Judea

Modern identification

Representative point in central Judea · Judea

Coordinates

31.8500, 35.2000

The passage names Judea without a recoverable town; the point is only a map centroid.

What happened at Judea

1. The parallel ministry of Jesus and John with John's loyalty to Jesus

   John 3:22-36

   Jesus ministers in Judea while John baptizes at Aenon near Salim; neither exact point is certain. The passage names Judea without a recoverable town; the point is only a map centroid.

2. Christ's reasons for leaving Judea

   John 4:1-4

   A travel transition from Judea toward Galilee through Samaria. The passage names Judea without a recoverable town; the point is only a map centroid.

3. Mission of the seventy. Christ's joy in their work on their return

   Luke 10:1-24

   The passage names Judea without a recoverable town; the point is only a map centroid.

4. Jesus answers a lawyer's question as to eternal life, giving the parable of the good samaritan

   Luke 10:25-37

   The event location is probably Judea; the Jericho road belongs to the parable, not necessarily to the conversation itself. The passage names Judea without a recoverable town; the point is only a map centroid.

5. Jesus again gives a model of prayer (comp. § 54), and encourages his disciples to pray. Parable of the importunate friend

   Luke 11:1-13

   The passage names Judea without a recoverable town; the point is only a map centroid.

6. Blasphemous accusation of league with Beelzebub

   Luke 11:14-36

   The passage names Judea without a recoverable town; the point is only a map centroid.

7. While breakfasting with a pharisee, Jesus severely denounces the Pharisees and lawyers, and excites their enmity

   Luke 11:37-54

   The passage names Judea without a recoverable town; the point is only a map centroid.

8. He speaks to his disciples and a vast throng, about hypocrisy, covetousness (parable of the rich fool), worldly anxieties, watchfulness (parable of the waiting servants, and of the wise steward), and his own approaching passion

   Luke 12

   The passage names Judea without a recoverable town; the point is only a map centroid.

9. All must repent or perish (two current tragedies); Parable of the barren fig tree

   Luke 13:1-9

   The passage names Judea without a recoverable town; the point is only a map centroid.

10. Jesus heals a crippled woman on the Sabbath and defends himself against the ruler of the synagogue (comp. §§ 49 to 51 and 114). Repetition of the parables of the mustard seed and of the leaven

    Luke 13:10-21

    The passage names Judea without a recoverable town; the point is only a map centroid.