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he lived and died as a jew. >> why would it be meaningful for the jews in galilee? >> they have seen baby jesus taken to egypt after jesus was born. that's not found in luke's gospel? why is it in matthew's gospel? to conjure of image of moses. they both preach from the top of the mountain. they both interpret law. they both cross waters linking moses to jesus. >> that mu is saying to a jewish audience you need to pay attention to the story. this is your story coming with surprising fulfillment. one of the extraordinary things wi about jesus is he is constantly telling stories saying -- even his own cousin john the baptist sends him a message, are you the one we were looking for or should we be looking for someone else. jesus sends it back get a load of this the lepers are cleansed the lame are walking the dead are being raised. yes, i am actually the one that israel of the world has been waiting for. >> up next more fact and fiction about the nativity story. why december the 25th may not be the actual date of jesus' birth. then our religious scholars tell us how fa

but, first, we travel north to galilee where jesus lived and conducted his ministry. >> in nazareth, we will see evidence of the first century house. now, we can't say that jesus grew up in it, but we can be fairly certain he walked by. the middle east? canada? or the u.s.? the answer is... the u.s. ♪ most of america's energy comes from right here at home. take the energy quiz. energy lives here. take the energy quiz. uh just gonna hang out. with gary and todd? yea. i've been meaning to ask you, is there any drinking going on in this crowd? no. so if any of your buddies ever pressure you to take a drink, just tell them you promised your dad you wouldn't. i'd do anything to keep you safe. ok. i will. i hope this is working. i promise. i love you too dad. they really do hear you. for tips on what to say visit underagedrinking.samhsa.gov 2,000 years ago it was a very small jewish village. but only a few hundred people. village life in jesus' time is reenacted today in this open air museum located on a passage of farmland. archaeology and early history tell us it was a relatively new t

is someone who was very likely an illiterate an educated marginal poor peasant from the backwoods of galilee who came from a village nazareth that was so small so in consequential that its name does not appear on any map or document before the end of the first century even if this was a land that was dominated by the roman empire was occupied by the roman empire even if there were certainly greeks and syrians and arabs that lived in certain urban metropolis centers in the holy land a poor jewish day laborer and peasant would have very little access to these ideas or to these people for that matter and that's what we have to constantly remember is that while jesus was certainly remarkable charismatic somebody definitely worth getting to know because of his teachings and his actions he wasn't utterly unique he was very much like all the other jews who that he grew up with and if you want to know who jesus was you need to know the world in which he grew up and in so far as the years between twelve and thirty i would say actually it's the years between zero and thirty i mean really until jesus b

at another the national news this hour presidents of the body and towns of galilee to have hunted down during his illness who recently lost control of the city's following to relief operation by french and amalia military troops locals also attacked businesses allegedly linked to rebel fighters international forces say breast isn't over yet with britain laying out its plans of sand more than three hundred military personnel to the region. at least four people have died and thousands more were forced to flee their homes in australia after having floods hit new south wales and queensland military personnel have been sent to the region to help deal with the aftermath as trail ian so. our weather conditions are constant threat to the region and more than thirty people die during floods twenty five in. myanmar has lifted a ban on public gatherings which has been in place for over two decades the law was imposed by the military john to the to power in one thousand nine hundred eight and prohibited gatherings of more than five people the ban which many claim was unconstitutional was widely us

nine hundred seventy six israeli government announcement that it would expire over it arab land in the galilee region which resulted in deadly rallies thousands of palestinians are expected to take to the streets on saturday to vand their fury against what they call discriminatory israeli settlement policies. chicago has witnessed a massive protest as people voiced their anger against a president of plans to shut down dozens of schools in the city the rally resulted in fines for scores of demonstrators the closures are aimed at plugging a one billion dollar budget gap with authorities determined to go on with their plans despite mass protests are jesus's hear reports. record single school closure in u.s. history versus the people. chicago the third largest city in america plans to shut down fifty four public schools by autumn this year it makes us feel like we are not important to anybody that makes us so much harder for us to get an education to school. thousands of protesters flooded onto the streets of the windy city to rally against this measure the demonstrators believe officials are targ

