Judea
Bible Place · Region
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About Judea
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.
Description from Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain).
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Where Judea appears in Scripture
- Ezra 9:9
- Matthew 2:1
- Matthew 2:5
- Matthew 2:22
- Matthew 3:1
- Matthew 3:5
- Matthew 4:25
- Matthew 19:1
- Matthew 24:16
- Mark 1:5
- Mark 3:7
- Mark 10:1
- Mark 13:14
- Luke 1:5
- Luke 1:65
- Luke 2:4
- Luke 3:1
- Luke 5:17
- Luke 6:17
- Luke 7:17
- Luke 21:21
- John 3:22
- John 4:3
- John 4:47
- John 4:54
- John 7:3
- John 11:7
- Acts 1:8
- Acts 2:9
- Acts 2:14
- Acts 8:1
- Acts 9:31
- Acts 10:37
- Acts 11:1
- Acts 11:29
- Acts 12:19
- Acts 15:1
- Acts 21:10
- Acts 26:20
- Acts 28:21
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