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Roman Judea, c. AD 28-30 · Matthew - John

The Galilean ministry

A working circuit around one lake, and the road up to Jerusalem

JUDEASAMARIAGALILEEPEREADECAPOLISAMMONGILEADBASHANNileEuphratesTigrisJordanSea of GalileeDead Sea1Bethlehem2Nazareth3Bethany beyond the Jordan4Capernaum5Cana6Bethsaida7Caesarea Philippi8Samaria9Jericho10Bethany11JerusalemN50 km

11 stops · roughly 614 km end to end

Click any stop to see a photograph of the site as it stands today.

Stop by stop

  1. 1

    Bethlehem

    Matthew 2:1

    Birth, under Herod the Great.

  2. 2

    Nazareth

    Luke 4:16
    112 km from Bethlehem

    The home village; the reading in the synagogue.

  3. 3

    Bethany beyond the Jordan

    John 1:28
    98 km from Nazareth

    Baptism by John.

  4. 4

    Capernaum

    Mark 1:21
    116 km from Bethany beyond the Jordan

    Base of the Galilean work; Peter's house.

  5. 5

    Cana

    John 2:1
    26 km from Capernaum

    The wedding.

  6. 6

    Bethsaida

    Luke 9:10
    32 km from Cana

    Feeding of the crowd nearby.

  7. 7

    Caesarea Philippi

    Mark 8:27
    38 km from Bethsaida

    Peter's confession at the northern spring.

  8. 8

    Samaria

    John 4:5
    118 km from Caesarea Philippi

    Through Samaria; the well at Sychar.

  9. 9

    Jericho

    Luke 19:1
    51 km from Samaria

    Up the Jericho road toward the feast.

  10. 10

    Bethany

    John 12:1
    20 km from Jericho

    Lodging outside the city.

  11. 11

    Jerusalem

    Mark 11 - 16
    3 km from Bethany

    The last week, trial and resurrection.

What the record fixes

Capernaum, Magdala, Bethsaida and Chorazin are excavated lakeside villages; the Capernaum synagogue stands on a first-century basalt foundation. The Pilate inscription from Caesarea and the ossuary of Caiaphas fix the officials named in the passion narrative.