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Judea

Named in 44 verses across 10 books, first in Luke 1:5.

In these stories

The Nativity and Isaiah 7:14: virgin or young woman?

Where

Coordinates

31.7774° N, 35.2349° E

One proposed location, not an established one.

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Identification

Uncertain

The exact spot is unknown; the point is placed by a related feature nearby.

The dataset’s editors marked this place as not identifiable with a known site.

Some biblical sites are known for certain; others are identified from old names and descriptions and are still discussed.

Dataset notes

Settlement within Judea available, but not the region itself.

Left by the dataset’s contributors; not reviewed by us.

Other records for this place

Judea

People

Born, died or recorded here, or in an event set here, first; then people named in the same verses, which does not mean they were here.

Herod Agrippa Irecorded as here, 3 events1 shared verse
Simon Peterrecorded as here, 2 events1 shared verse
James (Son of Zebedee)died here, recorded as here, 1 event
Jesus Christ2 events10 shared verses
Paulrecorded as here, 1 event1 shared verse
Agabusrecorded as here, 1 event1 shared verse
Phillip the Evangelistrecorded as here, 1 event
James (Brother of Jesus)recorded as here, 1 event
Mary (Mother of John Mark)recorded as here, 1 event
Mnasonrecorded as here, 1 event
Rhodarecorded as here, 1 event
Luke1 event
God5 shared verses
Herod3 shared verses
Holy Spirit2 shared verses
John the Baptist2 shared verses
David1 shared verse
Moses1 shared verse
Aaron1 shared verse
Daniel1 shared verse

In the Bible

All 8 verses in Luke, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.

Luke

Luke 1:5
In the time of Herod king of Judea there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah, and whose wife Elizabeth was a daughter of Aaron.
Luke 1:65
All their neighbors were filled with awe, and people throughout the hill country of Judea were talking about these events.
Luke 2:4
So Joseph also went up from Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to the city of David called Bethlehem, since he was from the house and line of David.
Luke 3:1
In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, while Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,
Luke 5:17
One day Jesus was teaching, and the Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there. People had come from Jerusalem and from every village of Galilee and Judea, and the power of the Lord was present for Him to heal the sick.
Luke 6:17
Then Jesus came down with them and stood on a level place. A large crowd of His disciples was there, along with a great number of people from all over Judea, Jerusalem, and the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon.
Luke 7:17
And the news about Jesus spread throughout Judea and all the surrounding region.
Luke 21:21
Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those in the city get out, and let those in the country stay out of the city.

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Events here

Events the dataset sets at Judea. Dates follow its Ussher–Jones reckoning (one of several traditional counts), not established history.

c. AD 27
Jesus Leaves Judea toward GalileeMatthew 4:12 – John 4:4
c. AD 29
Good Samaritan Parable TaughtLuke 10:25–37
c. AD 40
Herod kills JamesActs 12:1–2
c. AD 40
Herod imprisons PeterActs 12:3–5
c. AD 40
An angel rescues Peter from prisonActs 12:6–19
no date
Voyage from Miletus to JerusalemActs 21:1–17

Dictionary

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. Its geography and “modern” descriptions date from the 1890s. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.

Read Easton’s entry

After the Captivity this name was applied to the whole of the country west of the Jordan (Hag. 1:1, 14; 2:2). But under the Romans, in the time of Christ, it denoted the southernmost of the three divisions of Palestine (Matt. 2:1, 5; 3:1; 4:25), although it was also sometimes used for Palestine generally (Acts 28:21).

The province of Judea, as distinguished from Galilee and Samaria, included the territories of the tribes of Judah, Benjamin, Dan, Simeon, and part of Ephraim. Under the Romans it was a part of the province of Syria, and was governed by a procurator.