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Judea

Judea is a region mentioned in 52 verses. Its most likely location is Judea 1.

panorama of hills in Judea 1
panorama of hills in Judea 1 · Photo: Davidbena (CC-BY-SA-4.0), via Wikimedia Commons

Where is Judea?

Approx. 31.7767, 35.2342 · OpenStreetMap · Google Maps

Possible modern locations

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Judea 1regionHigh

Judea in the Bible dictionary

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.

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain. Full dictionary entry →

Verses that mention Judea

  • 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,

  • Matthew 4:12

    Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he departed into Galilee;

  • Matthew 4:25

    And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judea, and from beyond Jordan.

  • Matthew 19:1

    And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these sayings, he departed from Galilee, and came into the coasts of Judea beyond Jordan;

  • Matthew 24:16

    Then let them which be in Judea flee into the mountains:

  • Mark 1:5

    And there went out unto him all the land of Judea, and they of Jerusalem, and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan, confessing their sins.

All 52 references

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