Judea in the Bible

Meaning: the praise of the Lord; confessionpar

Exact Match

John [the Immerser] was also immersing people in Aenon, near Salem [Note: These locations are thought to have been in northeastern Judea, near the Jordan River], because there was a lot of water there; so people were coming to be immersed.

Verse ConceptsJohn's BaptismJohn The BaptistWater For BaptismBaptised By JohnBaptism

So a discussion arose between John's disciples and a man from Judea, about purification.

Verse ConceptsJohn The BaptistRitual WashingDiscussionsDisciples Of John The BaptistPurifying Oneself

So when the Lord learned that the Pharisees had been told that he was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John??2 though it was not Jesus himself who baptized them, but his disciples??3 he left Judea and went back again to Galilee.

Verse ConceptsBaptism, in the GospelsJohn The BaptistAbraham, New Testament ReferencesChrist Knowing About PeopleThe Disciples ActionsChristian BaptismPharisees Concerned About ChristTelling Of JesusBaptism

(though Jesus himself did not baptize, but only his disciples) he left Judea,

Verse ConceptsThe Disciples ActionsChristian BaptismBaptismDiscipleship

[Now to get to Galilee] it required that Jesus travel through Samaria [Note: Samaria was the next country north of Judea].

Verse ConceptsNecessityMan's Needs

For Jesus Himself testified that a prophet does not receive honor in his own country. [Note: Jesus' reference here to his "own country" means Judea, while in Matt., Mark and Luke it refers to Nazareth].

Verse ConceptsThe Witness Of ChristProphecy Ignored

Hearing that Jesus had come from Judea into Galilee, he went to him, and desired him to come down and cure his son, for he was about to die.

Verse ConceptsBeggarsNearness Of DeathDeath Looms NearFamily Death

So, Jesus stopped traveling publicly among the Jews [in Judea], but left there and went to a district near the desert, to a town called Ephraim, where He remained with His disciples. [Note: Ephraim was a small town about

Verse ConceptsActing In SecretDisciples' MovementsTemporary Stay In The Wilderness

Thematic Bible



In those days John the Baptist appeared, and kept preaching in the desert of Judea,


So great crowds followed Him, from Galilee and Decapolis, from Jerusalem and Judea, and from the other side of Jordan.

One day as He was teaching, there were some Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting by who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was with Him to cure people.

When he heard that Jesus had come back from Judea to Galilee, he went to Him and began to beg Him to come down and cure his son, for he was at the point of death.

This is the second wonder-work that Jesus performed after He had come back from Judea to Galilee.


When Jesus had finished this discourse, He left Galilee and went into the district of Judea that is on the other side of the Jordan.

But they continued emphatically insisting, "He is exciting the people by teaching all over Judea. He started in Galilee and now He is here."

Then He left there and went through the district of Judea and crossed the Jordan, and crowds of people again met around Him, and again He began to teach them, as His custom was.


In those days John the Baptist appeared, and kept preaching in the desert of Judea,

And he went all over the Jordan valley, preaching a baptism conditioned on repentance to obtain the forgiveness of sins,







In the days when Herod was king of Judea, there was a priest whose name was Zechariah, who belonged to the division of Abijah. His wife was also a descendant of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.


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