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With a population of around 1,500, Capernaum was a fishing village located in what is now known as modern day Israel in the Sea of Galilee region. It was in this village that Jesus performed various miracles, according to the book of Luke in the Bible (including healing a centurion's servant), and the ruins of such said temple in which some miracles were performed in, have been found to some degree. As well as what is thought to have been the house of Peter, one of Jesus' twelve disciples. These archeological findings support the validity of these events transpired in Capernaum. And even if they don't, at least the validity of the village known as Capernaum is confirmed.

The historian Flavius Josephus was reported being in the village of Capernaum when hurt during a battle. Flavius was a known historian in the Roman Empire who had defected towards them after being captured. The archeological findings were made by archeologists associated with Greek Orthodox Church.

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The speech makes several points. First, Luke clearly shows how the destruction of A.D. 70 is distinct from but related to the end. The two events should not be confused, but Jerusalem's destruction, when it comes, will guarantee as well as picture the end, since one event mirrors the other. Both are a part of God's plan as events move toward the end.

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Jericho is a city in the Palestinian Territories and is located near the Jordan River in the West Bank. Jericho is described in the Bible as the City of Palm Trees and it was founded in 9600 B.C. Jericho is located 846 ft below sea level in an oasis in the Wadi Quelt in the Jordan Valley.

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Jericho is a city in the Palestinian Territories and is located near the Jordan River in the West Bank. Jericho is described in the Hebrew Bible as the City of Palm Trees and it was founded in 9600 B.C. Jericho is located 846 ft below sea level in an oasis in Wadi Qelt in the Jordan Valley.

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In chapter 20 the story of John the Baptist was mentioned and archeological finds have supported the life of John the Baptist. A research team dated a right-handed knuckle to the first century AD (when John is believed to be alive). Scientists came to the results after analyzing DNA that the bones came from an individual man from the (moder-day) Middle East. The rest of the remains that were found at an ancient monastery in the Black Sea were a skull, jaw, arm, and a tooth. After years of analyzing, researchers have concluded that these findings support the life of John the Baptist.

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The Feast of Unleavened Bread is still a celebrated holiday. It is mostly known as the Passover, most Jews celebrate it to this day; even Obama celebrated it.

There is proof that Jesus is a real person. The Dead Sea scrolls that date back to 150 B.C. prophesy about Jesus and describes his image, despised and rejected. Isiah 53 (which dates back to 125 B.C.) states that He will be stricken and smitten by God. Although it doesn't clarify if they are talking about Jesus.

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Tyre is a city in Lebanon, that was established in 2570 BC and is roughly 2 sq miles (4 sq km). Tyre is about 50 mi (80km) away from Beirut. Tyre is on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea (also known as the Great Sea in the Bible).

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"At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion of what was known as the Italian Cohort," Caesarea is a town in north-central Israel, located between Tel Aviv and Haifa and near the city of Hadera.

Cornelius the centurion is a roman who is considered by Christians to be the first Gentile to convert to the Christian faith. "And now send men to Joppa and bring one Simon who is called Peter." Joppa, also more commonly known as Jaffa is an ancient port city in the southern part of Tel Aviv.

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“When Jesus stepped ashore, he was met by a demon-possessed man from the town. For a long time this man had not worn clothes or lived in a house, but had lived in the tombs. When he saw Jesus, he cried out and fell at his feet, shouting at the top of his voice, “What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you, donʼt torture me!” For Jesus had commanded the impure spirit to come out of the man. Many times it had seized him, and though he was chained hand and foot and kept under guard, he had broken his chains and had been driven by the demon into solitary places.”

Luke 8:27-29 NIV

http://bible.com/111/luk.8.27-29.niv

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Cilicia was an early Roman Province located on what is today the southern (Mediterranean) coast of Turkey. Cilicia was annexed to the Roman Republic in 64 BC by Pompey, as a consequence of his military presence in the east, after pursuing victory in the Third Mithridatic War It was subdivided by Diocletian in around 297, and it remained under Roman, and subsequently Byzantine rule for several centuries, until falling to the Islamic Conquests.

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He said to the crowd: “When you see a cloud rising in the west, immediately you say, ‘It’s going to rain,’ and it does. And when the south wind blows, you say, ‘It’s going to be hot,’ and it is. Hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky. How is it that you don’t know how to interpret this present time?

