not defaced because the synagogue was destroyed first. Christians viewed the destruction of such earthquakes as God’s judgment on them for their unbelief.
This excavated synagogue dates from the 2nd century.
This basalt “Seat of Moses” was found in the 1920’s and it has an Aramaic inscription remembering Yudan. Jesus references this position of authority, "The teachers of the law and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat. So you must obey them and do everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach" (Matt. 23:2-3).
and Jason sitting on it ha!
getting another look at the Sea of Galilee from above. It is here that we read about...
Jesus sending demons into a herd of pigs and sending them down into the sea.
Ok.....so it was such a great morning but it just continued to get better and better. We headed to a very popular restaurant for lunch....you can read about there history in the picture below.
We were soooooo excited to eat here. The entire place was darling.
i loved this paper place setting. It had words and how to say them in a ton of languages!
They served us a FEAST!!!!!!!!!!!!! It started with veggie soup. which was perfect because it was cold and rainy. It tasted amazing!
Then they brought out all the plates of goodies....SALSA that was amazing, pickled carrots and cabbage, and of course hummus with pita bread that was SOOOOOOOO GOOD!.
We heard that they serve the fish with this garlic butter that will rock your world. They said.."Fish or Fish filet".......hahhahaha. and pretty much all the boys said "fish" and got this....
YIKES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! the girls about died! ha!
We learned that three types of fish were primarily sought by fishermen in antiquity in these waters. Sardines likely were the "two small fish" that the boy brought to the feeding of the 5000. Sardines and bread were the staple product of the locals. Barbels are so known because of the barbs at the corners of their mouths.
The third type is called musht but is more popularly known today as "St. Peter's Fish." This fish has a long dorsal fin which looks like a comb and can be up to 1.5 feet long and 3.3 lbs in weight.
You can see above what most of the girls got. I must say that this was the best fish i have EVER HAD. so real and so delicious. We totally pigged out. I mean, PIGGED OUT! so good. Our waiter was even from America..Georgia i think...or maybe it was North Carolina...anyway, he said he moved there because they pay to you work in the place but also teach you how to cook!!!!
after lunch we looked around the area....they had the most beautiful flowers everywhere.
Josephus wrote that the Sea of Galilee area was "wonderful in its characteristics and in its beauty. Thanks to the rich soil there is not a plant that does not flourish there, and the inhabitants grow everything: the air is so temperate that it suits the most diverse species."
The Sea of Galilee is fed by the Jordan River, rainfall and springs on the northern side. More properly designated a lake, the Kinneret (the OT and modern name) is 13 miles long and 7 miles wide. At its deepest point the lake is only 150 feet deep. The rabbis said of it, "Although God has created seven seas, yet He has chosen this one as His special delight."
The peaceful calmness of the Sea of Galilee can quickly become transformed by violent storms. Winds funnel through the east-west aligned Galilee hill country and stir up the waters quickly. More violent are the winds that come off the hills of the Golan Heights to the east. Trapped in the basin, the winds can be deadly to fishermen. A storm in March 1992 sent waves 10 feet high crashing into downtown Tiberias and causing significant damage.
We headed down to the boat that was our ride for the afternoon. I could harldy control my excitement!
I loved this wooden boat.
our group getting comfortable and trying to breathe after all the food we ate.
and we were off...
our drivers...they were nice
and then the guys thought they would be funny and pulled out all this pita bread and the crazy birds were surrounding us in minutes! at first it was fun but the more that came the more the boys threw the bread at us so the birds would come and GET US!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
They were CRAZY- CRAZY BIRDS! ha! girls were running and screaming everywhere. The guys, of course, loved it.
Dr. Steve then did some teaching about God calling His disciples.....
my darling group and william with the crazy face ha! always! i love this pictures
at some point the drivers put on some Christian music and the performing just came right out! ha! many of you have seen this before but i thought i would add it again. Makes me laugh. a true Caroline moment!
Our boat ride ended and we headed to our last stop of the day. I was so tired by this point.
Our last stop was to see an ancient boat that was found at the bottom of the Sea of Galilee....
