Nazareth, itself, is a village ... a small village at that. But, it stands less than four miles from a major urban center, Sepphoris. Now, we see Jesus growing up, not in the bucolic backwater ...

Traditionally, it is believed that the people of Nazareth who watched Jesus grow up as a child were on the fringes of society. They were not rich and they likely knew modest means, if not outright ...

Nazareth, itself, is a village ... a small village at that. But, it stands less than four miles from a major urban center, Sepphoris. Now, we see Jesus growing up, not in the bucolic backwater ...