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Chaldeans were people who lived in southern Babylonia which would be modern day Iraq.

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Existence of Israe l

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Luke 24

Emmaus is a village that is about 7 miles from Jerusalem where they walked with Jesus. They talked about the vision of angels that told them that Jesus has risen from the dead.

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http://coldcasechristianity.com/2013/unbelievable-is-lukes-description-of-quirinius-historically-inaccurate/
http://christiananswers.net/q-eden/edn-t007.html
It's important to analyze evidence while reading Luke

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The city of Galilee was by the Red which wasapart of the Jordan River

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Marble slab that had words traced back to the Sea of Galilee.

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This reliable source shows pictures of events of Peter:

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WHO WAS PETER, apostle of Jesus? The story, paintings, Bible references

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The life of Simon Peter,one of the most lovable people in the New Testament: willing, loyal, generous, brave, impetuous, ready to try again when he failed

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Matthias or Mattityahu died c. 80 AD was, according to the Acts of the Apostles, the apostle chosen by the believers to replace Judas Iscariot following Judas' betrayal of Jesus and his subsequent suicide.

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Alexandria the second largest city and a major economic centre in Egypt, extending about 32 km (20 mi) along the coast of the Mediterranean Seain the north central part of the country.Alexandria was founded around a small Ancient Egypt n c. 331 BC by Alexander the Great. Itbecame an important center of the Hellenistic Civilization and remained the capital of Hellenistic and Roman and Byzantine Egypt for almost 1000 years.

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This name, which in the Roman age was applied to a large province, seems to have been originally confined to a little "circuit" of country round Kedesh-Naphtali, in which were situated the twenty towns given by Solomon to Hiram king of Tyre as payment for his work in conveying timber from Lebanon to Jerusalem.

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In Luke 20:27 Luke writes about one of Jesus' messages to the Sadducees about having to pay taxes to Caesar. The Gospel of Luke was written around 80-90 AD but the story he is writing about is from when Jesus was living. Jesus' ministry started when he was about 30 (based on Luke) so his ministry went from about 27-36 AD so this was the time that Luke was writing about. The Caesar during the ministry of Jesus would have been Tiberius who was in power from 14-37 AD. So the times that Jesus was preaching about Caesar do align up with one another.

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Barabbas or Jesus Barabbas  literally means "son of the father" or "Jesus, son of the Father"

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Cyrene, Libya was located in northern Africa. Cyrene, a Greek colony, also had a Jewish community where 100,000 Judean Jews had been forced to settle during the reign of Ptolemy Soter (323–285 BC) and was an early center of Christianity.

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Jerusalem is a city were Jesus was crucified, and is still a city today in Israel. Also called the city of David. Referring to King David from the books of first and second kings and first and second chronicles.This city is located on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea. It is also one of the oldest cities in the world.

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Mesopotamia is an area along the Tigris-Euphrates river near Iraq

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In Acts 5, the passage mentions
Peter. http://www.whatchristianswanttoknow.com/apostle-peter-biography-timeline-life-and-death/ gives a biography and a timeline of Peter.

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“Joseph, a Levite from Cyprus, whom the apostles called Barnabas (which means “son of encouragement”),”
Acts 4:36 NIV

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Barnabas

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Acts 3Nazareth is the capital and the largest city in the Northern District of Israel. It's population is 75,726 and was found in the third century CE 

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Acts 3Nazareth is the capital and the largest city in the Northern District of Israel. It's population is 75,726 and was found in the third century CE 

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Medes are ancient Iranian people who are from Media. (Acts 2)

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Ninevah was an actual place. It was found by archaeologists and matched how the Bible explained it. Back In the Bible, it was located in Assyria. Today, it is located in northern Iraq. It is on the eastern side of the Tigris River.

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Stephen traditionally venerated as the Protomartyr or first martyr of Christianity

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parathians are part of the Parthain empire.

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Jesus had sent out the 72 people, and they came with great joy. The reason for their joy was because the demons were even subject to the 72 in God's name. Later, in the same hour, Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit.

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A 1,500-year-old marble slab found on the eastern shore of the Sea of Galilee (a geographic location discussed within Luke chapter 5) has provided the first real proof of an ancient Jewish settlement in the area, according to archaeologists.

