1/19/12 Israel

Today we were in the Sea of Galilee region. We started off the day looking at an Anicent Galilee Boat. Next we went for a boat ride on the Sea of Galilee in a boat that was similar to what the boats would've looked liked during the time Jesus was alive. After that we went to the Mount of Beatitudes, then we went to Caesarea Philippi. We had lunch at a restaurant on the Sea of Galilee, and had some "St. Peters" fish. After that we drove through the Golan Heights, we passed by the area where Jesus cast the demons into a herd of pigs and then the pigs went into the Sea of Galilee. We went to Capernaum, and then went to the place where Jesus fed the 5,000.

Sunrise on the Sea of Galilee.

An ancient boat discovered in 1987, thought to be 2,000 years old.

The boat ride on the Sea of Galilee.

This was taken while we were on the Sea of Galilee, in between the two mountains is a route that Jesus would have walked from Nazareth to Magdala.

Sarah and I on the boat ride.

The Mount of the Beatitudes. (Matthew 5-7)

Looking down into the Sea of Galilee from the Mount of the Beatitudes.

An olive tree on the Mount of Beatitudes.

The "Gates of Hell" in Ceasera Philippi, the place where Peter first said that you are the Christ. (Matthew 16:16)

Sarah and I in front of the Gates of Hell.

The St. Peter's fish.

After the St. Peter's fish was consumed.

Looking at Peter's house in the town of Capernum.

A synagogue in Capernum.

Another view of Peter's house.

Looking at the town of Capernum.

The Church of Heptapegon, where Jesus fed the 5,000.

A brief explanation of the Church of Heptapegon.

Inside the Church of Heptapegon.