This is the break down of all the different types of wood used in this one boat......
ancient nails..
because the boat was thousands of years, old they had to be very careful in pulling the boat up and out of the water. They used this foam system to secure the boat in place. very interesting and smart.
This is what the boat would have looked like in the days of Jesus.
This boat was actually in the same location of where we were staying. We did a little shopping and then walked back to our hut rooms in the rain. It was such a great day full of adventure and joy.
Hope you enjoyed this day as much as i did!! Have a great afternoon and I will talk with you soon!
Our first start of the morning was......
Two miles west of Capernaum is what Josephus referred to as the "well of Capernaum." Undoubtedly a popular fishing spot of the locals because of its famous "seven springs," Heptapegon (today the name has been corrupted to Tabgha) is the traditional location for several episodes in Jesus' ministry.
Tabgha is the traditional location for the calling of the disciples. It is believed that here Jesus walked along the shore and called out to Simon Peter and Andrew who were casting their nets into the lake. Walking along, Jesus saw two other brothers, James and John who were preparing their nets with their father Zebedee. Jesus called all of these men to follow him.
Mark 1 "After John was put in prison, Jesus went into Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God. "The time has come," he said. "The kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe the good news!"
As Jesus walked beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. "Come, follow me," Jesus said, "and I will make you fishers of men." At once they left their nets and followed him. When he had gone a little farther, he saw James son of Zebedee and his brother John in a boat, preparing their nets. Without delay he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed him....."
They were serious about us not being loud ha! i had to really watch it. he he.
remember this rock below...i will explain it further down. We sat outside and read scripture and just really enjoyed the morning. That was until they were about to start their morning Mass. All these people came out of nowhere ha! So we headed down to the water.
The seven springs that emerged at Tabgha (today only six have been discovered) produced water warmer than that of the Sea of Galilee. This warmer water helped the production of algae, which in turn attracted the fish. Fishermen thus have frequented this area for thousands of years.
And I became short of breath because of the beauty before me. Can you believe that our Jesus knew these waters, walked on the waters, and calmed these waters. Blows my mind. I mean, HE WAS HERE!!!!! And now He was here, with me, living inside of me! Am I being dramatic? maybe, but it was just one of those moments where you just want to raise your hands to the sky and sing praises that you belong to THE ONE & ONLY! amen!
a view from the water.....
our group
I tried to get some detailed pictures so you could really get a feeling of the Sea of Galilee.
rocks and water. For some reason this is one of my favorite pictures.
the priest coming to dip up some water....not catholic so not sure why but I am sure there is a reason.
these crazy thing were everywhere! so fun
and of course they pretty much matched my crazy hair color so I JUST HAD TO POSE with them. ha.
In John 21, Jesus met again with the disciples for the "last breakfast." Here he restored Peter to himself after the disciple's three denials by asking him three times if Peter loved Jesus.
Catholic tradition associates this event with the naming of Peter as the singular leader of the church. The rock at left is the traditional place where Jesus stood and called out to the disciples......the big word here is "tradition".
As I told you before, if they thought the site was sacred in anyway then they built a church there.
The stained glass was just beautiful!
We had such a great time! Then we got back in the bus and headed to..........
In existence from the 2nd c. B.C. to the 7th c. A.D., Capernaum was built along the edge of the Sea of Galilee and had up to 1500 residents. Today the ruins are owned by two churches: the Franciscans control the western portion with the synagogue and the Greek Orthodox's property is marked by the white church with red domes.
Statue of Peter at the entrance.
This says..."Thou art Peter and upon this rock I will build my church. Matt 16.18
Jesus made Capernaum his home during the years of his ministry: "Leaving Nazareth he went and lived in Capernaum" (Matt 4:13). Peter, Andrew, James and John were fishermen living in the village. Matthew the tax collector also dwelt here. Capernaum is one of the three cities cursed by Jesus for its lack of faith.
Parts of the synagogue stones are displayed in the area around the excavations
The flowers were so beautiful!
parts of the city....
This was my first view of the synagogue...
The House of Peter
Excavations revealed one residence that stood out from the others. This house was the object of early Christian attention with 2nd century graffiti and a 4th century house church built above it. In the 5th century a large octagonal Byzantine church was erected above this, complete with a baptistery. Pilgrims referred to this as the house of the apostle Peter.
