Site information: Sinnabray (Tell Beit Yerach)
The cities and villages that Jesus, his apostles and assistant women visited are not specified. However, one of the possible sites are located on the south side of the sea of Galilee.
On the photo above - a view towards the south side of the tell, as seen near the center of the site. The Jordan river starts its southern flow past the Tell on the top background, and at ancient times it probably surrounded it from all sides.
The site was first populated at the Calcolithic period - about 40th C BC. It became a mighty city in the Early Bronze period (3150BC-2200BC) when the city was fortified. In ancient Canaan, this was one of the largest cities.
It was destroyed in the Middle Bronze age (start of 2nd Millennium BC) and waited more than a Millennium to be rebuilt on a small scale - during the Persian period (5th C BC). It grew again in the Hellenistic period and was called Philoteria, and then changed its name during the Jewish Kingdom to Sinnabray (Sinnabris).
During the great Jewish revolt against the Romans, according to Josephus, the 3 legions of Titus camped in Sinnabray before capturing the revolting Tiberias (August 67 AD). In later years, the Romans built a fortress and baths on top of the old layers, in the center of the Tell. An aqueduct was built to bring in water to the city and baths, tapped of the Tiberias aqueduct. In Jesus times this was a big city and had a strategic location on the shore of the lake.
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