5300 x 3418 px | 44,9 x 28,9 cm | 17,7 x 11,4 inches | 300dpi
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Nazareth is the capital and largest city in the North District of Israel. It also serves as an unofficial Arab capital for Israel's Arab citizens who make up the vast majority of the population there. In the New Testament, the city is described as the childhood home of Jesus, and as such is a center of Christian pilgrimage, with many shrines commemorating biblical associations. The etymology of Nazareth from as early as Eusebius up until the 20th century has been said to derive from the Hebrew word נצר netser, meaning a "shoot" or "sprout", while the apocryphal Gospel of Phillip derives the name from Nazara meaning "truth". There is speculation and biblical indication that Nazarene meaning "of the village of Nazareth", was confused with "Nazir, " meaning a "separated" Jew who had taken an ascetic vow of holiness
