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Judea
יְהוּדָהἸουδαία
- verses
- 53
- first named
- Ezra 9:9
- last named
- 1 Thessalonians 2:14
- feature
- region
Description
Judea in the text
Judea, also known as Judah, was the southern region of ancient Israel, located between Samaria to the north and Idumea to the south. The area was named after the tribe of Judah, which settled there after the Israelites conquered Canaan. Judea was known for its hilly terrain and its capital, Jerusalem, which served as the religious and political center of the Jewish people. The region played a significant role throughout biblical history, from the time of the judges to the New Testament era. Many important events took place in Judea, including the reigns of King David and King Solomon, the construction of the First and Second Temples in Jerusalem, and the ministries of Jesus and the early church. Judea was the birthplace of John the Baptist (Luke 1:5, 65) and Jesus (Matthew 2:1, 5). During the New Testament period, Judea was a Roman province, and it was the scene of Jesus' crucifixion and resurrection (Luke 23:5; Jhn.19.19-20). The early Christian church began in Jerusalem and spread throughout Judea (Act.1.8; 2:9). The region's history, culture, and religious significance made it a central focus of both the Old and New Testaments.
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Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.
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Where to read it
Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 53, across 12 books. The name is written 55 times in them.
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Where they appear
What happened here
Atlas's reading of each chapter this place appears in, in canonical order. One line per chapter, and each leads to the whole of it.
- Ezra 9Judah is named as part of the protected remnant’s renewed place under the grace of God.
- Matthew 2Judea contained Bethlehem and later became unsafe for Joseph when Archelaus reigned there.
- Matthew 3In the wilderness of Judea, John preached repentance and baptized those who came to him.
- Matthew 19Judea receives Jesus after He leaves Galilee, in the region beyond the Jordan.
- Matthew 24Judea was the place from which people were told to flee to the mountains when the abomination of desolation appeared.
- Mark 13Judea was the place from which those seeing the abomination of desolation were told to flee to the mountains.
- Luke 7Judea and the surrounding region hear the news about Jesus.
- Luke 21Judea is the place from which people are told to flee to the mountains.
7 more chapters, from Luke 23 to 1 Thessalonians 2
- Luke 23Judea was described as the region through which Jesus had stirred the people with His teaching.
- John 3The Judean countryside is where Jesus spends time with His disciples and baptizes.
- John 4Jesus left Judea and returned towards Galilee.
- John 11Judea is the place Jesus decides to return to despite the disciples’ memory of the attempted stoning.
- Romans 15Judea is named as the place from which the speaker asks to be delivered from unbelievers.
- 2 Corinthians 1Judea is the destination toward which Paul hoped Corinth would help him continue.
- 1 Thessalonians 2Judea was home to churches whose sufferings the Thessalonians came to imitate.
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