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Judea
Judea is the New Testament name for the southern region of Palestine centered on Jerusalem. The name derives from the territory of the tribe of Judah and the kingdom of Judah in the Old Testament. Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus, lies within this region.
Articles 659, showing 6
- Wilderness of JudeaBible
The Wilderness of Judea is the arid land that descends east of Jerusalem and the hill country of Judah toward the Dead Sea and the Jordan Valley. Scripture presents it as the place where David hid from Saul and where John the Baptist preached repentance.
- Wilderness of JudahBible
The Wilderness of Judah is an arid region stretching from the eastern slopes of the Judean hill country down to the Dead Sea. Scripture presents it as the place where David hid from Saul and where John the Baptist proclaimed repentance.
- Hasmonean DynastyHistory
The Hasmonean dynasty was a Jewish priestly dynasty that ruled Judea following the Maccabean Revolt of the second century BC. It came to an end when Herod took Jerusalem in 37 BC.
- Pontius PilatePeople
Pontius Pilate was the Roman governor of Judea who tried Jesus Christ and sentenced him to crucifixion. He appears in all four Gospels, and his name is included in the Apostles' Creed.
- Felix and FestusPeople
Felix and Festus were Roman governors of Judea who appear in Acts 23–26. While Paul was imprisoned at Caesarea, each in turn presided over his trial.
Verses in the King James Version 44, showing 6
- Ezra 5:8
Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of Judea, to the house of the great God, which is builded with great stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this work goeth fast on, and prospereth in their hands.
- Matthew 2:1
Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,
- Matthew 2:5
And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judea: for thus it is written by the prophet,
- Matthew 2:22
But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee:
- Matthew 3:1
In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judea,
- Matthew 3:5
Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judea, and all the region round about Jordan,
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