1. Go preach in Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and to the farthest parts of the earth.’

2. They would preach in Jerusalem, Judea, and Samaria, “and to the most distant part of the earth.”

3. (8:1-4) Persecution scattered all the disciples except the apostles throughout Judea and Samaria.

4. Persecution early caused ‘all except the apostles to be scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria.’

5. Jesus and his disciples were on their way from Judea to Galilee and had to pass through Samaria.

6. The district of Samaria was the first region outside of Judea to receive the Christian good news (Ac 8:1-5)

7. Later on, it widened out into all Judea, then Samaria, and finally “to the most distant part of the earth.”

8. As a result, violence flared up throughout Judea, Samaria, Galilee, the Decapolis, and Phoenicia, north into Syria, and south into Egypt.

9. Judea and Rome are now at war!

10. Jesus promises a geographic expansion at the outset, and Acts follows the news of his death and resurrection as it spreads from a small group of disciples in Jerusalem to Judea, Samaria, and the faraway capital of Rome.

11. 9 Philip performed many signs in Samaria.

12. Apparently referring to the capital city, Samaria.

13. What will happen to Jerusalem and Samaria, and why?

14. Apostate Samaria deserved the punishment that it received.

15. The Ancient Assyrians who Conquered Samaria

16. SIMON of Samaria was highly regarded in his community.

17. Disciples followed him as he traveled around Galilee and Judea.

18. They are the Samaria ostraca, the Arad ostraca, and the Lachish ostraca.

19. [ Assyria Resettles Samaria] Then the king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, Ava, Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel; and they took possession of Samaria and dwelt in its cities.

20. See the box “Felix —Procurator of Judea.”

21. Then let those in Judea begin fleeing to the mountains.”

22. So, what happened to Samaria would also happen to Jerusalem.

23. Jerusalem is said to be the younger sister and Samaria, her older sister.

24. “Pass on over from here and go into Judea,” they advised him.

25. Jesus and his apostles are trekking northward, heading from Judea toward Galilee.

26. Thirty-three years passed, and Judea still chafed under the Roman yoke.

27. The Roman Senate thus crowned Herod king of Judea.

28. So the expression “the head of the fertile valley” refers to Samaria.

29. Herod’s control over Judea was total; his authority, absolute.

30. * (Deuteronomy 28:68) Judea is virtually emptied of Jews.

31. IT IS about 46 C.E., and Judea is in the grip of famine.

32. Compare the fate of Samaria as described in Ezekiel 23:1-10.

33. (Matthew 9:37) The situation was the same in Judea.

34. In 740 B.C.E., Samaria falls, trampled under Assyrian feet. —2 Kings 18:10.

35. His superior, the Roman governor of Judea, resided in Caesarea.

36. Jehonadab accepted that invitation, got into Jehu’s chariot, and rode with him to Samaria.

37. Samaria Jesus taught a woman about living water at a well in this land.

38. “If only my lord were before the prophet that is in Samaria!” she said.

39. This provoked a revolt in Judea as the Jews fought to remove Antiochus…

40. At the beginning of Festus’ time in office, Judea was plagued by bandits.

41. He later chose 70 of his disciples and sent them out in pairs to preach all around Judea.

42. (Matthew 4:23) His cures did not merely help the sick people of Judea and Galilee.

43. The new Roman ruler, in turn, confirmed Herod as king of Judea and enlarged his territories.

44. Conquest, slavery, deportation, trade, and voluntary migration were among the causes of their dispersion from Judea.

45. Having forsaken Jehovah, Samaria has no right to expect him to intervene.

46. A material need developed among Christians in Judea in about 55 C.E.

47. Like idolatrous Samaria, Christendom claims to worship Jehovah, but she is apostate to the core.

48. 15 Jeremiah recorded the account about Jezebel, the wicked wife of King Ahab of Samaria.

49. They still grace the coastal Plain of Sharon, the rocky hillsides of Samaria, and the fertile valleys of Galilee.

50. Albinus, LUCCEIUS°Albinus, LUCCEIUS °, Roman procurator of Judea, 62–64 c.e

51. ‘What,’ he reasons, ‘is to prevent me from doing to Jerusalem what I did to Samaria?’

52. The shortest route —a journey of about three days— takes them through Samaria.

53. In 39 B.C.E., the Roman Senate appointed Herod—an Edomite—to be king of Judea.

54. To reach that little village from Nazareth, travelers covered some 80 hilly miles (130 km) via Samaria.

55. But he learns that Herod’s wicked son Archelaus is now the king of Judea.

56. FAMINE: Famines occurred in Rome, Greece and Judea, one of which is reported on in Acts 11:28

57. The inhabitants of Jerusalem are only too aware of what has happened to Samaria.

58. He did not disdainfully walk the dusty roads of Galilee and Judea, flinching at the sight of sinners.

59. The New Testament, too, cites examples of corvée in Judea, showing how widespread it was.

60. There, in Israel, with its capital at Samaria, he was to proclaim a most unpopular message of doom.

61. In outlying provinces like Judea, a governor (prefect) had military control, was responsible for financial administration, and served as a trial judge.

62. Doubtless, there were literal drunkards in Israel, since Samaria was the scene of licentious pagan worship.

63. The Assyrians The Ancient Assyrians who Conquered Samaria The Assyrians dwelt in the region of the upper Tigris River

64. This woman met Jesus as he rested from walking all morning over dusty roads in the hills of Samaria.

65. Next, the chief priests and older men haul Jesus off to be tried by Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor of Judea.

66. 3 It appears that Paul addressed his letter to the Hebrew Christians in Judea in 61 C.E.

67. But one remote area was a source of constant frustration for Rome —the restless province of Judea.

68. They had traveled with him earlier, but upon returning with Jesus from Judea, they resumed their fishing business.

69. Some of the southern mountains of Judea were also called the hill country of the Amorites (Deuteronomy 1:7, 19-20).

70. This involved walking down the Jordan Valley to below sea level until he reached “the frontiers of Judea . . . across the Jordan.”

71. How closely does an Assyrian account of Sargon compare with the Bible account regarding the conquest of Samaria?

72. As the report of his activities spread, “great crowds followed him from Galilee and Decapolis and Jerusalem and Judea and from the other side of the Jordan.”

73. The southern slopes of the mountains "of Judea are called the "mount of the Amorites" (Deut

74. Unexpectedly, Gallus withdrew his troops, opening the way for Christians in Jerusalem and Judea to obey Jesus’ words and flee to the mountains. —Matthew 24:15, 16.

75. Why did Tacitus say that it was “mysterious prophecies” that led the Jews to expect powerful rulers to come from Judea and “acquire universal empire”?

76. Because the king of Assyria brought Captives from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sephar-vaim and settled them in the cities of Samaria to replace the Israelis, the …

77. Under military guard, the apostle was taken to Governor Antonius Felix at Caesarea, the Roman administrative capital of Judea.

78. His Conquests included Anatolia, Syria, Phoenicia, Judea, Gaza, Egypt, Mesopotamia, Persia and Bactria, and he extended the boundaries of his own empire as far as Taxila, India (now Pakistan)

79. 19 Just days before his death, Jesus gave a prophetic warning for the benefit of his disciples in Judea.

80. Ezekiel 23 Allegorizes Samaria and Jerusalem, the Israelite and Judahite capitals, as two sisters with a host of foreign lovers while both are married to Yahweh