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.