About Mount of Precipice

Mount of Precipice or Mount of the Leap is a steep hill in the outskirts of Nazareth, overlooking the Jezreel Valley. Local tradition sees this mountain as the place from which Jesus jumped and miraculously disappeared when He was rejected and chased by an angry mob (Luke 4).

“Jumping up, they mobbed him and forced him to the edge of the hill on which the town was built. They intended to push him over the cliff, but he passed right through the crowd and went on his way.” – Luke 4:29-30 (NLT)

Surrounding Views

The views include the sight of Mount Tabor in the east, the city of Afula in the south and the old city of Nazareth in the west. On the north side of the mount is a 40,000-seat auditorium that was used in 2009 when Pope Benedict XVI held his biggest ever Holy Land Mass here.