Galilee

This Galilee map orients readers to the cradle of Jesus’s public ministry, centering on the sparkling “Sea of Galilee”-really a large freshwater lake ringed by fertile basalt hills-where He called fishermen near Capernaum to “follow Me” (Mark 1:16-20). Radiating outward, the map traces Roman roads that linked lakeside towns such as Bethsaida, Magdala, and the thriving administrative center of Tiberias with inland villages like Cana-scene of His first sign (John 2:1-11)-and Nazareth, where He announced the Jubilee year (Luke 4:16-21). Northward, it sketches the rising Golan heights dotted with Decapolis cities, while to the south it follows the Jordan’s flow toward the Judean wilderness. By plotting these routes, valleys, and ridges, the cartography helps modern readers visualize how short footpaths connected sermon sites, miracle venues, and strategic crossings, underscoring that the “Galilee of the Gentiles” (Matthew 4:15) was both accessible and culturally diverse-an ideal launchpad for the gospel to ripple outward just as the resurrected Christ later commissioned His disciples from “the mountain in Galilee” (Matthew 28:16-20).