This event occurred in one of the synagogues in Galilee. The actual city was not specified, and we will assume it was in Sepphoris, as in the previous event.

   The photo above is Decumanus street, which was the principle gate street in Roman camps and cities. This is an east to west Roman street dated to the early 2^nd Century A.D. and part of the network of streets. The stone paved streets were carefully designed and arranged in a grid, typical of the newly constructed major cities in the Roman world. The street was colonnaded and led to entrances of the buildings on both sides of the streets.

   The Decumanus street crosses the Cardo (Latin: line) - the main road of the city, which runs north to south. On the paved limestone blocks there are signs of the grooves left by the wagons. Columns along both sides of the grand street created roofed porticoes (entrances to the buildings and small shops) and were paved with mosaics. The shops along the street formed the "lower market". One of the stones has an engraving of a seven-branched candelabrum, a Jewish symbol.

  Note that the street was constructed after Jesus' times, but its was probably based on the original plan of the city which was established before his times.