SAFED

Safed is the highest city in the nation of Israel at 2739 feet above sea level. It is important to the Christian, because tradition says that most likely this is the "city on a hill cannot be hidden." (Matthew 5:14-16) This was a Jewish stronghold in the war between the Jews and the Romans. The town can be identified from any direction and offered a prominent example of a city on a hill visible in all directions. Jesus spoke of such a hill in the Sermon on the Mount. It is clearly visible from the Sea of Galilee in its northern location.

Seeing this city on a hill at night gives "new life" to the words of Jesus. Jewish scholars lived in Safed. Any town in this area of Galilee reminds the Bible student that Jesus went throughout all of Galilee teaching and preaching in their synagogues.