Jesus Trail
The Jesus Trail (sometimes called road of Jesus ) is a 65 km long pilgrimage or hiking trail in Galilee in northern Israel. It is designed on a track that could have gone to Jesus, because it combines numerous sites of his life and work. The trail begins in Nazareth, the largest Arab city in Israel, and proceeds through Sepphoris, Cana ( Kafr Kanna in Arabic ), the horns of Hittim, the steep slopes of Mount Arbel, the Sea of Galilee, Tabgha, Capernaum and the Mount of Beatitudes. An optional return via Tiberias, passing the Jordan, Mount Tabor and Mount of the fall (mountain Praecipitium ). The trail connects sites of importance to Christians, Muslims, Jews and Druze. The Jesus Trail runs within the borders of Israel in 1967.
Origin
The Jesus Trail was created in 2007 by two hiking enthusiasts to life, Maoz Inon, a Jewish- Israeli entrepreneur and owner of hostels and accommodation in Israel, and David Landis, a Christian- American migrant experts. The labeling was carried out in 2009. Currently promotes and manages a group of volunteers the way as charitable project. The trail is open to everyone and camping is allowed in many places. Marks it is a sign of three stripes: white, orange, white. When sections of the path with other paths coincide (for example, the Israel National Trail ( INT) ), in addition an orange circle appears.
The biblical basis for the Jesus Trail is a quote from the Gospel of Matthew, which states that Jesus went to the beginning of his ministry from his home town of Nazareth in the hills of Galilee to Capernaum, a fishing village on the shores of the Sea of Galilee, where he gathered his first disciples around him. In Matthew it says, " He left Nazareth to live in Capernaum, which is by the lake. " (Matthew 4:13 NASB).
Capernaum was, according to the Gospels to the place of his ministry: "Jesus got into the boat, crossed the lake and came to his town [ Capernaum ] " (Matthew 9:1) and " When he returned to Capernaum several days later, it was announced that he ( again) was at home "(Mark 2:1) the Jesus Trail is in the tradition of the classic pilgrimage routes, such as the Camino de Santiago in northern Spain or the Paulusweg in Turkey.
Stages
Scenic considered and the distances here can be the way in four day hikes with a length of 13 to 19 km less share.
From Nazareth to Cana on Sepphoris
The Jesus Trail begins at the Basilica of the Annunciation in the center of the Arab city of Nazareth, through the small town of Nazareth, rising above rather steep stairs on the ridge at the top of the city. From there he leads across fields to the ancient city of Sepphoris (Hebrew Tzippori ) with their extensive excavations. About the Arab town of Mashad the way to also small Arab town of Cana ( Kafr Kanna Arabic ) performs as the place where the New Testament was according to tradition, Jesus turned water into wine ( Wedding at Cana ).
From Cana to Kibbutz Lavi
From Cana ( Kafr Kanna in Arabic ), the route leads mostly to wood along and across natural and cultivated fields to the edge of Lavi, a rural Jewish collective settlement (Hebrew kibbutz ), near which rise the " horns of Hittim ".
From Kibbutz Lavi to Moshav Arbel
This stage leads from hill to hill, first on the horns of Hittim with extensive views over the countryside, past the Druze shrine of Nabi Schueib in close Arbel Valley, through an impressive landscape with a rich history to the Jewish village of Arbel, a modern agricultural cooperative ( moshav Hebrew ).
From Moshav Arbel to Capernaum on the Mount of Beatitudes
After the climb up the mountain Arbel the steep trail on the slope down to a small agricultural plain on the Sea of Galilee. Then the Jesus Trail reaches the north shore of the lake and the Multiplication of Loaves in Tabgha Church, according to the New Testament fed the five thousand, Jesus. Then it leads to the church with park-like plant at the Mount of Beatitudes, where the Sermon on the Mount is thought before it ends at the historic fishing village of Capernaum, with its extensive excavations and the modern church.