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See also:NAZARETH (mod. en-Ndsira) , a See also:town in See also:Galilee, in a hollow of the hills on the See also:southern border of the See also:plain of Esdraelon. It first appears as a See also:village (See also:John i. 46) in which See also:Joseph and See also:Mary lived (See also:Luke i. 26) and to which they returned from See also:Egypt (Matt. ii. 23). , Here the unrecorded years of See also:Christ's boyhood were spent. From the name of the town comes nasara (i.e. " See also:Nazarenes "), the See also:ordinary See also:oriental word for " Christians." There was here a See also:synagogue (Matt. xiii. 54) in which Christ preached the See also:sermon that led to his rejection by his See also:fellow towns-men. The growth of legends and traditional identifications can be traced in the writings of the pilgrims who have visited the town from See also:Jerome's See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time till our own. For none of these can anything be said, See also:save that it is possible that the village See also:spring (called " St Mary's Well ") is the same as that used in the time of Christ. A large See also:basilica stood here about A.D. 600: the crusaders transferred here the bishopric of Scythopolis. It was taken by See also:Saladin in 1187. In 1517 it was captured by the See also:Turks. The See also:population is now estimated at about 3500 Moslems and 65oo Christians; there are numerous See also:schools, hospitals, &c., conducted by Greeks, Latins and Protestants. Visitors are shown the " See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
Church of the See also:Annunciation " with caves (including a fragment of a See also:pillar See also:hanging from the See also:ceiling, and said to be miraculously supported) which are described as the See also:scene of the annunciation, the " workshop of Joseph," the " synagogue," and a See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone table, said to have been used by Christ.
End of Article: NAZARETH (mod. en-Ndsira)
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