Judea
A place in the Bible
The region in the south, where Jerusalem and Bethlehem were.
What happened here
- Mary: she went in haste to the hill country of Judea to visit her relative Elizabeth.
- Witnesses: Jesus told the apostles they would be his witnesses in Jerusalem, throughout Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.
Today
Today it is part of Israel and the West Bank.
Where it appears in the Bible
Matthew 2:1; Luke 1:39; Acts 1:8; Mark 1:5
What the Bible says
Matthew 2:1
When Jesus therefore was born in Bethlehem of Juda, in the days of king Herod, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem.
Luke 1:39
And Mary rising up in those days, went into the hill country with haste into a city of Juda.
Acts 1:8
But you shall receive the power of the Holy Ghost coming upon you, and you shall be witnesses unto me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and Samaria, and even to the uttermost part of the earth.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
Source: Britannica, “Judaea”