Town
Ephraim
- Ancient name
- Ephraim
- Modern location
- Taybeh (one proposed site) · West Bank
- Location
- Location debated
Editorial summary
After the chief priests and Pharisees took counsel to put Jesus to death, he no longer walked openly among the Jews. He went to a city called Ephraim, in the country near the wilderness, and stayed there with his disciples.
What happened here
1Jesus withdraws to Ephraim
After the chief priests and Pharisees took counsel to put him to death, Jesus no longer walked openly among the Jews. He went into the country near the wilderness, to a city called Ephraim, and stayed there with his disciples.
John names a city called Ephraim in the country near the wilderness and gives no further location. Its site is uncertain; the marker shows Taybeh, about 20 km north-north-east of Jerusalem, one proposed site.
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Location certainty
John places Ephraim in the country near the wilderness and says no more. It is often identified with Taybeh (et-Taiyibeh), about 20 km north-north-east of Jerusalem, the candidate OpenBible.info favors; Ein Samia, about 5 km further north-east, has also been proposed. Neither is certain.
- Coordinates
- 31.9544° N, 35.3003° E