Credit: Ian Scott
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Comments: Olive press interior construction at Nazareth village
Credit: James Emery from Douglasville, United States
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Comments: Hole in Synagogue roof from inside. Although the hole was not intentional, Nazareth Village is using it to illustrate the story of the lame man being lowered by his friends.
Credit: James Emery from Douglasville, United States
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Comments: Hole in Synagogue roof from outside. This is possibly the type of roof that the friends in Matthew 9:2-8, Mark 2:1-22 and Luke 5:17-26 would have had to tear up to let the sick man down.
From Easton: House - ...
The roofs of the dwelling-houses were flat, and are often alluded to in Scripture (2 Samuel 11:2; Isaiah 22:1; Matthew 24:17). Sometimes tents or booths were erected on them (2 Samuel 16:22). They were protected by parapets or low walls (Deuteronomy 22:8). On the house-tops grass sometimes grew (Proverbs 19:13; Proverbs 27:15; Psalms 129:6, Psalms 129:7). They were used, not only as places of recreation in the evening, but also sometimes as sleeping-places at night (1 Samuel 9:25, 1 Samuel 9:26; 2 Samuel 11:2; 2 Samuel 16:22; Daniel 4:29; Job 27:18; Proverbs 21:9), and as places of devotion (Jeremiah 32:29; Jeremiah 19:13).
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