Map Legend:

1. Church of Annunciation: Place where Gabriel told Mary about the coming of Messiah.
2. St. Joseph Church: Believed to be the shop of Joseph
3. Mensa Christi: according to a pious legend, served as a table when Jesus had a meal with his disciples in his hometown.[3] When a biblical reference needs to be applied, the quoted passage is from the Gospel of Mark (Mark 16:14)
4. Mary’s Well: Another alternative believe that this is where Gabriel announced to Mary that she would bore the Son of God.
5. Mount Precipice: The Jews tried to throw Jesus of the cliff after He spoke in the synagogue

Biblical Reference

1. The angel Gabriel announced to Mary that she will give birth to the Messiah.
   Luke 1:26-33: 
   26 In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth,
   27 to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. And the virgin’s name was Mary.
   28 And he came to her and said, “Greetings, O favored one, the Lord is with you!”
   29 But she was greatly troubled at the saying, and tried to discern what sort of greeting this might be.
   30 And the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.
   31 And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus.
   32 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. And the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David,
   33 and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.”
2. From Egypt, Jesus returned to Nazareth
   Matthew 9:22-23; 22 But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there, and being warned in a dream he withdrew to the district of Galilee. 23 And he went and lived in a city called Nazareth, that what was spoken by the prophets might be fulfilled: “He shall be called a Nazarene.
   
3. Jesus grew up in Nazareth until He starts His ministry.
   Luke 2:51–52: And He went down with them and came to Nazareth, and He continued in subjection to them; and His mother treasured all these things in her heart. 52 And Jesus kept increasing in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.
   Matthew 4:13–14: And leaving Nazareth he went and lived in Capernaum by the sea, in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali, 14 so that what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled.
4. Jesus was rejected in His hometown and didn’t do many miracles.
   Luke 4:14-27: And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and a report about him went out through all the surrounding country. 15 And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified by all. 16 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up.  And as was his custom, he went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and he stood up to read. 17 And the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written, 18  “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed, 19 to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.” 20 And he rolled up the scroll and gave it back to the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him. 21 And he began to say to them, “Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.” 22 And all spoke well of him and marveled at the gracious words that were coming from his mouth. And they said, “Is not this Joseph’s son?” 23 And he said to them, “Doubtless you will quote to me this proverb, ‘Physician, heal yourself.’ What we have heard you did at Capernaum, do here in your hometown as well.” 24 And he said, “Truly, I say to you, no prophet is acceptable in his hometown. But in truth, I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heavens were shut up three years and six months, and a great famine came over all the land, 26 and Elijah was sent to none of them but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow. 27 And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha, and none of them was cleansed, but only Naaman the Syrian.” 
5. The people wanted to throw Jesus off the cliff after Jesus said the salvation is available not only to Jews but to Gentile as well.
   Luke 4:28–30: When they heard these things, all in the synagogue were filled with wrath. 29 And they rose up and drove him out of the town and brought him to the brow of the hill on which their town was built, so that they could throw him down the cliff. 30 But passing through their midst, he went away.

Interesting Facts:

1. Nazareth population is between 300-500 people at the time of Jesus.
2. This is where Gabriel showed up to Mary. The appearance of Angel is a rare occasion.
3. This is where Jesus grew up.
4. Small community where everyone knew each other.
5. Nazareth has a bad reputation. People in Nazareth is considered uneducated, lived one roof with the animal. Many criminals came from this city. The fact that the Jews wanted to throw Jesus off the cliff at Mt. Precipice shows this is a normal occurrence.
6. The distance from Nazareth to Mt Precipice is over 1 mile, it shows how much the Jews were willing to break their own law (walking far and killed somebody on the Sabbath day) just to reject Jesus.