♪ (music) ♪ <i>(Sergio) Today, we are
visiting a very special place.</i> Like this. <i>(Sergio) A place that
takes us back in time,</i> <i>to the 1st century,</i> <i>and recreates the life
as it was in the times of Jesus.</i> <i>Exact replicas of
the 1st century houses,</i> <i>synagogue, mikveh,
and olive presses</i> <i>have been carefully built
using the same methods</i> <i>that would have been used
by Joseph the carpenter.</i> <i>The scenes are brought to life</i> <i>as villagers populate
the farm and houses,</i> <i>living and working with
the same type of clothing,</i> <i>pottery, tools, and methods</i> <i> that Mary and Jesus
would have used.</i> <i>A carefully researched
recreation of Jesus' home town,</i> <i>there is really
no other place like it.</i> <i>These are the last
remaining fields</i> <i>worked by Jesus' friends,
family, and fellow villagers.</i> <i>This is Nazareth Village.</i> ♪ (music) ♪ Welcome to the 1st century! This is how Nazareth
would have looked like during the time of Jesus. Let's see it. ♪ (music) ♪ All right. We are in
Joseph's workshop, Joseph, the husband
of Mary. Yes. And, we have some
1st century tools here. We have the adzes.
We have the chisels. We have a sharpening stone,
a sanding stone. All tools from the 1st century. And we have an olive crusher. But the coolest tool
is the drill. This is a completely
environmental-friendly drill. Let's see. So, we grab the tip,
and we keep a good, um... <i>Like this.</i> I should keep my day job. So, while Joseph would've worked
right here on his carpentry, Mary would have been
right next to his side cooking the meal for the family, preparing the food
for everybody. <i>And the Bible tell us that
women weren't only housewives.</i> <i>They also had some occupations.</i> Come. Let's see
Hannah's workshop. Just like a Proverb 31 woman, or Lydia, or Tabitha
in the New Testament, <i>worked, and they used
their hands to produce something.</i> <i>They earned their wages
in a good way.</i> <i>And here, we have
Hannah's workshop,</i> <i>where she sits all day
and she weaves.</i> We have the sheep on the land. They sheer them, and she
takes care of the rest. She washed the wool
and unknots the wool. <i>She spins the wool,
dyes the wool,</i> <i>and she makes beautiful
100% wool scarves</i> that are like these. This is an old one,
but they are just wonderful. And they used them for winter
because it kept them very warm. <i>(Sergio) We are in the only</i>
1st century synagogue replica. This is incredible. This is what it would have
looked like 2,000 years ago. What was it used for? Take a look at those seats. These are not like your
regular pews in church where you sit
and look at the stage. No. You sit here,
and you look at each other. Look at it. It goes
all the way around. And the person sitting here
is looking at the people sitting on the other side, You look at each other's faces.
It's a fellowship center. So, if you already guessed it,
it was multi-functional. Synagogue in Hebrew
is beit knesset. Beit knesset means
"the house of gathering." A fellowship house. It was used for teaching children
to read and write throughout the week. It was used as a courthouse
to solve disputes among the people. And on Sabbaths,
it was used to study the Torah. This is how Jesus would have come
and read from the Isaiah scroll, open it and read it in a synagogue looking
very much like this one. <i>It's quite remarkable
that after 2,000 years,</i> <i>this piece of land remained
untouched by the modern civilization.</i> <i>And to that,
we can thank Nazareth Trust,</i> <i>a nonprofit that owns this land</i> <i>and oversees the oldest
hospital in Israel</i> <i>right around the corner.</i> <i>It's impossible to show you</i> <i>all of the incredible
attractions of this place</i> <i>in these short five minutes.</i> <i>The actual tour
takes more than an hour.</i> <i>They take you on a guided tour,
first through a museum</i> <i>where the artifacts
bring the scriptures to life,</i> <i>and then, out into the fields,</i> <i>wine press, the farm,
the dressed up villagers.</i> <i>When I was done with the tour,
my mind was blown away.</i> <i>Nazareth Village
is truly remarkable.</i> <i>And the best part is,</i> <i>they're focused on being
a living presentation of the life,</i> <i>times, and teachings of Jesus</i> <i>for all the world to see.</i> <i>So, if you are in Israel,</i> <i>don't miss the opportunity
to visit the Nazareth Village.</i>
