Thematic Bible: Judea, modern


Thematic Bible



Then Herod saw the magicians had trifled with him, and he was furiously angry; he sent and slew all the male children in Bethlehem and in all the neighbourhood who were two years old or under, calculating by the time he had ascertained from the magicians. Verse ConceptsCriminalsCrimesFaithlessness, As DisobedienceBoysBitterness, Examples OfInnocence, Examples OfShrewdnessSuffering, Nature OfBethlehemInfanticideDeath Of All MalesBeing Found OutWhen?Named Gentile RulersThose Who DeceivedAngry PeopleKilling IsraelitesMassacresThe Death Of BabiesExamples Of Ungodly MenJesus BirthDeath Of A Child

And you Bethlehem, in Judah's land, You are not least among the rulers of Judah: For a ruler will come from you, Who will shepherd Israel my people." Verse ConceptsGod, As ShepherdRulersWatchfulness, DivineNames And Titles For ChristChrist Is King Of IsraelUnimportant Things

Now when Jesus was born at Bethlehem, belonging to Judaea, in the days of king Herod, magicians from the East arrived at Jerusalem, Verse ConceptsWise MenHistoryBethlehemProphecies Concerning ChristOut Of The EastBabies As Prophetic SignsKings of judahNativity of Jesus ChristJesus Birthspringtimeepiphany

And all the inhabitants of Lydda and Saron saw him, and they turned to the Lord. Verse ConceptsConversion, examples ofReligious AwakeningsTurning To God

Peter moved here and there among them all, and it happened that in the course of his tours he came down to visit the saints who stayed at Lydda. Verse ConceptsSaintsVisiting

When the disciples heard that Peter was at Lydda (for Joppa is not far from Lydda), they sent two men to beg him to "Come on to us without delay." Verse ConceptsTwo Disciples

At Joppa there was a disciple called Tabitha (which may be translated Dorcas, or 'Gazelle'), a woman whose life was full of good actions and of charitable practices. Verse ConceptsActs of KindnessExploitationsAttitudes, to other peopleGood WorksPoverty, Attitudes TowardsPoverty, Remedies ForAlmsgivingAltruismCharityMeaningDeer Etc.Helping OthersHelping The PoorDeerHelping Others In Needmakeup

You must now send some men to Joppa for a certain Simon who is surnamed Peter;

and after describing all the vision to them, he sent them to Joppa.


for you have started, my brothers, to copy the churches of God in Christ Jesus throughout Judaea; you have suffered from your compatriots just as they have suffered from the Jews, Verse ConceptsImitating OthersImitatingTeachingImitating Good PeopleAntagonism From Jew And Gentile

They told him, "In Bethlehem belonging to Judaea: for thus it is written by the prophet: And you Bethlehem, in Judah's land, You are not least among the rulers of Judah: For a ruler will come from you, Who will shepherd Israel my people."

Now when Jesus was born at Bethlehem, belonging to Judaea, in the days of king Herod, magicians from the East arrived at Jerusalem, Verse ConceptsWise MenHistoryBethlehemProphecies Concerning ChristOut Of The EastBabies As Prophetic SignsKings of judahNativity of Jesus ChristJesus Birthspringtimeepiphany

Now when evening came, a rich man from Arimathaea, called Joseph, who had become a disciple of Jesus, Verse ConceptsAffluenceEvenings For Jesus And His DisciplesWealthy People

After this, Joseph of Arimathaea, a disciple of Jesus but a secret disciple ??for fear of the Jews ??asked Pilate for permission to remove the body of Jesus. And Pilate allowed him. So he went and removed the body, Verse ConceptsCowardiceFaith, Growth InJews, TheSecrecyFear Of ManMyrrhAsking PermissionJesus CorpseFear Of EnemiesTaking Care Of Your Body




Now there was a man ill, Lazarus of Bethany ??the village of Mary and her sister Martha. Verse ConceptsdiseasesSick Individualsoverworkinglazarus

Jesus rejoined, "A man going down from Jerusalem to Jericho fell among robbers who stripped and belaboured him and then went off leaving him half-dead. Verse ConceptsInjuryMurderStealingSuffering, Causes OfTravelViolencePeople Stripping PeopleAfflicted To DeathActual Thievesthieves

Then he entered Jericho. And as he passed through it, Verse ConceptsGod's Mercy, Example OfPassing Through

After this Jesus moved about in Galilee; he would not move in Judaea, because the Jews were trying to kill him. Verse Conceptsenemies, of Jesus ChristAssassinations, AttemptedJews, ThePersecution Of ChristChrist Would Be Killed


In those days Mary started with haste for the hill-country, for a town of Judah; Verse ConceptsHillsHasty Action

Then fear fell on all their neighbours, and all these events were talked of through the whole of the hill-country of Judaea. Verse ConceptsRumoursTerror Of God


When they came near Jerusalem and had reached Bethphage at the Hill of Olives, then Jesus despatched two disciples, Verse ConceptsTwo DisciplesChrist SendingDisciples' Movements

And he was followed by great crowds from Galilee and Decapolis and Jerusalem and Judaea and from across the Jordan. Verse ConceptsMultitudesFollowing Jesus ChristLargenessPopularityPopularity Of ChristCrowds Around JesusBeyond Jordan


And you Bethlehem, in Judah's land, You are not least among the rulers of Judah: For a ruler will come from you, Who will shepherd Israel my people." Verse ConceptsGod, As ShepherdRulersWatchfulness, DivineNames And Titles For ChristChrist Is King Of IsraelUnimportant Things


Now when the Lord learned that the Pharisees had heard of Jesus gaining and baptizing more disciples than John (though Jesus himself did not baptize, it was his disciples), he left Judaea and went back to Galilee.

That very day two of them were on their way to a village called Emmaus about seven miles from Jerusalem. Verse ConceptsWeights And Measures, LinearTwo Disciples

Accordingly Jesus no longer appeared in public among the Jews, but withdrew to the country adjoining the desert, to a town called Ephraim; there he stayed with the disciples. Verse ConceptsActing In SecretDisciples' MovementsTemporary Stay In The Wilderness

after that, he said to the disciples, "Let us go back to Judaea." Verse ConceptsChrist Speaking To Disciples

while Philip found himself at Azotus, where he passed on, preaching the gospel in every town, till he reached Caesarea. Verse ConceptsMission, Of The ChurchTravelevangelizing


Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judaea, Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, Philip his brother tetrarch of the country of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysias tetrarch of Abilene, Verse ConceptsCaesarGovernorsLeaders, PoliticalRankTetrarchRoman EmperorsRulers Of A FourthNamed Gentile Rulers