Where the Bibleactually happened
Follow the life of Jesus event by event across Galilee, Judea, and Jerusalem. Every place linked to scripture, identified on the modern map, and rated for how sure we really are.
185 events · 68 places · free, no account needed
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Event details, locations, and sources are all available in the panel.
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Pick an event from the timeline, or tap a marker on the map.
Honest geography
How to read this map
Biblical geography is not equally certain everywhere, and this map refuses to pretend otherwise. Every event carries one of six confidence ratings.
Widely accepted, often archaeologically identified sites. When you stand at Capernaum, you stand where the text says Jesus stood.
A strong leading identification with meaningful uncertainty: the best candidate among scholars, but not beyond dispute.
A plausible proposal with real alternatives. The map shows the competing candidates rather than quietly picking one.
A speculative model retained for comparison, clearly labeled as speculation.
The text tells us the region (the mountains of Ararat, the land of Goshen) but no exact site is recoverable. The map shows a region, not a false pin.
Scripture gives us no defensible location at all. The event stays in the timeline, honestly marked "Location unknown."
Then and now
Every ancient place, on today's map
Bethsaida is a dig site near the Sea of Galilee's northern shore. Shechem is Tell Balata, on the edge of modern Nablus. Each event pairs its biblical place with the modern identification (town, tell, or region) so the world of the text connects to the world you can visit.
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Data & sources
Bible location data is built on OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding (CC BY 4.0), supplemented by archaeological references and traditional site records. The Jesus chronology follows A. T. Robertson's A Harmony of the Gospels. Base map © OpenStreetMap contributors, tiles by OpenFreeMap. Each event's specific sources are linked in its detail panel.
Read the whole story, not just the places
The Daily Bible Journey walks you through the entire Bible in a year: free, one guided reading each morning. The Bible Atlas opens the Genesis–Deuteronomy, Joshua–Esther, and Acts & Paul collections.