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Judea

Judea · both · 44 verses

The southern region of ancient Israel, with Jerusalem as its center. The name appears in Ezra, Matthew, Mark and 7 more in the King James text.

About Judea

The southern region of ancient Israel, with Jerusalem as its center.

Its place in the story

Judea was the region of Jesus' birth and of much of his ministry near Jerusalem. After Pentecost the gospel spread throughout Judea, and the apostles were witnesses there.

Judea in Scripture (KJV)

“Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of Judea, to the house of the great God, which is builded with great stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this work goeth fast on, and prospereth in their hands.”
Ezra 5:8 (KJV)
“Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,”
Matthew 2:1 (KJV)
“And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written by the prophet,”
Matthew 2:5 (KJV)
“But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judaea 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 2:22 (KJV)
“In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,”
Matthew 3:1 (KJV)
“Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about Jordan,”
Matthew 3:5 (KJV)
“And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judaea, and from beyond Jordan.”
Matthew 4:25 (KJV)
“And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these sayings, he departed from Galilee, and came into the coasts of Judaea beyond Jordan;”
Matthew 19:1 (KJV)

Judea is named 44 times in Scripture; 8 shown above.

Where it leads

In Judea Jesus was born, ministered, and was crucified and raised, and the church first grew there.

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The southern region of ancient Israel, with Jerusalem as its center. The name appears in Ezra, Matthew, Mark and 7 more in the King James text.

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