'It is interesting to note the average life expectancy was 30 years old! This would have been a very difficult place to live well and thrive in. It was an arid place, very infertile, there would have been lots of diseases, poor water supply a very hard life. They had oppressive rulers, the Roman government overtaxed them and took advantage of them. They are described mostly as ‘the crowds’ as in 6:22, they are compared to ‘sheep without a shepherd’ in Matthew 9:36, these were the ordinary people and these were the culture of the times Jesus was in.'
This is the kind of bits of history that make the Bible come alive!
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