. >> and aristotle and galilee owe and newton and lots of really smart people have been very religious. >> father morist coming up behind is you way smarter than you sandy a catholic priest. >> he just said i should use hit and miss as an example the other direction. >> bill: i'm throwing this study out because number one these pinheads wouldn't tell us where they were coming from. number two they didn't do their own research they relied on go from past studies. >> that kind of analysis is valid. >> bill: can you cherry pick that you can chefery pick out of -- you know what that means because you are very intelligent. can you take a big study that's 1,000 pages and cherry pick anything out you want out of it. if you want to prove that atheists are smarter than religious people, you have got to do your own study, start from scratch and then show people what the basis line is for that. how about that? huh? they taught me that at harvard. i couldn't use other studies from other people. i do my own research. >> they looked at long-term analysis of 1500 gifted children that's been going on.

40 is the age with the no ponytail thing and there were very few barber shops in the galilee area, and super cuts back then. and sorry for you atheists for all the biblical references. and tip of the day, a 17 month old boy dominating the internet. ♪ ♪ ♪

. >> bill: unbelievable the correlations between what was happening in galilee and what the romans were doing to the jews back when jesus was walking around and what's happening now. i'm just going to give you a heads up. that this is coming. and the taxation was so onerous on the folks. for a totally different reason, i will concede. that the romans were venal. >> thank you. >> bill: they wanted this money to build their terms and to live a crazy lifestyle. but it was philosophically the same kind of government intrusion that we the people of america have no right to private property. and that's what castro does. chavez does. and that's where these congressional caucus people are headed. >> do you read the fox news version of the bible? come on, man. jesus turned over tables in the temple. he was worried about profit making. excessive wealth gathering. >> bill: i will deal with that hill, you know what you? are not accurate in what you just said. i'm not going to give away anymore. i want you to read the book and buy it so that the government can take almost half of all my proceeds fro

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. >> galilee was accepted at u.s. secretary general. >> you say we're witnesses to murder and our governments are accomplices. what do you mean? >> look at the way washington falls all over itself to please the worst elements among american elements, saudi funded elements and at the same time will not stick up for christians being murdered or driven out, most of the suezo jews have been driven out and it's a terrible double standard. the same rules should apply to muslims, christians and jews. they should be treated fairly and when one religious group is slaughtering the others, it's time to call a timeout. every time the american establishment media chastises israel and says they've got to give back palestinian land, remember the arabs stole land the jews inherited for 3,000 years. where is the equity in that that? >> ralph believes we're at the end of a story. an old, old story near its end and you don't like the way the end looks. embassador bolton? >> i agree. it's not looking good. christians communities in egypt

last week, i was in galilee on the mount of the beatudes with 30 priests from boston on a retreat. there we prayed and listen to the very gospel that was read for us here this morning. the sermon on the mount is a description of the life of people gathered by and around the lord. often in the gospels we can see the contrast between the crowd and the community. the crowd is made up of self-absorbed individuals, each one focused on his or her own interests in competition with the conflicting projects of others. a community is where people come to value each other, to find their own identity in being part of something bigger than themselves, working together for the common good. the circle mon on the mount in many ways is the constitution of the people called to live a new life. jesus gives us a new way it deal with offenses, by reconciliation. jesus gives us a new way to deal with violence by non-violence. he gives use new way to deal with money by sharing and providing for those in need. jesus bys us a new way of dealing with leadership by drawing upon the gifts of every person, eac

we had a large reservoir that was standing in for the sea of galilee. a costume went missing and we just assumed it was gone forever. and some local found it miles down river and brought it back to us. we were so grateful to get it. >> and not knowing why she returned. and also there were snakes. >> brian: there was a couple? >> the snakes, symbolic of satan throughout the bible. we prayed that the crucifixion scene would be safe for everybody involved, as snake man came in and cleared 48 snakes from the foot of the cross that morning. >> vipers. >> great spiritual clearing. >> steve: the snake guy. >> the snake man. that was his job. >> steve: it's a good thing you hired him. >> snakes and scorpions. we knew we weren't in kansas anymore. >> brian: i'm up to moses. don't tell me what happens next. all right. [ laughter ] i dvred all of it. >> steve: maw very much for joining us. by the way, "the bible" airs sunday now through easter on the history channel. the dvd comes out april 3. you're going to want to check it out. >> in spanish, too. >> steve: fan