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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