Judea, Modern

Judea, Modern

One of the divisions of the Holy Land under the Romans - Lu 3:1

Comprised the whole of the ancient kingdom of Judah - 1Ki 12:21-24

CALLED

• The land of Judah
- Mt 2:6
• Jewry
- Da 5:13; Joh 7:1

A mountainous district - Lu 1:39,65

Parts of, desert - Mt 3:1; Ac 8:26

Jerusalem the capital of - Mt 4:25

TOWNS OF

• Arimathea
- Mt 27:57; Joh 19:38
• Azotus or Ashdod
- Ac 8:40
• Bethany
- Joh 11:1,18
• Bethlehem
- Mt 2:1,6,16
• Bethphage
- Mt 21:1
• Emmaus
- Lu 24:13
• Ephraim
- Joh 11:54
• Gaza
- Ac 8:26
• Jericho
- Lu 10:30; 19:1
• Joppa
- Ac 9:36; 10:5,8
• Lydda
- Ac 9:32,35,38

John the Baptist preached in - Mt 3:1

OUR LORD

• Born in
- Mt 2:1,5,6
• Tempted in the wilderness of
- Mt 4:1
• Frequently visited
- Joh 11:7
• Often left, to escape persecution
- Joh 4:1-3

Several Christian churches in - Ac 9:31; 1Th 2:14