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Luke 3:23

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Jesus himself, when he began to teach, was about thirty years old, being the son (as was supposed) of Joseph, the son of Heli,

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The Roman Empire of the New TestamentThe Roman Empire around the Mediterranean, the political world of the New Testament.
The Holy Land in the Time of JesusThe Holy Land in the time of Jesus, showing Galilee, Samaria, Judea and the territories under Herod's rule.

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These regions frame the political and geographic setting of Luke 3: John’s ministry began at the Jordan in Jude

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Luke 3:23 mentions Abilene, Galilee, Ituraea, Jordan, Judea and Trachonitis.

Abilene · Detroit Publishing Co.
Galilee · מלאק אבו גוש
Ituraea · Chadica
Jordan · Bill Rice

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