The Bible shows that Jesus lived in the home of his parents in Nazareth, in Israel when he was young. When Jesus was a man, however, the New Testament Bible teaches us that He had no fixed home since he traveled around preaching, teaching and healing.

"Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head." (Luke 9:58 in the New Testament Bible, NKJV) .

But as a child, and probably as a young man, Jesus’s home was with his mother and adoptive father in Nazareth. This is seen in both the New Testament which historicizes and recounts Jesus’ life, but also in the Old Testament Bible which points to the coming Messiah and shows where He would live.

Click here to read that Jesus was brought up in Nazareth.

Jesus lived and ministered in Judea, Galiliee, Jerusalem in Northern Israel. Click here to see a map. 

The New Testament Bible depicts Jesus as an adult traveling, teaching, preaching, healing and ministering and shows that He had no set place to lay His head. His travels took him to the countries and towns surrounding Jerusalem, including Samaria, Jordan, Perea, Capernaum. Click here for more details.

Jesus taught everywhere He went. He was known as “the Teacher” – “Raboni” in Hebrew. He taught His disciples every day. He taught the crowds who followed Him, including the 5, 000 that he then fed when they were hungry. He taught at the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew chapter 5 in the New Testament). He taught also in parables (see Matthew chapter 13 in the New Testament).

Jesus taught Words of life and of truth. At 12 years of age, He read the Old Testament scriptures in the Temple. This was a small glimpse of His great teaching ministry.

Sometimes Jesus taught in a way that made the religious, self-righteous people uncomfortable. His teaching challenged them. It was simple, yet profound. In the Gospel of John, chapter 6 verse 66, some of the people stopped following Jesus because His sayings – or teachings – were too hard. They did not understand the spiritual implications and divine depth of His teaching.

While we don’t know all the foods Jesus ate, we know He ate as an ordinary person of His day and His culture. He ate fish, bread, lamb, drank wine and His meals would have included the typical spices of that culture. He enjoyed the cooking of His friends Mary and Martha. He ate with Matthew the tax collector and seemed to enjoy fine food. He probably ate the same way as anyone else at that time in that country.

The Bible shows that Jesus was not a vegetarian. He ate fish with His disciples on several occasions. We see this in the Gospel of John chapter 21 when He cooked and ate fish again with His disciples after He was resurrected from the dead. He would have likely eaten lamb at the Passover supper. He ate an ordinary diet the same as the average person in His country and of that era.