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Jerusalem

Judea · today Jerusalem

Center of Jewish worship and the starting point of the church. It is where Pentecost happens and where the council decides that Gentiles do not need to become Jews to follow Jesus.

ALSO: Zion · City of David

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ANCIENT NAMES

  • Yǝrušȧlayim Biblical Hebrew
  • Ἱεροσόλυμα Hierosolyma Greek
  • Urusalim Akkadian

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Skip the map 15°E 20°E 25°E 30°E 35°E 40°E 45°E 50°E 28°N 32°N 36°N 40°N Samaria Samaria Mount Zion Mount Zion Lachish Lachish Judea JUDEA Hebron Hebron Galilee GALILEE Chaldea CHALDEA Assyria ASSYRIA Ammon AMMON Egypt EGYPT Babylon Babylon Jerusalem Jerusalem +1 100 mi scriptoria.digital Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0

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city mountain known location approximate debated 13 places · c. AD 30-62 · modern coastline: harbors have silted up over two thousand years · +N: other places on the same point · drag and zoom · Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0

WITH BABYLON 1 · ZION · JUDEA 1 · EGYPT AND 8 MORE, named in the same passages

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Aerial cityscape of Jerusalem.

Aerial cityscape of Jerusalem.

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DISTANCES IN A STRAIGHT LINE

  • Hebron ABOUT 19 MI (31 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · 2 DAYS ON FOOT
  • Lachish ABOUT 27 MI (43 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · 2 DAYS ON FOOT
  • Samaria ABOUT 35 MI (56 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · 3 DAYS ON FOOT
  • Babylon 1 ABOUT 540 MI (870 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE

In a straight line, between the atlas's coordinates. On foot, at 30 km (19 mi) a day on a road 1.3 times longer than the line.

764 PASSAGES · 37 BOOKS

Joshua 7
Judges 3
1 Samuel 1
2 Samuel 31
1 Kings 27
2 Kings 45
1 Chronicles 25
2 Chronicles 97
Ezra 30
Nehemiah 21
Esther 1
Psalms 31
Ecclesiastes 5
Song of Songs 8
Isaiah 60
Jeremiah 104
Lamentations 13
Ezekiel 39
Daniel 9
Joel 5
Amos 2
Obadiah 2
Micah 11
Zephaniah 7
Zechariah 24
Malachi 2
Matthew 14
Mark 13
Luke 34
John 14
Acts 62
Romans 3
1 Corinthians 2
2 Corinthians 4
Galatians 3
Hebrews 1
Revelation 4

WHAT HAPPENED HERE

  1. Pentecost AD 30

    The Spirit comes down on the disciples, and each listener hears them in his own language. The church begins multilingual, which is the opposite of Babel.

  2. The Council of Jerusalem AD 49

    The question is whether a Gentile has to become a Jew to follow Jesus. The answer is no, and it defines Christianity as a separate religion.

COORDINATES 31.7767, 35.2342

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