Judea

Passages on this topic

From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), a historical reference index. The groupings are Nave’s; the verses are shown in the text used across this site.

1. Also called JUDAH and JUDAEA

(The southern division of Palestine)

It extended from the Jordan River and the Dead Sea to the Mediterranean Sea, and from Shiloh on the north to the wilderness on the south

• Matthew 4:25 Large crowds followed Him, having come from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and beyond the Jordan.
• Luke 5:17 One day Jesus was teaching, and the Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there. People had come from Jerusalem and from every village of Galilee and Judea, and the power of the Lord was present for Him to heal the sick.
• John 4:47 When he heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went and begged Him to come down and heal his son, who was about to die.
• John 4:54 This was now the second sign that Jesus performed after coming from Judea into Galilee.

The term applies to all of Palestine in

• Luke 1:5 In the time of Herod king of Judea there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah, and whose wife Elizabeth was a descendant of Aaron.

It applies to the territory east of the Jordan River in

• Matthew 19:1 When Jesus had finished saying these things, He left Galilee and went into the region of Judea beyond the Jordan.
• Mark 10:1 Then Jesus left that place and went into the region of Judea, beyond the Jordan. Again the crowds came to Him and He taught them, as was His custom.
• Luke 23:5 But they kept insisting, “He stirs up the people all over Judea with His teaching. He began in Galilee and has come all the way here.”

2. Wilderness of

Called Beth-arabah

• Joshua 15:6 went up to Beth-hoglah, proceeded north of Beth-arabah, and went up to the Stone of Bohan son of Reuben.
• Joshua 15:61 These were in the wilderness: Beth-arabah, Middin, Secacah,

Assigned to Benjamin

• Joshua 18:22 Beth-arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,

John the Baptist preaches in

• Matthew 3:1 In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea
• Luke 3:3 He went into all the region around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins,