Capernaum / House of Peter

DAY 3: STOP 3 - off to Capernaum - known as Jesus' own town also on NW shore of Sea of Galilee and home of Apostles Peter, Andrew, James, John and Matthew.  Capernaum was the center of Jesus' ministry in Galilee and where he performed 8 miracles.

We had mass over the site of Peters house where Jesus lived and it was incredible and surreal and hard to wrap the brain around.  I was standing in Mass and could see the altar, the Sea of Galilee and below the glass floor into the home of Peter which included a rough opening that served as a doorway- literally the spot Peter and Jesus entered and left the house.  We know this is Peter's house because over 130 descriptions of Peter and Jesus were found here plus it's the only home in the area that had many layers built around it over the years as a sort of shrine.

Below is more of the homes around Peter's house and a synagogue built over a first century synagogue that burned - one - this is where Jesus taught.

Finally we took a small retreat on the rocks one the shore of the Sea of Galilee