Road from Jericho to Jerusalem

Modern identification

Representative route midpoint · Judean hills

Coordinates

31.8250, 35.3600

A map waypoint for the ancient ascent route. It is not an exact event location and, for the Good Samaritan, is a parable setting.

What happened at Road from Jericho to Jerusalem

1. 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.

2. Jesus visits zacchæus, and speaks the parable of the pounds, and sets out for Jerusalem

   Luke 19:1-28

   Jericho is securely identified at city-region level; the exact street or gate is unknown.