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¡Viaja al pasado y descubre la fascinante división política y geográfica de la Tierra Santa en los tiempos de Jesús! ¿Sabías que Galilea, la tierra donde Jesús inició su ministerio, estaba poblada tanto por judíos como por gentiles, lo que le valió el apodo de "Galilea de los Gentiles"? Explora ciudades icónicas como Nazaret, Cafarnaúm y Caná, y desentraña la importancia de estos lugares en la vida y enseñanzas de Jesús.

Profundiza en la región de Samaría, una tierra de sincretismo religioso y considerada impura por los judíos, pero que también fue escenario de la predicación del Evangelio. Descubre Judea, el corazón religioso y político con la imponente Jerusalén y el humilde Belén a la cabeza.

Este video te llevará a través de un recorrido geográfico e histórico esencial para comprender el contexto bíblico y la profundidad del mensaje de Jesús. ¡No te pierdas esta clase magistral sobre la división política en tiempos de Jesús y las ciudades que marcaron su ministerio!

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00:09What is Political Division in the Time of Jesus?
00:30In the northern part, to Galilee. Its capital was initially Zephoros. Later the capital was moved to
00:39Tiberias, a place that was built and named in honor of the emperor Tiberius.
00:47Galilee was a transit city for trade, which led to its inhabitants mixing with inhabitants of
00:56pagan peoples.
00:58Furthermore, there were a large number of people of Greek origin living in what had been the capitals of this
01:07area.
01:07The other part of the population was Jewish, so this mixture gave rise to the inhabitants of Judea,
01:17From other regions, they were nicknamed Galilee of the Gentiles.
01:22This is the place where Jesus began his ministry and performed many works, as Matthew 4:23 says.
01:33Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness.
01:45of the people.
01:46Well, as we can see, it is an area with a mixed population, Jewish towns and cities like Nazareth, Cana
01:57and cities of Greco-Roman culture such as Cephoris, Tiberias, Caesarea Philippi.
02:05The population of the region, even though they were of Jewish faith and culture, as we already mentioned, was despised by the
02:16other inhabitants of Judea, who boasted of being more refined and pure than they.
02:23What important cities are found in Galilee?
02:28Undoubtedly one of them is Nazareth, the place where Jesus spent a large part of his life from the
02:39the return of the Holy Family from Egypt, which is narrated in chapter 2 of Matthew, until he began his
02:51public life.
02:53Now let's look at Capernaum. It is located on the shores of the Sea of ​​Galilee. It is the place from where
03:03Jesus called his first apostles.
03:06In the Gospels, Capernaum is described as a very prosperous and bustling city. It was an important commercial center.
03:15and fishing, which makes it a busy and very diverse place.
03:21So we will find, or found in it, a mixture of cultures and religions.
03:28One of Jesus' most famous miracles took place in Capernaum. This was the healing of the servant
03:35of the Roman centurion, where Jesus heals the servant without even going to the centurion's house.
03:43This is a miracle that we could say was performed from a great distance. We find it narrated in the
03:53chapter 8 of Matthew and chapter 7 of Luke.
03:58It was also there that Peter's mother-in-law was healed, also narrated in chapter 8 of Matthew and his
04:06parallels.
04:07The healing of a paralytic. Well, in short, Capernaum was an important place in his life and ministry.
04:16of Jesus, since he performed many miracles and teachings in him.
04:21But it was also a place where the lack of faith of some people became evident, as we can read
04:30in chapter 11 of Matthew.
04:33We also find other cities within Galilee such as Cana, Sepphoris, Tiberias, among others.
04:43Let's go and see Magdala.
04:49This is the place where Mary Magdalene was originally from.
04:56It has now been discovered that there may have been a synagogue there.
05:03What did the inhabitants of that time do for a living? Salting fish for preservation.
05:12We continue with Corazín.
05:15Chorazín or Corazain is a city located in Galilee.
05:20It is located near Capernaum and Bethsaida.
05:24Although it is not mentioned very often in the Gospels, Jesus mentions it in his teachings and compares it to
05:33other cities in relation to the response to your message.
05:37In the New Testament, Jesus pronounces a lament over Corazin for his lack of repentance despite the presence
05:49of miracles and the teachings of Jesus.
05:52And he says,
05:55We find this in chapter 11 of Matthew and its parallels.
06:02As you can see, we are talking very briefly about each place.
