There was on the lake around Capharnaum...
a region of extraordinarily fertile and charming valleys.
There were several harvests during the year, and uncommonly beautiful leaves, blossoms, and fruits - all at the same time. Many distinguished Jews had gardens and castles there, Herod among the number. The Jews of Jesus’ time were no longer like their fathers, through commerce and their intercourse with heathens, they had become very corrupt.
One never saw the women in public...
nor at work in the fields, excepting the very poorest gleaning [verzamelen] some ears of corn. They were to be seen only on pilgrimages to Jerusalem and other holy places. Husbandry [veehouderij] and all kinds of traffic were carried on mostly through slaves.
I have seen all the cities of Galilee. Where now scarcely three villages are in existence, there were then almost a hundred, and an innumerable crowd of people.
~bron~
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