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Verses(5+)
- VerseJohn 4:3He left Judea and returned to Galilee.
- VerseMatthew 24:16then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.
- VerseLuke 4:44And He continued to preach in the synagogues of Judea.
- VerseMatthew 2:5“In Bethlehem in Judea,” they replied, “for this is what the prophet has written:
- VerseLuke 7:17And the news about Jesus spread throughout Judea and all the surrounding region.
People(3)
- PersonFelixRoman procurator of Judea who kept Paul in custody at Caesarea for two years, sent for him often hoping for a bribe, and trembled when the prisoner reasoned with him about…
- PersonHerod the GreatRome's client king of Judea (37–4 BC); rebuilder of the Second Temple; the king who received the Magi and slaughtered the infants of Bethlehem.
- PersonDanielExilic prophet and Judean court official serving under Nebuchadnezzar, Belshazzar, Darius the Mede, and Cyrus; traditionally named author of the book of Daniel.
Places(5+)
- PlaceCaesareaHerod's harbour city on the Mediterranean and the seat of the Roman governors of Judea — where Cornelius's household received the Spirit, and where Paul spent two years in…
- PlaceSamariaThe region between Judea and Galilee, named in Acts 1:8 as the second zone of the mission and reached by Philip when persecution scattered the Jerusalem church.
- PlaceBethlehemBirthplace of David and, in Christian tradition, Jesus; a small town about six miles south of Jerusalem in the Judean hill country.
- PlaceTekoaJudean town on the wilderness edge south of Bethlehem; home of Amos the herdman (Amos 1:1) and the wise woman of 2 Samuel 14.
- PlaceElkoshNahum's hometown (Nah 1:1) — its location disputed among Galilean, Judean, and Assyrian (Al-Qosh) traditions; the Capernaum (Kfar Nahum) connection is folk etymology, unproven.
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Authors(3)
- AuthorJohn DamasceneJohn was born in Damascus about 675, into a prominent Christian family that served the Muslim government. His father held a senior financial post under the Umayyad caliphs, and…
- AuthorHesychius of JerusalemHesychius was a priest and monk of Jerusalem in the first half of the fifth century. Cyril of Scythopolis, writing a century later, describes him as a great teacher of the…
- AuthorCosmas of MaiumaCosmas was, by the tradition preserved in the Greek church, an orphan taken into the household of John of Damascus's father in Syria and raised alongside John as a brother. The…
Apocrypha (study resources)(5+)
- Study resourceJudith 3:9Also he came over against Esdraelon near unto Judea, over against the great strait of Judea.
- Study resource1 Esdras 2:12And by him they were delivered to Sanabassar the governor of Judea.
- Study resource1 Esdras 1:37The king of Egypt also made king Joacim his brother king of Judea and Jerusalem.
- Study resource1 Maccabees 5:8And when he had taken Jazar, with the towns belonging thereto, he returned into Judea.
- Study resource1 Esdras 1:46And made Zedechias king of Judea and Jerusalem, when he was one and twenty years old; and he reigned eleven years: