Jensens survey of the old testament adam 332
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MAP E
MAP F
2 . Palestine.29 As noted earlier, the
geographical location of Palestine in Bible
times was strategic. Of that, G. T. Manley
writes, “Palestine lay on the cross-roads of
ancient civilization. The highway from Egypt
to Syria and beyond, which ran through
Palestine, was one of the most important
roads in the ancient world both for
commerce and for strategy, and its
importance has not yet disappeared.”30
This crossroads location may be observed
on Map D.
What part Palestine plays in the New
Testament books is summarized below.
Refer to Map F as you study these
summaries.
a. Gospels. The four gospels report the
journeys and missions of Jesus in Palestine
during His brief career. From the gospels we
learn that Jesus spent most of His time in
the three provinces of Judea, Samaria, and
Galilee. Three surrounding areas that He
visited occasionally are Perea, Decapolis,
and Phoenicia. Locate the six regions on
Map F.
After about a year of limited service in
Judea, most of Jesus’ itinerant work was
done in and around the region of Galilee,
though His trips between Galilee and
Jerusalem a orded many opportunities of
ministry along the way. Of the many cities
and villages that He visited on His
evangelistic tours, only about twenty are
mentioned by name in the gospels. Most of
those appear on Map F.
b. Acts. Most of Acts 1-12 takes place in
Palestine. Most of the remaining chapters
(13-14, 16-28) focus on the missionary
journeys and other experiences of Paul in
the lands beyond.
c. Epistles. Most, if not all, of the
remaining twenty-two New Testament books
originated outside Palestine and were
written to residents mostly of nonPalestinian lands. But the messages of the
epistles focused on the Holy Land, for the
simple reason that Christ and the church and
