#12367 How Did People Travel in the Time of Jesus, Roman Roads, and Tombs? - Steve Ray

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🗓️ 11 September 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

“How did people travel in the time of Jesus?” This episode explores the transportation methods of the era, including the quality of Roman roads around Jerusalem. Additionally, we delve into intriguing topics such as the existence of two tombs of Jesus and the significance of Mount Tabor, offering a rich perspective on life in biblical times.

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Questions Covered:

2:00 – How did people travel in the time of Jesus?
10:38 – Were there high quality Roman roads around Jerusalem?
14:50 – Jesus followed Mary twice a day for 1/4 mile to get water every day — imagine little Jesus “Wait up for me, Mom!”
19:30 – Are there 2 tombs of Jesus? Which one is the real one?
29:19 – Have you done the full walk of Mount Tabor?
32:43 – What are your thoughts on the flight to Egypt?
40:20 – What place in the Holy Land inspires you the most?
46:42 – I’ve heard there is a lot of demonic activity there. The holier the place the more demonic activity. Is this true? And what can one do to protect themselves when visiting?
48:42 – Is the Eye of the Needle a real gate into the city of Jerusalem?
50:00 – What’s the Sea of Galilee like? What would fishermen’s life be like?
52:26 – How large was the temple where Jesus was lost?

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0:28.9	Thanks for joining us today.
0:30.4	A great show for you.
0:31.1	Second hour, Tim will be here and will do ask me anything with Tim.
0:34.2	We're going to talk a little bit about natural family planning
0:37.0	because you see, you know,
0:39.2	in the Catholic commentosphere online or whatever you might call it, the topics come up,
0:44.8	and natural family planning has been a topic of interest lately. So we've got some questions.
0:48.7	We want to ask Tim about that, but you can call and ask him anything you want. This hour, Steve Ray,
0:53.1	and we have so many good shows with
0:55.0	Steve Ray. There's so many great things to talk with them about. But I don't recall doing a show
0:59.9	just where we talked about the Holy Land, which is one of his great areas of expertise. And
1:05.3	the Holy Land, kind of understanding the geography of the Holy Land, the society of the Holy Land, both now
1:15.0	and at the time of Jesus, and before the time of Jesus, is important to understanding
1:19.3	the scriptures.
1:20.3	So we asked Steve if he'd come on and do that with us.
1:23.2	Catholicconvert.com is where you can go to find Steve's work.
1:26.2	He's a writer.
1:27.2	He's a producer of wonderful
1:28.8	television documentaries, quite a few of them filmed in the Holy Land, in or around the Holy Land.
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