Locations - Lake Gennesaret - Lake Tiberias - Sea of Galilee

« I have finished. I am now going down towards the lake and bless you in the name of the One and Triune God. May peace be with you.»

But the crowds shout: «We are coming with You. Let us come. No one has words like Yours!» And they begin to follow Jesus Who goes down on the opposite side from which He came up and which is in the direction of Capernaum.

The descent is steeper but faster and they soon reach the foot of the mountain on a green flowery plain.

• Bible - Gospel of Matthew
• Locations - Hattin horns
• Locations - Lake Gennesaret - Lake Tiberias - Sea of Galilee
• Places - Capharnaüm

• Locations - Lake Gennesaret - Lake Tiberias - Sea of Galilee
• Places - Capharnaüm
• Summary of EMV

Jesus says to me showing me the course of the Jordan, or rather, the mouth of the Jordan where it flows into Lake Tiberias, that is where the town of Bethsaida lies on the right bank of the river, with respect to those facing north: «The town nowadays no longer appears to be on the shore of the lake, but a little inland. And that puzzles scholars. The explanation is to be found in the earth that filled this part of the lake, as it was deposited there throughout twenty centuries by the river, by alluvia and landslides from the hills of Bethsaida. The town was then just at the mouth of the river and in fact the smaller boats, particularly in seasons rich in water, used to sail upstream, almost as far as Korazim; the river, however, was always used as a harbour and shelter for the boats of Bethsaida when the lake was very rough. I am not saying this for you, to whom it is of no interest, but for difficult doctors. And now go on.»

• Dictations of Jesus and the Virgin Mary in the EMV
• Locations - Bethsaida
• Locations - Lake Gennesaret - Lake Tiberias - Sea of Galilee
• Modern self-righteousness (quibbling and bickering)

A clear dawn causes the lake to sparkle like pearls and envelops the hills in a mist as light as a muslin veil, through which olive and walnut-trees, houses and the background of villages look prettier than usual. Boats are sailing smoothly and quietly towards Capernaum. All of a sudden Peter turns the tiller of the rudder, so abruptly that the boat heels to one side.

«What are you doing?» asks Andrew.

«There is the boat of an owl[1]. It is leaving Capernaum now. My eyes are good and since yesterday evening I have the scent of a hound. I do not want them to see us. I am going back to the river. We will go on foot.»

Also the other boat has followed the manouevre, but James, who is holding the rudder, asks Peter: «Why are you doing that?»

«I will tell you later. Follow me.»

Jesus, Who is sitting astern, rouses when they are almost off the Jordan. «What are you doing, Simon?» He asks.

«We are getting off here. There is a jackal about. It is not possible to go to Capernaum today.»

• Animals
• Locations - Lake Gennesaret - Lake Tiberias - Sea of Galilee

• Locations - Lake Gennesaret - Lake Tiberias - Sea of Galilee
• Summary of EMV

The view is beautiful. Only a few score of feet above the lake, it commands a view over the whole lake with the towns spread along its shores. Tiberias is splendid with its beautiful buildings on the opposite shore facing the apostles. Below this spot, at the foot the basaltic cliff, the short beach looks like a green pillow, whereas on the opposite shore, from Tiberias to the mouth of the Jordan, there is a rather widespread marshy plain due to the river having difficulty in resuming its course after delaying in the placid lake. But the plain looks like a garden, because it is so thick with marsh flora, and is densely populated with colourful variegated water fowl, which seem bedecked with jewels. The birds rise from the thick grass and from the reed-thickets, they fly over the lake, they dive into it to steal a fish from its water, and they rise even more brilliant, because the water has brightened up their plumage, and then they fly back to the plain where the wind plays swaying its many-coloured flowers.

Up here, instead, there are woods of very tall oak trees, under which the grass is soft and emerald-green, and beyond this strip of woods, on the other side of a large valley, the mountain climbs again, forming a very steep rocky summit, on which houses rise built on terraces. I think that the mountain side and the walls of the houses are all one, for its caves are used as dwellings, in a mixture of a troglodyte and ordinary village. It is a village characteristic of structures on large rising terraces, so that the roof of the house on the terrace below is at the height of the ground entrance of the terrace above it. On the sides where the mountain is very steep, so steep that no house can be built there, there are caves, deep crevices and descents dropping down to the valley. In the season of downpours the descents must become like many whimsical little torrents. All kinds of blocks, which the floods have rolled down to the valley, form a chaotic pedestal for the little mountain which is so wild and steep, hunchbacked and overbearing that it looks like a squire who wants to be respected at all costs.

• Creation - Flore
• Location - Near Gamala and Ippo (Hippos)
• Locations - Lake Gennesaret - Lake Tiberias - Sea of Galilee
• Locations - Tiberias