Aera

City of the Golan. The Homeland of the deacon Timon.

Aera.

Inhabitants or Natives

Timon the synagogue leader of the Clear Water and his mother.

Description

In the Tetrarchy of Philip: the current Golan, formerly Aram, the land of the Arameans.

"From Bethsaida through Merom he will take the road to Damascus for a little while, and then the road to Aera."

To the northwest, the range of the Mount Hermon appears, but it is a very distant range.

Where is it mentioned in the work?

GRM 296 GRM 297
GRM 575

Learn more about this place

Excerpt from the Geographical Dictionary of the Gospel According to Maria Valtorta, by Jean-François Lavère:

Timoneus, a young synagogue leader near the Clear Water, becomes a disciple of Jesus. Struck down by anathema by the Sanhedrin, he takes refuge in Aëra, his native village. "Come, my Lord, to Aera, and You will see how they respect You there. You will not find as much faith in Judaea, as there is there." Jesus goes there in October of the second year, despite the objections of his own: "I promised to go and I will go"

There he receives a warm welcome despite pouring rain, and Peter, all sheepish, remarks: "Timoneus is right. Everybody believes in You here. They are better than we are…"

The ancient Aere (or Aram) is identified with the modern As Sanamayn (or Es Sanamein) in Syria. Aram, kingdom of the Arameans, is the biblical word to designate Syria. Excavations carried out in 2009 uncovered the remains of two thermal buildings from the Roman era₁. In the Bible, Aëra appears under the designation of the land of Aram.

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33°04'25.2"N 36°11'08.0"E

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