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Acts 1:12

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Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mountain called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day's journey away.

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Jerusalem in New Testament TimesA plan of ancient Jerusalem as it was in New Testament times, with its walls, temple and gates.
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The Mount of Olives lay just east of Jerusalem, about a Sabbath day’s journey away, and was the site from which the ascended Jesus directed the disciples to return to the city. Jerusalem in Judea was the center of Israel

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Acts 1:12 mentions Galilee, Jerusalem, Judea, Mount of Olives and Samaria.

Galilee · מלאק אבו גוש
Jerusalem · Godot13
Judea · Davidbena
Mount of Olives · xiquinhosilva

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