Experts say the slab probably dates to around 500 AD, which is when the Hebrew alphabet was used by Jews and some local Christian communities. Engraved on the slab were the two words: "Amen" and "Marmaria." "Mermaría is referring to Jesus' mother, Mary.

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The Jordan River runs through the land and history of the Bible, giving its waters a spiritual significance that sets it aside from other rivers.

The Jordan is significant for Jews because the tribes of Israel under Joshua crossed the river on dry ground to enter the Promised Land after years of wandering in the desert.

It is significant for Christians because John the Baptist baptised Jesus in the waters of the Jordan.

The prophets Elijah and Elisha also crossed the river dry-shod; and the Syrian general Naaman was healed of leprosy after washing in the Jordan at Elisha's direction.

River flows below sea level

Flowing southward from its sources in the mountainous area where Israel, Syria and Lebanon meet, the Jordan River passes through the Sea of Galilee and ends in the Dead Sea. A large part of its 320-kilometre length forms the border between Israel and Jordan in the north and the West Bank and Jordan in the south.

The river falls 950 metres from its source to the Dead Sea. For most of its course down the Jordan Rift Valley, it flows well below sea level. Its name means "Dan [one of its tributaries] flows down".

Though an old song says the River Jordan is "deep and wide", the modern river is neither. In places it is more like a creek than a river - less than 10 metres across and 2 metres deep.

From Jesus' time until the mid 20th century, seasonal flooding in winter and spring expanded its width to 1.5km. Dams in Syria, Jordan, Lebanon and Israel now preclude flooding.

Site identified in former military zone

The place where Jesus was baptised by John the Baptist is believed to be in Jordan, on the east bank of a large loop in the river opposite Jericho.

A site less than 2km east of the river's present course, at Wadi Al-Kharrar, has been identified as Bethany Beyond the Jordan. This is where John lived and baptised, and where Jesus fled for safety after being threatened with stoning in Jerusalem.

Until the 1994 peace treaty between Jordan and Israel, the area was a Jordanian military zone. After clearing nearby minefields, the Jordanian government has made the place accessible to archaeologists, pilgrims and tourists.

Jordan's new Baptism Archaeological Park contains the remains of a Byzantine-era monastery featuring at least four churches, one of which is built around a cave believed to be the one that ancient pilgrims called "the cave of John the Baptist".

While the Jordanian location was inaccessible, a modern site commemorating Christ's baptism was established at Yardenit in Israel, at the southern end of the Sea of Galilee.

Maintained by a kibbutz, it is a popular place for Christian pilgrims to renew their baptismal promises - or for new Christians to be baptised, often in white robes and undergoing total immersion in the mild waters of the Jordan.

Jordan is diverted and polluted

Because its waters are a vital resource for the dry lands of the region, the Jordan has been a source of contention among Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon and the Palestinians.

In modern times more than 90 per cent of its natural flow has been diverted for domestic and agricultural use. The lower Jordan is heavily polluted by sewage and industrial run-off.

In 2007 the World Monuments Fund listed the lower Jordan in the top 100 most " endangered cultural heritage sites". In support, a regional environmental organisation, Friends of the Earth Middle East, said: "The region's current policies treat the river as a backyard dumping ground."
Related site: Bethany Beyond the Jordan In Scripture:
The Israelites cross the Jordan on dry ground: Joshua 3:14-17

Elijah crosses the Jordan on dry ground: 2 Kings 2:8

John baptises Jesus: Matthew 3:13-17; Mark 1:9-11; Luke 3:21-22; John 1:29-34

Naaman's leprosy is cured in the Jordan: 2 Kings 5:1-14
References
McCormick, James R.: Jerusalem and the Holy Land (Rhodes & Eaton, 1997)

Wareham, Norman, and Gill, Jill: Every Pilgrim's Guide to the Holy Land (Canterbury Press, 1996)

Khouri, Rami: "Where John Baptized: Bethany Beyond the Jordan", Exploring Jordan: The Other Biblical Land (Biblical Archaeology Society, 2008)

Waldocks, Ehud Zion: "Jordan River to run dry by next year", Jerusalem Post, May 3, 2010
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The Jordan River runs through the land and history of the Bible, giving its waters a spiritual significance that sets it aside from other rivers. The Jordan is significant for Jews because the tribes of Israel under Joshua crossed the river on dry ground to enter the Promised Land after years of wandering in the desert.