Peter, also known as Simon Bar-Yonah, was one of Jesus 12 apostles. He was a fisherman, and his house was located close to the shores of the lake. This site is believed to be his house.
We then walked on to see the great remains of the Synagogue...
The dating of this synagogue is debated, but it is clearly later than the first century. Excavations have revealed a synagogue from the time of Jesus with walls made of worked stone and 4 feet thick. These earlier walls were preserved up to 3 feet high and the entire western wall still exists and was used as the foundation for the later synagogue.
This earlier synagogue was the center of activities of Jesus, where he taught (Mark: "And they went into Capernaum; and straightway on the Sabbath day he entered into the synagogue, and taught)
Jesus was confronted by a demoniac while teaching here (Mark 1:21-27)....
They went to Capernaum, and when the Sabbath came, Jesus went into the synagogue and began to teach. The people were amazed at his teaching, because he taught them as one who had authority, not as the teachers of the law. Just then a man in their synagogue who was possessed by an impure spirit cried out, “What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God!” “Be quiet!” said Jesus sternly. “Come out of him!”
The impure spirit shook the man violently and came out of him with a shriek. The people were all so amazed that they asked each other, “What is this? A new teaching—and with authority! He even gives orders to impure spirits and they obey him.”
In Capernaum, Jesus healed the servant of the centurion. This Roman official was credited with building the synagogue (Luke 7:3).
In this synagogue, Jesus gave sermon on the bread of life (John 6:35-59). Below is the entire portion of scripture. I put it on here in case you wanted to read it. I realize it's long so read it if you want. If you read it then really look at these pictures of Capernaum and pretend like you are sitting and listening to Jesus speak. So cool!
Jesus replied, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry again. Whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. But you haven’t believed in me even though you have seen me. However, those the Father has given me will come to me, and I will never reject them. For I have come down from heaven to do the will of God who sent me, not to do my own will. And this is the will of God, that I should not lose even one of all those he has given me, but that I should raise them up at the last day. For it is my Father’s will that all who see his Son and believe in him should have eternal life. I will raise them up at the last day.”
Then the people began to murmur in disagreement because he had said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” They said, “Isn’t this Jesus, the son of Joseph? We know his father and mother. How can he say, ‘I came down from heaven’?”
But Jesus replied, “Stop complaining about what I said. For no one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them to me, and at the last day I will raise them up. As it is written in the Scriptures,‘They will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who listens to the Father and learns from him comes to me. (Not that anyone has ever seen the Father; only I, who was sent from God, have seen him.)
“I tell you the truth, anyone who believes has eternal life. Yes, I am the bread of life! Your ancestors ate manna in the wilderness, but they all died. Anyone who eats the bread from heaven, however, will never die. I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Anyone who eats this bread will live forever; and this bread, which I will offer so the world may live, is my flesh.”
Then the people began arguing with each other about what he meant. “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” they asked.
So Jesus said again, “I tell you the truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you cannot have eternal life within you. But anyone who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise that person at the last day. For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. Anyone who eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in him. I live because of the living Father who sent me; in the same way, anyone who feeds on me will live because of me. I am the true bread that came down from heaven. Anyone who eats this bread will not die as your ancestors did (even though they ate the manna) but will live forever.”
He said these things while he was teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum.
It started to sprinkle so we ran under the trees and had some time of scripture and learning.
some of the local church men chatting it up.
Then we got back in the bus and to Chorazin....
The synagogue at Chorazin is a typical "Galilean" style synagogue.
Other synagogues had these types of decoration, but they were defaced during stricter times of enforcement of Jewish laws. Probably this one was not defaced because the synagogue was destroyed first. Christians viewed the destruction of such earthquakes as God’s judgment on them for their unbelief.
This excavated synagogue dates from the 2nd century.
This basalt “Seat of Moses” was found in the 1920’s and it has an Aramaic inscription remembering Yudan. Jesus references this position of authority, "The teachers of the law and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat. So you must obey them and do everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach" (Matt. 23:2-3).
and Jason sitting on it ha!
getting another look at the Sea of Galilee from above. It is here that we read about...
