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See also: town in Galilee, in a hollow of the hills on the See also: southern border of the plain of Esdraelon
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It first appears as a See also: village (See also: John i
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46) in which
See also: Joseph and Mary lived (See also: Luke i
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26) and to which they returned from See also: Egypt (Matt. ii
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23)
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, Here the unrecorded years of Christ's boyhood were spent
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From the name of the town comes nasara (i.e
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" See also: Nazarenes "), the ordinary See also: oriental word for " Christians." There was here a synagogue (Matt. xiii
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54) in which Christ preached the See also: sermon that led to his rejection by his See also: fellow towns-men
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The growth of legends and traditional identifications can be traced in the writings of the pilgrims who have visited the town from See also: Jerome's See also: time till our own
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For none of these can anything be said, save that it is possible that the village spring (called " St Mary's Well ") is the same as that used in the time of Christ
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A large See also: basilica stood here about A.D
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600: the crusaders transferred here the bishopric of Scythopolis . It was taken by Saladin in 1187 . In 1517 it was captured by theSee also: Turks
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The population is now estimated at about 3500 Moslems and 65oo Christians; there are numerous See also: schools, hospitals, &c., conducted by Greeks, Latins and Protestants
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Visitors are shown the " See also: Church of the
See also: Annunciation " with caves (including a fragment of a pillar See also: hanging from the ceiling, and said to be miraculously supported) which are described as the scene of the annunciation, the " workshop of Joseph," the " synagogue," and a See also: stone table, said to have been used by Christ
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