Jericho
A place in the Bible
A very old city in an oasis near the Jordan River and the Dead Sea. Zacchaeus lived there.
What happened here
- Zacchaeus: the chief tax collector climbed a tree to see Jesus as he passed through Jericho.
- Bartimaeus: as Jesus left Jericho, a blind man named Bartimaeus asked Jesus to heal him.
- Joshua: in the Old Testament, the walls of Jericho fell when the trumpets sounded and the people shouted.
- A parable: the Good Samaritan helped a man who was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho.
Today
Today there is a city called Jericho in the same area, in the West Bank.
Where it appears in the Bible
Luke 19:1; Luke 19:4; Mark 10:46; Joshua 6:20; Luke 10:30
What the Bible says
Luke 19:1
And entering in, he walked through Jericho.
Luke 19:4
And running before, he climbed up into a sycamore tree, that he might see him; for he was to pass that way.
Mark 10:46
And they came to Jericho: and as he went out of Jericho, with his disciples, and a very great multitude, Bartimeus the blind man, the son of Timeus, sat by the way side begging.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
Source: Britannica, “Jericho”; Catholic Encyclopedia (1913), “Jericho”