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“Indeed Herod and Pontius Pilate met together with the Gentiles and the people of Israel in this city to conspire against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed.”

Acts 4:27 NIV

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Aceldama, Akeldama or Hakeldama is the Aramaic name for a place in Jerusalem associated with Judas Iscariot( Field of Blood)

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“Indeed Herod and Pontius Pilate met together with the Gentiles and the people of Israel in this city to conspire against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed.”

‭‭Acts‬ ‭4:27‬ ‭NIV‬‬

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The Jordan river was in the west of Asia around 156 miles long. Jesus was known leaving the river in Luke 4 from the fourth days of being tempted from Satan.  The river is also going roughy north to south by Galilee and then leads into the Dead Sea.

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Glileans are Natives from Galilee. (Acts 2)

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There was a demon possessed man When Jesus stepped ashore, he was met by a demon-possessed man from the town. For a long time this man had not worn clothes or lived in a house, but had lived in the tombs.

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Lazarus

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Jerusalem, a Middle Eastern city west of the Dead Sea, has been a place of pilgrimage and worship for Jews, Christians and Muslims since the biblical era.

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Nazareth is the capital of Israel also galilee is a region in northern Israel any other thing is judea it was "created" 135 AD and Herod king of judea created the "herodian kingdom and died in 4BC

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“then know this, you and all the people of Israel: It is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead, that this man stands before you healed.”

Acts 4:10 NIV

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Judas was an actual person that betrayed Jesus, he is found throughout the New Testament. Here some examples of him throughout the Bible Matthew 10:2-4; Mark 3:16-19; Luke 6:14-16). Luke 24 mentions

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Jerusalem is a Middle Eastern city west of the Dead Sea (Acts 2)

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The Jordan river is around 156 miles long in Asia. Jesus was know leaving the river in Liuke

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The length of the Jordan river is about 156 miles longs.

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The Mount of Olives or Mount Olivet is a mountain ridge east of and adjacent to Jerusalem's Old City.

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The Hebrews were Jewish Christians who spoke almost exclusively Aramaic, and the Hellenists were also Jewish Christians whose mother tongue was Greek. They were Greek-speaking Jews of the Diaspora, who returned to settle in Jerusalem.

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In Acts 9 it talks about Saul going to Damascus. Demarcus was stablished as a city in the 3rd millennium B. C. which is before the book of acts was written. The Bible could not have made up the city because there are records of it before the New Testament was written. Damascus is still the capital of Syria today since Bible times.

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In the eastern Mediterranean. It is referred to today as the West Bank. Samaria is located in Judaea but is thought of as an administrative region. 2 kings 10:12 says: “Jehu then set out and went toward Samaria. At Beth Eked of the Shepherds,”

2 Kings 10:12 NIV

http://bible.com/111/2ki.10.12.niv

“After they had further proclaimed the word of the Lord and testified about Jesus, Peter and John returned to Jerusalem, preaching the gospel in many Samaritan villages.”

Acts 8:25 NIV

http://bible.com/111/act.8.25

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Pontius Pilate was the fifth prefect of the Roman province of Judaea from AD 26–36. He served under Emperor Tiberius, and is best known today for the trial and crucifixion of Jesus.

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“The next day the rulers, the elders and the teachers of the law met in Jerusalem.”

Acts 4:5 NIV

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The beginning of Luke 2 discusses Ceaser Augustus who was a ruler in the B.C., who was a real person. And he was the founder of the Roman Empire and the son of Julius Ceaser. Quirinous was a governer of Syria in Roman Catholic Times and was rector of his grandson Augustus. In verses 4,22,and 29 Nazareth,Galilee,Judea,Bethlaham, and Jerusalem are are real because they are still places today and or have evidence of existence.
Luke 2 is reliable because every person and place stated was real and has true evidence to prove it was real.

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The river was roughly go from north to South through Galilee

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The Sea of Galilee, also called Lake of Gennesaret, is a large freshwater lake in Israel. It is approximately 53 km in circumference, about 21 km long, and 13 km wide.

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Tiberius was a Roman Emperor from 14 AD to 37 AD.

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The Jordan rover i a large stream the West of Asia.