06:08This is to whet your appetite and make you want to learn even more about biblical geography.
06:16Let's move on to another region.
06:18This is Samaria.
06:21It is located between Galilee and Judea.
06:26To the west of it lies the Jordal.
06:29Samaria became the capital of the Northern Kingdom when the monarchy split.
06:36Its inhabitants were expelled and replaced by settlers from various parts of the Assyrian Empire.
06:45This led to religious syncretism, and the area was therefore considered impure by the
06:55Jewish inhabitants.
06:56The entire region, not just the city, came to be known as Samaria.
07:04When Herod rebuilt it, he changed its name to Sebastes, which means Augustus in Greek, and gave it this
07:13named precisely in his honor.
07:16However, Jesus did take an interest in the Samaritans and traveled through their territory.
07:26We can also read in the New Testament that Philip went to Samaria to preach the Gospel and about his evangelistic work.
07:35It was continued by Peter and John.
07:39We read this in Acts chapter 8.
07:43Within Samaria we have the cities of Sebaste, Shechem, Caesarea Maritima, among others.
07:51Mount Garicín is also located there.
07:55Now let's move on to Judea.
07:57The name Judea is the Greek and Roman form of the name Judah.
08:03Judea is generally surrounded by desert.
08:07So, it's a place we can imagine as uninhabited.
08:12Therefore, it is also a poor area.
08:17Among the cities located in Judea, we have Jerusalem in the first place.
08:23Important, very important.
08:26In what?
08:27Well, in religious terms, since the temple was located there.
08:31Also politically, since it was the seat of the Sanhedrin.
08:37And what was the result of the fusion of political and religious importance?
08:44It was also of economic importance, since year after year and on different dates it was constantly visited by
08:56pilgrims.
08:57So imagine, tax collectors, merchants, well, all the businesses needed to serve these pilgrims were required.
09:08Therefore, it was economically very prosperous.
09:13Other important cities in Judea are Bethlehem, Emmaus, Bethany, which was the place where John baptized, Qumran, and Jericho.
09:24And if we start thinking about these places, well, without a doubt, the most important one is Bethlehem.
09:31Because?
09:33For it is the place where Jesus is born, where God is born into his human nature.
09:42He is born as a man and comes to dwell among us.
09:46And speaking of Bethlehem, well, there you'll find the Herodium, which was the palace or fortress that Herod built.
09:54Big.
09:56It should be mentioned that the name Judea was used not only for the city, but also for
10:04name the entire country, including Samaria and Galilee.
10:10Let's now turn to Perea.
10:14The region of Perea is mentioned several times in the scriptures, although not by the name of Perea.
10:21but we find it named as the city or place that is on the other side of the Jordan or the
10:31land of the afterlife.
10:33As we can read in Matthew 19.1
10:39When Jesus had finished these sayings, he left Galilee and went to the region of Judea across the Jordan.
10:50In the time of Christ, Perea was inhabited by Jews and was ruled by Herod Antipas.
10:58This region was the route that the Jews followed to avoid passing through Samaria.
11:05They remember that I mentioned that they did not look favorably upon the inhabitants of Samaria.
11:11Because?
11:12Because when it was dominated by the Assyrian empire, it expelled its inhabitants and brought in foreigners.
11:21And we're talking about that religious syncretism.
11:24So they weren't pure people, they didn't follow religion as it should be.
11:32So they looked down on them.
11:34And what did they say?
11:34No, man, we're not going through Samaria.
11:37So, they kind of took a longer route through Perea.
11:43Now let's move on to the Decapolis.
11:46His name no longer says it all.
11:48It is a group of 10 cities.
11:51These are Greek cities.
11:53And so, that's what they were called.
11:56Decapolis.
11:57They are located south of the Sea of ​​Galilee and east of the Jordan River.
12:03Although most of its inhabitants were not Jewish,
12:07They joined the crowds that followed Jesus.
12:11Let's read Matthew 4:25.
12:15And a great multitude from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, and Judea followed him.
12:22And on the other side of the Jordan.
12:25Another city of the Decapolis mentioned in the gospels is Gerasa.
12:30Where Jesus freed a possessed man and cast out demons into a herd of pigs.
12:37As Marcos recounts in his chapter 5.
12:41In our next video, brothers, we will see the important rivers, lakes, and seas of the land of Jesus.
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