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Samaria, Modern

Situated between Judea and Galilee—Lu 17:11; Joh 4:3,4

Had many cities—Mt 10:5; Lu 9:52

CITIES OF, MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE

• Samaria
• —Ac 8:5
• Sychar
• —Joh 4:5
• Antipatris
• —Ac 23:31

Christ preached in—Joh 4:39-42

Christ at first forbade his disciples to visit—Mt 10:5

Christ after his resurrection commanded the gospel to be preached in—Ac 1:8

INHABITANTS OF

• Their true descent
• —2Ki 17:24; Ezr 4:9,10
• Boasted descent from Jacob
• —Joh 4:12
• Professed to worship God
• —Ezr 4:2
• Their religion mixed with idolatry
• —2Ki 17:41; Joh 4:22
• Worshipped on Mount Gerizim
• —Joh 4:20
• Opposed the Jews after their return from captivity
• —Ne 4:1-18
• Expected the Messiah
• —Joh 4:25,29
• Were superstitious
• —Ac 8:9-11
• More humane and grateful than the Jews
• —Lu 10:33-36; 17:16-18
• Abhorred by the Jews
• —Joh 8:48
• Had no intercourse or dealings with the Jews
• —Lu 9:52,53; Joh 4:9
• Ready to hear and embrace the gospel
• —Joh 4:39-42; Ac 8:6-8

The persecuted Christians fled to—Ac 8:1

The gospel first preached in, by Philip—Ac 8:5

Many Christian churches in—Ac 9:31