Naïn
| Naïn | |||
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| hebrew : | ניין | ||
| arabic : | نين | ||
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| District : | North | ||
| Coordinates : | 32 ° 38 ' N , 35 ° 21' E | ||
| Height : | 229 m | ||
| Residents : | 1845 (as of 2018) | ||
| Community code : | 0523 | ||
| Time zone : | UTC + 2 | ||
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Naïn ( Arabic نين Na'in , literally 'adorable'; Hebrew ניין Najin ) is a small town mentioned in the New Testament of the Bible only in the Gospel of Luke .
Biblical narration
In Naïn, according to Lk 7 : 11-17 EU, Jesus of Nazareth is said to have brought a deceased young man to life in front of his already widowed mother. The biblical story is usually dubbed The Young Man of Naïn .
Location of Naïn
Naïn is located about 20 km southwest of the Sea of Galilee and 7 km southwest of Mount Tabor , in a mountainous region on the southern border of Galilee and Samaria . Jesus himself must have passed Naïn when he was coming from Capernaum to Nazareth (10 km northwest of Naïn).
In 1880, the Franciscans built a church in Naïn to commemorate Jesus' raising from the dead . Today Naïn is still a small town frequented by tourists, despite the fame it enjoys for its history.
According to the 1931 census, there were 189 people in Naïn, all of them Muslims , in 34 houses. In 2018 there were 1845 inhabitants.
Web links
- Census of Palestine 1931. (PDF) Population of Villages, Towns and Administrative Areas. E. Mills, 1932, p. 75 , accessed December 13, 2014 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ אוכלוסייה ביישובים 2018 (population of the settlements 2018). (XLSX; 0.13 MB) Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , August 25, 2019, accessed May 11, 2020 .
- ↑ אוכלוסייה ביישובים 2018 (population of the settlements 2018). (XLSX; 0.13 MB) Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , August 25, 2019, accessed May 11, 2020 .