抹大拉的马利亚

The name Magdalene means “tower.” The town of Magdala was located on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee, about 8 kilometers southwest of Capernaum and 4.4 kilometers north of modern-day Tiberias, near the current city of Migdal. The city was built on the lakeshore around the first century BC. It was a good […]

寡妇的奉献

Luke 21:1-4 “As Jesus looked up, he saw the rich putting their gifts into the temple treasury. He also saw a poor widow put in two very small copper coins. ‘Truly I tell you,’ he said, ‘this poor widow has put in more than all the others. All these people gave their gifts out of […]

马大与马利亚

Luke 10:38-42 – “As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. She had a sister called Mary (“Mary” is the Greek form of the Hebrew “Miriam”), who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said. But Martha […]

西罗亚池

The Pool of Siloam (Hebrew: בריכת השילוח, “sent”) means “the pool whose waters were sent from outside the city.” The Pool of Siloam is a rock-cut pool on the southern slope of the City of David in Jerusalem, located outside the southeastern walls of the Old City. Its water came from the Gihon Spring and […]

伯大尼

Bethany means “house of figs” or “house of suffering.” It was a small village west of the Jordan River, located on the southeastern slope of the Mount of Olives, about six stadia (about 1.2 kilometers) east of Jerusalem. It was situated on the road from Jerusalem to Jericho, surrounded by green hills, plateaus, and lively […]

不饶恕人的恶仆

In Matthew 18, Jesus tells His disciples a parable about how to forgive others: “The kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants. As he began the settlement, a man who owed him ten thousand bags of gold was brought before him. Since he was not able to […]

教会的磐石

The archaeological site of Caesarea Philippi is located in northern Israel at the foot of Mount Hermon, near the city of Dan, and is a major source of the Jordan River. This place may be the Baal-gad mentioned in the Old Testament (Joshua 11:17), where the Canaanites worshipped Baal. The Greeks later replaced Baal with […]

毕士大的瘫子

The Pool of Bethesda is a set of pools in the Muslim Quarter of Jerusalem’s Old City. Because of its proximity to the ancient “Sheep Gate” (near today’s Lion’s Gate), it has been called the “Sheep Pool” since the 4th century. In Jerusalem, near the Sheep Gate, there was a pool called Bethesda. Many sick […]

人子是谁？

In Matthew 16:13, 15-16, Jesus went into the region of Caesarea Philippi and asked his disciples, “Who do people say the Son of Man is?” He then asked, “But what about you? Who do you say I am?” Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.” This event marks a […]

迦百农

Capernaum, located on the northern shore of the Sea of Galilee, served as the center of Jesus’ ministry in that region (Matthew 9:1-2; Mark 2:1-5). It was an important and bustling fishing and commercial hub, home to both Jews and Gentiles, with a population likely never exceeding 1,000 people in the first century. Capernaum was […]