But, as in the rest of Galilee, the profits firm this increase in the means of production disproportionately benefited the large landowners and moneylenders who resided outside Cavernous: the wealthy priests in Judea and new urban elite in Performs and Tiberius. The majority of Cavernous's residents had been left behind by the new Galilean economy. It would be these people whom Jesus would specifically target - those who found themselves cast to the fingers of society, whose lives had been disrupted by the rapid social and economic shifts taking place throughout Galilee.

Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth