Palestine In Today's Gospel

To understand the story in today's Gospel takes a little knowledge of the geographical position of Palestine in Jesus' time. Since the destruction of the kingdom of David, Israel was divided into two parts, the Northern Kingdom by Capital Samaria and the Southern Kingdom with the capital Jerusalem. In Jesus' time the two kingdoms is no longer there, because it has destroyed the invaders. But the mentality is still felt.

Northern areas, including the Galilee, is a fertile area, because they have a source of water of the Sea of Galilee and the Jordan River. Automatic population in the more prosperous northern regions. While the southern regions although less fertile and less affluent, but they are more pride, because they have the temple in