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Gaza B Besor 20 Miles Raphia (1) Olivet discourse (Mt 24:3–25:46); (2) agony and 10 (Great Sea) 3-56) Mediterranean Sea (Mk 6:5 Bethany: (1) Lazarus raised (Jn 11:1-44); (2) anointing by Mary 12:1-11) Jerusalem: (1) taken to Temple (Lk 2:41-52); (2) discourse with Nicodemus (Jn 3:1-21); (3) Pool of Bethesda healing 5:2-9); (4) woman caught in adultery (Jn 8:2-11); (5) attempted stoning 8:12-59); (6) man blind from birth healed (Jn 9:1-12); (7) triumphal entry (Mt 21:1-11); (8) Temple cleansed (Jn 2:13-22); (9) Last Supper (Lk 22:7-30); (10) trial and crucifixion (Mt 26:57–27:50); (11) burial (Lk 23:50-56); (12) post-resurrection appearances to Mary and the disciples (Jn 20:1-31) Emmaus: post-resurrection appearances to two people (Lk 24:13-32) Mt. of Olives: Region of Tyre: Gentile woman’s daughter healed (Mt 15:21-28) Caesarea Philippi: Peter’s great declaration (Mt 16:13-20) Mt. Meron/Mt. Tabor/Mt. Hermon: (1) possible location of Transfiguration (Mt 17:1-13); (2) demon-possessed boy healed nearby (Mt 17:14-21) Cana of Galilee: (1) water changed to wine (Jn 2:1-11); (2) Capernaum official’s son healed 4:46-54) Gennesaret: (1) possible location of feeding multitudes (Mt 14:13-21; 15:32-39); (2) many healings arrest at Gethsemane (Mt 26:36-56); (3) ascension (Acts 1:6-12) Bethlehem: birthplace (Lk 2:1-20) Area of Korazin: (1) judgment pronounced on the cities Korazin, Bethsaida, and Capernaum (Mt 11:20-24); (2) possible area of Sermon on the Mount 5–7) Capernaum: (1) catch of fish (Lk 5:1-11); (2) evil spirit cast out (Mk 1:21-28); (3) Sermon on the Mount (Mt 5–7); (4) Peter’s mother-in-law healed 8:14-15); (5) Roman officer’s servant (Mt 8:5-13); (6) paralyzed man healed (Mk 2:1-12); (7) woman with a hemorrhage (Mk 5:25-34); (8) Jairus’s daughter raised (Lk 8:40-56); (9) two blind men healed (Mt 9:27-31); (10) a mute, demon-possessed man healed (Mt 9:32-34); (11) the twelve apostles sent out (Mt 10:1-15); (12) man with deformed hand healed 12:9-13); (13) another demon- of Life discourse (Jn 6:22-59) Bethsaida: (1) possible location of feeding multitudes (Mt 14:13-21; 15:32-39); (2) blind man healed (Mk 8:22-26) Sea of Galilee near Bethsaida: walking on water (Mt 14:22-33) Sea of Galilee: storm quieted (Mt 8:23-27) Gergesa/Gadara: possible location of casting out demons, which enter pigs; the pigs then rush down a steep bank and drown (Lk 8:26-39) (1) childhood home (Mt 2:19-23); (2) rejected by townspeople (Lk 4:16-30) Nazareth: widow’s son raised (Lk 7:11-17) Nain: Region of Galilee: (1) leper cleansed (Mk 1:40-45); (2) post-resurrection appearances to the disciples (Mt 28:16-20) Decapolis (Region of Ten Towns): many healings (Mt 15:29-31; Mk 7:31-37) Region between Galilee and Samaria: (1) refused entry into village (Lk 9:51-56); (2) ten lepers healed (Lk 17:11-19) Sychar: woman at the well of Samaria (Jn 4:1-42) Ephraim: enters into seclusion with the disciples (Jn 11:54) Region of Perea: (1) teaching on marriage (Mt 19:1-12); (2) possible location healing of woman with infirmity (Lk 13:10-13); (3) possible location man with swollen limbs (Lk 14:1-6); (4) possible location of the rich young ruler (Lk 18:18-30) Jericho: (1) Bartimaeus healed (Mk 10:46-52); (2) Zacchaeus converted (Lk 19:1-10) City City (uncertain location) Mountain peak MINISTRY OF JESUS OF MINISTRY I J F Y L S E P R T B V A K X U D H G C N O Q W M Chronologically speaking, it is not possible to sequentially arrange the events in life of Christ any definitive way; none of the New Testament Gospels follows an overtly chronological pattern. Accordingly, arrangement here a geographic order, basically proceeding from north to south on the map. Because Gospel of Matthew most frequently contains information cited here, and because it is the most geographically particularistic Gospel, synoptic passages are keyed to the book of Matthew, except where they unattested there or more pertinent information about the event cited is available in another Gospel. possessed man healed (Mt 12:22-37); (14) Temple tax provided 17:24-27); (15) Bread 0 0 10 20 Kilometers