
Sometimes it’s helpful to know the approximate distance between the New Testament cities. For example, consider the Parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37), from a Bible Atlas you can learn that the road between Jericho and Jerusalem is a 17-mile trek through the desert. Only the poor walked it. Everyone else rode – particularly the upper-class and priests were members of the upper class. Jesus’ audience would assume the priest is riding a donkey or a mule.
Approximate distance from Jerusalem to:
Bethany | 1.5 miles | convert |
Bethel | 10.5 miles | convert |
Bethlehem | 6 miles | convert |
Caesarea | 70 miles | convert |
Capernaum | 85 miles | convert |
Dead Sea | 14 miles | convert |
Dothan | 54 miles | convert |
Emmaus | 7 miles | convert |
Gaza | 50 miles | convert |
Hebron | 17 miles | convert |
Jericho (NT) | 17 miles | convert |
Jordan River | 21 miles | convert |
Joppa | 40 miles | convert |
Mediterranean Sea | 33 miles | convert |
Nazareth | 65 miles | convert |
Samaria | 42 miles | convert |
Sea of Galilee | 70 miles | convert |
Shechem | 40 miles | convert |
Shiloh | 20 miles | convert |
Outside of Israel | ||
Antioch | 300 miles | convert |
Babylon | 550 miles | convert |
Corinth | 800 miles | convert |
Egypt | 100 miles | convert |
Ephesus | 600 miles | convert |
Rome | 1400 miles | convert |
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