Jesus sending demons into a herd of pigs and sending them down into the sea.
Ok.....so it was such a great morning but it just continued to get better and better. We headed to a very popular restaurant for lunch....you can read about there history in the picture below.
We were soooooo excited to eat here. The entire place was darling.
i loved this paper place setting. It had words and how to say them in a ton of languages!
They served us a FEAST!!!!!!!!!!!!! It started with veggie soup. which was perfect because it was cold and rainy. It tasted amazing!
Then they brought out all the plates of goodies....SALSA that was amazing, pickled carrots and cabbage, and of course hummus with pita bread that was SOOOOOOOO GOOD!.
We heard that they serve the fish with this garlic butter that will rock your world. They said.."Fish or Fish filet".......hahhahaha. and pretty much all the boys said "fish" and got this....
YIKES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! the girls about died! ha!
We learned that three types of fish were primarily sought by fishermen in antiquity in these waters. Sardines likely were the "two small fish" that the boy brought to the feeding of the 5000. Sardines and bread were the staple product of the locals. Barbels are so known because of the barbs at the corners of their mouths.
The third type is called musht but is more popularly known today as "St. Peter's Fish." This fish has a long dorsal fin which looks like a comb and can be up to 1.5 feet long and 3.3 lbs in weight.
You can see above what most of the girls got. I must say that this was the best fish i have EVER HAD. so real and so delicious. We totally pigged out. I mean, PIGGED OUT! so good. Our waiter was even from America..Georgia i think...or maybe it was North Carolina...anyway, he said he moved there because they pay to you work in the place but also teach you how to cook!!!!
after lunch we looked around the area....they had the most beautiful flowers everywhere.
Josephus wrote that the Sea of Galilee area was "wonderful in its characteristics and in its beauty. Thanks to the rich soil there is not a plant that does not flourish there, and the inhabitants grow everything: the air is so temperate that it suits the most diverse species."
The Sea of Galilee is fed by the Jordan River, rainfall and springs on the northern side. More properly designated a lake, the Kinneret (the OT and modern name) is 13 miles long and 7 miles wide. At its deepest point the lake is only 150 feet deep. The rabbis said of it, "Although God has created seven seas, yet He has chosen this one as His special delight."
The peaceful calmness of the Sea of Galilee can quickly become transformed by violent storms. Winds funnel through the east-west aligned Galilee hill country and stir up the waters quickly. More violent are the winds that come off the hills of the Golan Heights to the east. Trapped in the basin, the winds can be deadly to fishermen. A storm in March 1992 sent waves 10 feet high crashing into downtown Tiberias and causing significant damage.
We headed down to the boat that was our ride for the afternoon. I could harldy control my excitement!
I loved this wooden boat.
our group getting comfortable and trying to breathe after all the food we ate.
and we were off...
our drivers...they were nice
and then the guys thought they would be funny and pulled out all this pita bread and the crazy birds were surrounding us in minutes! at first it was fun but the more that came the more the boys threw the bread at us so the birds would come and GET US!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
They were CRAZY- CRAZY BIRDS! ha! girls were running and screaming everywhere. The guys, of course, loved it.
Dr. Steve then did some teaching about God calling His disciples.....
my darling group and william with the crazy face ha! always! i love this pictures
at some point the drivers put on some Christian music and the performing just came right out! ha! many of you have seen this before but i thought i would add it again. Makes me laugh. a true Caroline moment!
Our boat ride ended and we headed to our last stop of the day. I was so tired by this point.
Our last stop was to see an ancient boat that was found at the bottom of the Sea of Galilee....
This is the break down of all the different types of wood used in this one boat......
ancient nails..
because the boat was thousands of years, old they had to be very careful in pulling the boat up and out of the water. They used this foam system to secure the boat in place. very interesting and smart.
This is what the boat would have looked like in the days of Jesus.
This boat was actually in the same location of where we were staying. We did a little shopping and then walked back to our hut rooms in the rain. It was such a great day full of adventure and joy.
Hope you enjoyed this day as much as i did!! Have a great afternoon and I will talk with you soon!