Palestine in the Time of Jesus PALESTINE IN THE 35 E 36 E TIME OF JESUS ABILENE City Sidon City (uncertain location) Damascus A bana Decapolis city ) ITUREA E Decapolis city (uncertain R ar R. Mt. Hermon arp location) Y Ph T Administrative capital Litani R. Tyre ( Caesarea-Philippi (Panias) Mountain peak A I Major roads y C G a I A w Other roads h N Cadasa U ig E (Kedesh) L H First procuratorship A Raphana O Gischala L. N (Gush Halav) Huleh I Territory of Antipas H King’s T P I TRACHONITIS Territory of Philip S Capernaum A Syrian territory Ptolemais Bethsaida E (Acco) GALILEE N Sea of Gergesa (Kursi) A Jotapata Galilee T Gamala BA Sepphoris Hippos Coponius was named the Mt. Carmel Tiberias . Geba Nazareth R first prefect and established k rmu the administrative capital Xaloth (Chesulloth) Ya Abila Adraa at Caesarea Maritima E Mt. Tabor (Edrei) Dora sd Gadara Legio K ra is el (Megiddo) h on AURANITIS o Va n lley R Bostra Caesarea Maritima . Scythopolis (Strato’s Tower) (Beth-shan) Dion Ginae Pella A (Jenin) D E Aenon EC S SAMARIA A Salim . P R Gerasa O W L n (Jerash) . I N Sebaste Fa a S Mt. Ebal r d i r Amathus A (Samaria) a o Neapolis J E J Apollonia Mt. Gerizim ab . (Shechem) bok R N R. Antipatris rkon Coreae A Ya (Aphek) R Joppa Alexandrium R Ephraim P Gedor (Gadara) E (Ophrah) ER E T Lydda A I Archelais Philadelphia (Amman) D JUDEA E Jamnia Jericho M Emmaus Azotus Cypros Esbus (Nicopolis) (Heshbon) (Ashdod) Jerusalem Bethany Mt. Nebo Medeba Eastern Ascalon Mesad Hasidim (Ashkelon) Hyrcania (Qumran) Desert Betogabris Machaerus (Beth-guvrin) Hebron DEAD Callirrhoe SEA (Zereth-shahar) En-gedi Gaza on R. rn A y a IDUMEA w h A g i Masada H E N . Arad B T e Malatha s Beersheba o King’s r A 010203040 50 Miles B A 010203040 50 Kilometers N Walter C. Kaiser Jr. and Charles W. Draper, “Israel, Land of,” Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary [online, cited 1 September 2010]. Available from the Internet: www.mystudybible.com. Page 1 of 1 Palestine in the Time of Jesus Read the Bible for Life Leader Kit. Item 005253507. Published by LifeWay Press®. © 2010 George H. Guthrie. Made in the USA. Reproduction rights granted..