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Palestine in the days of Christ

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01 Mediterranean Sea 02 Sea of Galilee 03 Nazareth 04 Mt Carmel 05 Judea 06 Sychar 07 Idumea 08 Bethlehem 09 Wise men – East 10 Egypt 11 Galilee 12 Jerusalem 12 Jordan 14 Betharabah 15 Cana 15 Capernaum 17 Gennesaret 18 Dalmanutha 19 Nain

20 Gergesa 21 Bethsaida 22 Phoenicia 23 Tyre 24 Sidon 25 Decapolis 26 Caesarea Philippi 27 Mt Hermon 28 Samaria 29 Jericho 30 Bethphage 31 Bethany 32 Gethsemane 33 Cyrene 34 Arimathea 35 Golgotha 36 Emmaus 37 Mt Olives 38 Dead Sea

Where are these places ?

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Palestine Region

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Bethphage

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The site is now enclosed by the Roman Catholic church

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Mark 11:1 Now when they drew near Jerusalem, to

Bethphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, He sent two of His disciples;

Gospel in Geography

Bethphage

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Bethphage

A city near Jerusalem and the Mt of Olives. Jesus came here before his entry into Jerusalem (Mat 21:1)

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Gospel in Geography

Matthew 21:1 1 And when they had approached Jerusalem and had come to Bethphage, to the Mount of Olives,

then Jesus sent two disciples,

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Traditional site of Bethphage

• Easton's Illustrated Dictionary• Bethphage• House of the unripe fig, a village on the

Mount of Olives, on the road from Jerusalem to Jericho (Mat 21:1; Mark 11:1; Luke 19:29), and very close to Bethany. It was the limit of a Sabbath-day's journey from Jerusalem, about 2,000 cubits.

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Gospel in Geography

Bethphage

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Bethany

It was the limit of a Sabbath-day's journey from Jerusalem, about 2,000 cubits.

BethphageJerusalem

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Bethphage - Arabic

Gospel in Geography

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Mark 11:1 Now when they drew near Jerusalem, to Bethphage

and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, He sent two of His disciples;

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Google Search for today's location

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Christians (?) are excited about visiting Bethphage when they realize that this

location on the eastern slope of the Mount of Olives is where the Palm Sunday Walk (?) actually began and that it is only a short walk from the

main Mount of Olives road.