Judea

Judea is the region around Jerusalem where much of Jesus’ story takes place. John the Baptist came “preaching in the wilderness of Judaea” in Matthew 3, and later crowds followed Jesus from Galilee, Jerusalem and Judaea. Luke 5 pictures teachers from every town of Galilee and Judaea sitting close to hear him, while Matthew 19 and Mark 10 show him crossing into its borders to teach again. For a first look, read Matthew 3 and watch how people come out from all over the land.

6 verses

Matthew

Matthew 3:1

In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,

Matthew 4:25

And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judaea, and from beyond Jordan.

Matthew 19:1

And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these sayings, he departed from Galilee, and came into the coasts of Judaea beyond Jordan;

Mark

Mark 10:1

And he arose from thence, and cometh into the coasts of Judaea by the farther side of Jordan: and the people resort unto him again; and, as he was wont, he taught them again.

Luke

Luke 3:3

And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins;

Luke 5:17

And it came to pass on a certain day, as he was teaching, that there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, which were come out of every town of Galilee, and Judaea, and Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord was present to heal them.

From Easton's Bible Dictionary

Matthew George Easton, 1897

After the Captivity this name was applied to the whole of the country west of the Jordan (Hag. 1:1, 14; 2:2). But under the Romans, in the time of Christ, it denoted the southernmost of the three divisions of Palestine (Matt. 2:1, 5; 3:1; 4:25), although it was also sometimes used for Palestine generally (Acts 28:21).

The province of Judea, as distinguished from Galilee and Samaria, included the territories of the tribes of Judah, Benjamin, Dan, Simeon, and part of Ephraim. Under the Romans it was a part of the province of Syria, and was governed by a procurator.