Judea, Modern
One of the divisions of the Holy Land under the Romans -- Lu 3:1. Comprised the whole of the ancient kingdom of Judah -- 1Ki 12:21-24. Called The land of Judah. -- Mt 2:6. Jewry. -- Da 5:13; Joh 7:1. A mountainous district -- Lu 1:39,65. Parts of, desert -- Mt 3:1; Ac 8:26. Jerusalem the capital of -- Mt 4:25. Towns of Arimathea. -- Mt 27:57; Joh 19:38. Azotus or Ashdod. -- Ac 8:40. Bethany. -- Joh 11:1,18. Bethlehem. -- Mt 2:1,6,16. Bethphage. -- Mt 21:1. Emmaus. -- Lu 24:13. Ephraim. -- Joh 11:54. Gaza. -- Ac 8:26. Jericho. -- Lu 10:30; 19:1. Joppa. -- Ac 9:36; 10:5,8. Lydda. -- Ac 9:32,35,38. John the Baptist preached in -- Mt 3:1. Our Lord Born in. -- Mt 2:1,5,6. Tempted in the wilderness of. -- Mt 4:1. Frequently visited. -- Joh 11:7. Often left, to escape persecution. -- Joh 4:1-3. Several Christian churches in -- Ac 9:31; 1Th 2:14.