Chorazin (; Korazim Karraza, Kh. Karazeh, Chorizim, Kerazeh, Korazin) was a village in northern Galilee, two and a half miles from Capernaum on a hill above the northern shore of the Sea of Galilee. In Talmudic times, Korazim was a Jewish town renowned for its good wheat. In the 16th century, Jewish fishermen used to reside here. Biblical references Chorazin, along with Bethsaida and Capernaum, was named in the New Testament gospels of Matthew and Luke as "cities" (more likely just villages) in… (More on Chorazin) |