Bethlehem (House of Bread)
Jacob buried Rachel (Gen 29; Her death prophesied Gn 31:25-35; Her death in Bethlehem 35:16-20, 48:7)Ruth and Naomi (Ruth 1:9)
Boaz and Ruth have Obed who is David’s great-grandfather (Ruth 4:13-14)
David is anointed king (1 Samuel 16:1-13)
David’s Well (2 Samuel 23:15)
Pools of Solomon, which have provided water for Jerusalem for three millennia (Song of Songs 4:12)
Jesus’ birth is prophesied (Micah 5:2)
The story of Jesus’ birth (Lk 2:1-20, Mt 2:1-11)
Jesus is named and circumcised (Lk 2:21)
Massacre of the Infants (Mt 2:16-18)
Chapel of the Good Samaritan
Old stone structure probably from the Crusader period, which is the traditional site of Jesus’ parable (Lk 10:29-37)
Qumran
Location of the Essenes – an ascetic community who rebelled against the abuses of the Second Temple in Jerusalem. John the Baptist may have been associated with this community. (Mt 3:1-12; Mk 1:2-8; Lk 3:1-6; Jn 1:19-28; 10:40)
Ein Gedi
Spring of the Wild Goat – Also called the ‘City of Palm Trees’ "Hasason-tamar" (Gn 14:7; 2Chr 20:2)David hid there from the spear of Saul the king (1Samuel 24:1-22)
The prophet Ezekiel makes reference to Ein Gedi (Ez 47:10)
(Song of Songs 1:14)
Masada
Harod the Great’s need for a fortress because of his fear and paranoia (Mt 2:1-18)
Jerusalem
A Lament for Jerusalem (Lk 13:34,35)
The Temple Mount
Temple built on the spot of Abrham’s offering of Isaac (Gen 22:1-18) and also on the threshing floor of Araunah (2Samuel 24:1-25)
Church of the Holy Sepulcher
(Mt 27:33-28:15; Mk 15:22-16:8; Lk 23:33-24:12; Jn 19:16-20:18)
St. Peter in Gallicantu
Built on the ruins of the house of the High Priest Caiaphas (with a two story deep dungeon still intact)(Psalm 88 is recited here by many pilgrims)
Trial of Jesus (Mt 26:3,4,57-68; Mk 14:53-65; Lk 3:2; 22:54-71; Jn 11:49; 18:12-14, 19-24)
Jesus prophesied Peter’s denials Mt 26:34; Mk 14:26; Lk 22:34; Jn 13:37,38)
Peter follows Jesus (Mt 26:57)
Peter denies knowing Jesus (Mt 26:69-75; Mk 14:66-72; Lk 22:55-62; Jn 18:15-18; 25-27)
Trial of the disciples Peter now refuses to deny Jesus (Acts 4:5-22)
Garden of Gethsemane
(Mt 26:36-46; Mk 14:32-42; Lk 22:39-46; Jn18:1-11)
Mount of Olives
David fled from his son Absalom, weeping as he ascended this mount (2Samuel 15:30)Zachariah prophesies a great earthquake and the coming reign of God (Zech 14:4-9 compare with Mt 27:50-54)
On the way to Bethany, House of Lazarus, Martha, and Mary (Mt 21:1; Mk 11:1; 13:3; 14:26; Jn 8:1)
Jesus sat there with his disciples (Mt 24; Mk 13; Lk 21)
Mount Olivet (Chapel
of the Ascension)
(Lk 24:50; Mk 16:19; Acts 1:8-12)
Caesarea
Phillip stops here at the end of his preaching tour (Acts 9:30)Cornelius lived and had his vision and sent for Peter (Acts 10)
Paul appears before Festus, King Agrippa and his sister Bernice (Acts 25:1-14)
Mount Carmel
Joshua conquers the king of Carmel, Jokeam (Joshua 12:22)Saul sets up a monument after victory over Amalek (1Sm 15:12)
Elijah and the prophets of Ba’al (1Kings 18:20-40)
Elisha receives the woman whose dead son he was to restore to life (2Kings 4:25)
Isaiah compares Carmel to the coming kingdom (Is35:2)
Nazareth
The First Annunciation (Lk 1:26-38)Jesus was raised there (Lk 2:39-52; Mt 2:19-23)
Nathaniel asks "What good could come from Nazareth?" (Jn 1:46)
Jesus left Nazareth to begin his mission (Mt 4:12-17, Mk 1:9)
Jesus returns to Nazareth to pronounce the Second Annunciation of the fulfillment of the Scriptures and was rejected (Lk 4:16-30; Mk 6:1-6)
He receives the title Jesus of Nazareth (Mt 21:10-11, Jn 19:19)
Galilee
Cana
Birth place of Nathaniel, disciple of Jesus (Jn 21:2)Site of Jesus’ first sign, or miracle, of the changing of water into wine (Jn 2:1-11)
A second sign (miracle) performed from Cana (Jn 4:46-54)
Capernaum
And leaving Nazareth he dwelt there (Mt 4:13-17)Jesus, his mother, cousins, and disciples go there right after the wedding feast at Cana (Jn 2:12)
Healed a centurion’s servant (Mt 8: 5-13)
Healed the paralytic (Mk 2:1-12)
Jesus calls his first disciples from Capernaum (Mk 1:14-20; 2:13-17; Lk 5:1-11)
Jesus chastises the people of Capernaum for their lack of response (Mt 11:23-24; Lk 10:15)
Miraculously pays the Temple tax for Peter and himself (Mt 17:24-27)
Jesus walks on water close to Capernaum (Jn 6:16-21; Mt 14:22-33; Mk 6:45-52)
Capernaum Synagogue
Jesus teaches and heals (Mk 1:21-28)Jesus teaches the Bread of Life discourse (Jn 6:24-59)
Cures the demoniac (Lk 4:31-37)
Peter’s House in Capernaum
Jesus cures Peter’s mother-in-law and others (Mt 8:14-17; Mk 1:29-34; Lk 4:38-41)Jesus teaches the way of true discipleship (Mk 9:33-50)
Tabgha
Jesus feeds the multitudes (Mt 14:13-21; Mk 6:30-44; Jn 6:1-15)The mill stone (Lk 17:1,2)
Chapel of the Primacy
Peter is commissioned as first vicar of Jesus Christ (Jn 21:1-19)
Magdala
The Pharisees and Sadducees challenge Jesus (Mt 15:39-16:4; Mk 8:9-13)The home town of Mary the disciple who was:
Healed by Jesus (Lk 8:1,2)
Stood at the foot of the Cross of Jesus (Mt 27:55,56; Mk:15:40-41: Jn 19:25)
First to see Jesus after his Resurrection (Mt 28:1-10; Mk 16:1-11; Lk 24:1-11; Jn 20:1-18
Bethsaida (House of Fishing)
Home of Andrew and Philip and often visited by Jesus (Jn 1:44; 12:21)Jesus scolded this town for not receiving him (Lk 10:13)
It was a lonely, desolate place where Jesus fed the 5000 (Lk 9:10-17)
Jesus cures a blind man in Bethsaida (Mk 8:22-26)