Collection · Not a route
Key Places in the Ministry of Jesus Galilee, Samaria, Judea and beyond
Mark 1:9–11 Mark 1:16–28 John 2:1–11
19 Places With Jesus · Peter · Andrew · James, son of Zebedee · John, son of Zebedee Jesus, Peter, Andrew, James, son of Zebedee, and John, son of Zebedee
Jesus’ public ministry centered on the towns around the Sea of Galilee, with journeys north toward Tyre and Caesarea Philippi, through Samaria, and south to Jericho, Bethany and Jerusalem.
Grouped by region. The Gospels do not give a complete itinerary of the ministry, so these places are not joined by a route.
Places Galilee The towns around the Sea of Galilee
01 Stop 1: Nazareth Nazareth Luke 4:16–30 02 Stop 2: Cana Khirbet Qana (Horvat Qana) John 2:1–11 03 Stop 3: Capernaum Kfar Nahum (Tell Hum) Mark 1:21–28 04 Stop 4: Sea of Galilee Sea of Galilee (Lake Kinneret) Mark 1:16–20 05 Stop 5: Gennesaret Ginosar Valley (el-Ghuweir), on the north-west shore of the Sea of Galilee Mark 6:53–56 06 Stop 6: Bethsaida et-Tell (one proposed site) Mark 8:22–26 07 Stop 7: Chorazin Korazim (Khirbet Karraza) Matthew 11:20–24 08 Stop 8: Nain Nein Luke 7:11–17 Beyond Galilee Across the lake, Tyre and the Decapolis, Caesarea Philippi and Samaria
09 Stop 9: Country of the Gadarenes The area around Umm Qais, south-east of the Sea of Galilee Mark 5:1–20 10 Stop 10: Tyre Tyre (Sur) Mark 7:24–30 11 Stop 11: Decapolis Parts of northern Jordan, southern Syria and neighboring areas Mark 7:31–37 12 Stop 12: Caesarea Philippi Banias Matthew 16:13–20 13 Stop 13: Sychar Askar, near Nablus John 4:4–42 The Jordan valley, Judea and Jerusalem 14 Stop 14: Jordan River Al-Maghtas baptism site Mark 1:9–11 15 Stop 15: Jericho Tulul Abu el-Alayiq, near Jericho Luke 19:1–10 16 Stop 16: Bethany al-Eizariya John 11:1–44 17 Stop 17: Ephraim Taybeh (one proposed site) John 11:53–54 18 Stop 18: Pool of Bethesda Pool of Bethesda John 5:1–9 19 Stop 19: Pool of Siloam Pool of Siloam John 9:1–11