Clear Water
Property of Lazarus, near Ephraim and Jericho, on the banks of the Jordan River.
Inhabitants or Natives
Asraël, the child disciple, Dina, healed from jaundice, Timon of Aëra, the synagogue leader, the steward of Lazarus's property, and his family.
Description
A fold,[1] property of Lazarus where Jesus retreats in November-December of his first year of public life. A very low and very wide rustic little house. Solidly built. The Apostles go fishing in the Jordan, a little farther away.
Notable events
This is where communal life begins with the Disciples.[2]
Jesus makes a series of comments here on the Ten Commandments.
This is where Aglae comes to listen to Jesus, for her conversion, pursued by a group of Pharisees.
It is the place where Jesus welcomes the persecuted like Timon the synagogue leader and Joseph of Emmaus accused of incest.
Much later, during the exile in Ephraim, Simon the Zealot worries: "I am afraid that Judas is worse than he was at the Clear Water."[3]
There is a discreet allusion to this stay at Clear Water in Saint John.[4]
The exact geographical location remains undetermined, but it is undoubtedly in the immediate vicinity of Netiv Hagdud and the Wadi Al Aujah. According to the indications of Maria Valtorta, Clear Water would indeed be located about ten kilometers northeast of Jericho.
Where is it mentioned in the work?
GRM 117 GRM 118 GRM 119 GRM 120 GRM 121 GRM 122 GRM 123 GRM 124 GRM 125 GRM 126 GRM 127 GRM 128 GRM 129 GRM 130 GRM 131 GRM 132 GRM 133
GRM 566
Explore
- 31° 57’ N / 35° 30’ E /
- -290m (uncertain)
Notes and references
Article partially based on the Geographical Dictionary of the Gospel by Jean-François Lavère.