Tiberias, on the Sea of Galilee

1. ‎After remaining a few days at Capernaum with His mother and His disciples Jesus went up to Jerusalem. We have no record that our Savior ever entered Tiberias, but He must have been in this city many times. It is one of the most sacred cities of the Jews in Palestine, and now has a population of about six thousand souls. Four thousand of them are Jews, three hundred are Christians and the rest Moslems. The view above is very charming. Our artist remarked upon reaching the city that it was the most picturesque place he had ever seen. Here are little boats in the lake, the nets of the fishermen hanging out to dry, the cacti and the palm trees. The people appear to be extremely poor. It was with difficulty that we secured permission to take photographs. When the Governor of the town found out our mission he permitted us to carry out our purpose, conditioning his permission on our promise to send him a picture of everything that we secured in the place. Tiberias is the only remaining town on the shores of the sea. It is [enclosed] by crumbling fortifications. It was founded by Herod Antipater, and was once a splendid city and center of Jewish learning. Byron might have been on this spot when he penned these lines:

‎Dr. Porter says: “I sat in my tent door and looked long and eagerly on one of the most interesting panoramas in the world. There was nothing to disturb me, no din of human life, no sign of human toil or struggle. The silence was profound. Far into the night I sat by the silent shore.”