The Magdala synagogue and its stone
Purpose-built synagogues stood in Galilean towns during the first century — the setting the Gospels take for granted.
Fakapapau'i 'e he keliFeitu'u kuo keli1st century AD
A synagogue in use before AD 70, with mosaic and fresco, and at its centre a carved stone block showing a seven-branched menorah — the earliest such depiction known from a synagogue, and apparently carved by someone who had seen the temple.
And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues.
- Na'e 'ilo'i
- Migdal, on the Sea of Galilee, Israel, 2009 — Israel Antiquities Authority salvage excavation
- 'Oku tauhi 'i
- In place; the stone in the Israel Museum, Jerusalem
- Na'e a'u mai fēfē kiate kitautolu
- Na'e keli hake, pe 'oku kei tu'u 'i he potu na'e langa ai.
Ko e me'a 'oku ne fakahā
The building is securely pre-70. Any link to a particular visit is not something the archaeology can supply.
Founga hono ngāue'aki 'e he kau hisitōlia
A major find for the history of the synagogue; only a handful of pre-70 examples are known.
'I he Folofola
Fekau'aki mo
Ngaahi ma'u'anga fakamatala
'Oku 'i he lea faka-Pilitānia 'a e ngaahi fakamatala ko 'eni he taimi ni. 'E muimui mai 'a e liliu.