Was remained a mystery. i began to look through pilgrimage accounts to see if there was any evidence for this large building, and whether any of them told us what this church was dedicated to. the description is called the sacred locations. in addition to the biblical account, we actually only have a seventh century pilgrims account, and he says that there stood two churches. one which was built over the childhood home of jesus, and the other big church in the center of nazareth, the church of the annunciation. today, the church of the
Would have a son through the holy spirit. we visited the church of the annunciation, the largest site devoted to mary, where roman catholics believe the miracle happened. [ traditional middle eastern music plays ] just a few blocks away is st. gabriel s church, where the greek orthodox say the annunciation was. and below st. gabriel s is mary s well, the traditional site of nazareth s spring the place where mary and young jesus would ve drawn water. i don t think we need to say it was here or there to be able to affirm something beautiful and wonderful has entered our world. why the presence of angels in not only mary s life, but joseph s life, as well? in the first century, jews believed that the cosmos was filled with demons and angels and the power of god. now, this is a fact of history not that angels appeared, but they believed that
Mystery of the incarnation, of god becoming man. so far, no objects have been found that are directly linked to jesus, the way archaeologists have uncovered evidence of pontius pilate and herod the great. but just before christmas in 2009, a house from the time of jesus was unearthed just across the street from the church of the annunciation. for a long time, we ve been trying to find any evidence of jewish life here in nazareth. could this have been the home of mary and joseph and jesus? it is conceivable that mary and jesus and joseph lived here. it s much likely that they visited and a little boy named jesus was running in around all these houses. but there is nothing i, jesus, lived here. if we find something that s from the first century and it was built by a tektonos, that is a builder, one of the possibilities is joseph. but don t forget another possibility is jesus.
Bethlehem? we explore that idea of why. it s because he s in the line of david. you went to nazareth. what happened there? we saw remember, the annunciation, this is when the angel gabe yehl comes to marry gabriel and says you will be the mother of jesus. at the church of the annunciation, that s where catholics believe that the annunciation happened. but the greek orthodox church have a church there as well where they believe it happened. and then you ve got mary s well, which is another place where they believe the annunciation happened. we re going to be watching lauren s special christmas eve at 7:00 p.m. eastern and christmas day at 4:00 p.m. eastern as well. thank you very much. we will be watching. merry christmas n merry christmas to you. coming up, the duck dynasty family standing behind their suspended patriarch. will they take their duck calls and go home? what the robertson family is saying this morning.
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