Jesus’s 12 closest disciples, or apostles. Intriguingly, Judas Iscariot is the only one of the apostles whom the Bible (potentially) identifies by his town of origin. Some scholars have linked his surname “Iscariot,” to Queriot (or Kerioth), a town located south of Jerusalem in Judea....
Nehemiah is the central figure of the Book of Nehemiah, which describes his work inrebuilding Jerusalemduring the Second Temple period. He was governor of Persian Judea under Artaxerxes I of Persia (465–424 BC). The name is pronounced /ˌniːəˈmaɪə/ or /ˌniːhəˈ...
Jesus was born in Judea, a region under Roman occupation, but the culture, language, and religious practices of the time were unmistakably Jewish. The people Jesus taught, the synagogues He visited, and the religious debates He engaged in were all part of the Jewish social and religious ...
Though the Canaanites spoke a Semitic tongue at the time when we find them in Palestine, yet the assertion of the Bible that they were Hamites is confirmed by the testimony of profane writers, who say that their original home was on the Indian Ocean. They had probably been driven thence...
Caesar Augustus, the first emperor in the ancient Roman Empire, was ruling when Jesus Christ was born. Who was Herod at the time of Jesus birth? King Herod, sometimes called "Herod the Great" (circa 74 to 4 B.C.) was a king of Judea who ruled the territory with Roman approval. ...
After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem and asked, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.” ...
Aramaic Bible in Plain EnglishAfter these things there was a feast of the Judeans, and Yeshua went up to Jerusalem.GOD'S WORD® TranslationLater, Jesus went to Jerusalem for a Jewish festival.King James 2000 BibleAfter this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem...
2) Luke 2:4-7 says, “Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David…And she brought forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped Him in swaddling cloths, and ...
The responsibilities of centurions were broadly similar to modern junior officers, but there was a wide gap in social status between them and officers, and relatively few were promoted beyond the rank of senior centurion. The Roman troops stationed in Judea were auxiliaries, who would normally be...
14 “Now when you see the abomination of desolation standing where it should not be—[i]let the [j]reader understand—then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains. 15 [k]Whoever is on the [l]housetop must not go down, nor go in to get anything out...