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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