map of palestine (israel)

• City of Jesus’ birth - bethlehem
• City of Jesus’ death and Resurrection; symbolized old

  Covenant - Golgotha
• Where Jesus called his first disciples and where Jesus

  and his disciples fished - Galilee
• Where Jesus performed his first miracle at a

  wedding - Cana
• Where baby Jesus and his family fled when they

  were under threat by Herod the Great

  Egypt
• Surrounded by desert; Essenes lived near this place;

  site where Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered.

  Khirbet Qumran
• The province (region) where Jesus spent most of his

  life and ministry.

  Galilee
• Where Jesus went to celebrate the Passover, and

  where he went to the Temple during Passover.

  Jerusalem
• A place in the area of Galilee (other than his

  hometown) where he attended the synagogue on

  the Sabbath and performed miracles.

  Capernaum in Galilee
• Where Jesus was baptized. Bethany
• Province between Galilee and Judea; its inhabitants

  had become enemies of the Jews.

  Samaria
• Where Paul was travelling when he had a conversion

  experience, that made him a believer and follower of

  Jesus

  Damascus
• Where Peter and Paul were martyred Rome
• Where Jesus faced his temptations before he began

  his public ministry

  Judea
• Town where Jesus spent most of his life and ministry Nazareth
• Where Jesus performed his first miracle at a

  wedding, encouraged by his mother.

  Cana
• The travel route (besides good roads created by the

  Romans) which allowed the Good News about Jesus

  to spread more rapidly after Jesus’ Resurrection and

  Ascension.

  The road to Emmaus
• The province (region) where the places of Jesus’

  birth and death occurred.

  Judaea (Jerusalem and Bethlahem)