ABSTRACT
Not very far from Capernaum is another village associated in the Gospels with Jesus: Chorazin. Located some two-and-a-half miles north of the Sea of Galilee, the location of this village affords one a spectacular view of the Sea and the Golan Heights. The identity of the site, called Khirbet Karazeh in modern times, with Chorazin was made in the mid nineteenth century by the Dutchman, C. W. M. Vande Velde, and was confirmed by the British scholar, Charles Wilson, in 1869. Chorazin is mentioned only twice in the New Testament (Matt. 11: 21-24 with parallel in Lk. 10: 13-16) where it is condemned by Jesus, along with Capernaum and BethSaida. The town is also mentioned in ancient Jewish sources (Tosefta Makot, 3:
not be known from the literary sources alone.
