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Jennifer Mayes who was on our trip created an itinerary of our trip with the corresponding passages of scripture linked to each site! 
​Israel 
May 24th - June 3rd 2023
Guide: Bob Lepine

Day 1: Thursday, May 24th

• Travel from USA to Israel
  

Day 2: Friday, May 25th

• Arrive Tel Aviv
  
• Drive through Jaffa along Mediterranean Sea stay at Grand Beach Hotel, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
  
  • Timber from Lebanon to be sent to Joppa: 2 Chronicles 2:16; Ezra 3:7
    
  • Jonah sails from Joppa: Jonah 1:3
    
  • Peter raises Tabitha from the dead: Acts 9:36-43
    
  • Peter’s vision in Joppa: Acts 10:5-16
    
  • https://www.seetheholyland.net/jaffa/
    

Day 3: Saturday, May 26th

• Caesarea Maritima
  
  • Philip arrives in Caesarea: Acts 8:40
    
  • Agabus prophesies Paul’s death: Acts 21:8-11
    
  • Peter visits Cornelius: Acts 10
    
  • God strikes down Herod Agrippa I: Acts 12:21-23
    
  • Paul is imprisoned in Caesarea: Acts 23:23—26:32
    
  • https://www.bibleplaces.com/caesarea/
    
• Mt. Carmel - Muhraka
  
  • 1 Kings 18:16-45
    
  • https://www.seetheholyland.net/mount-carmel/
    
• St. Gabriel Greek Orthodox Church - Mary’s Well 
  
  • Luke 1:26-38
    
  • https://www.biblewalks.com/stgabriel
    
• Church of the Annunciation - Caves where Mary lived before marriage to Joseph
  
  • https://www.seetheholyland.net/church-of-the-annunciation/
    
• Mount of Precipice - where they took Jesus to throw him off a cliff
  
  • Luke 4:49-30
    
  • https://www.biblewalks.com/mtprecipice
    
• Cana, the Wedding Church - Where Jesus turned water into wine
  
  • John 2:1-11
    
  • https://www.seetheholyland.net/cana/
    
• Arrive and overnight at the Cesar Hotel in Tiberias, Israel
  

Day 4: Sunday, May 28th

• Sea of Galilee Boat Ride
  
• Caesarea Philippi
  
  • Matthew 16:13-20
    
  • https://www.seetheholyland.net/caesarea-philippi/
    
  • https://www.biblewalks.com/banias
    
• Capernaum
  
  • Jesus makes his home in Capernaum: Matthew 4:12-17
    
  • Jesus teaches in the synagogue: Mark 1:21-28
    
  • Jesus cures Peter’s mother-in-law: Mark 1:29-31
    
  • Paying the temple tax: Matthew 17:24-27
    
  • Jesus calls Matthew: Matthew 9:9-12
    
  • Jesus condemns Capernaum: Matthew 11:20-24
    
  • Jesus heals a centurion’s servant: Luke 7:1-10
    
  • Jesus cures a paralyzed man: Mark 2:1-12
    
  • “I am the bread of life”: John 6:22-59
    
  • Matthew 4:12-17
    
  • https://www.seetheholyland.net/capernaum/
    
  • https://www.biblewalks.com/capernaum
    
• Yardenit Baptismal Site - Jordan River
  
  • The Israelites cross the Jordan on dry ground: Joshua 3:14-17
    
  • Elijah crosses the Jordan on dry ground: 2 Kings 2:8
    
  • John baptizes Jesus: Matthew 3:13-17; Mark 1:9-11; Luke 3:21-22; John 1:29-34
    
  • Naaman’s leprosy is cured in the Jordan: 2 Kings 5:1-14
    
  • https://www.seetheholyland.net/jordan-river/
    
  • https://www.yardenit.com/
    
• Overnight at the Cesar Hotel in Tiberias, Israel
  

Day 5: Monday, May 29th

• Mount of Beatitudes
  
  • The Sermon on the Mount: Matthew 5:1-7:28
    
  • The parable of the sower: Mark 4:1-9
    
  • Jesus commissions the disciples: Matthew 28:16-20
    
  • https://www.seetheholyland.net/mount-of-beatitudes/
    
• Tabgha - Church of the Primacy of St. Peter
  
  • Jesus commissions Peter: John 21: 1-19
    
  • https://www.seetheholyland.net/tabgha/
    
• Golan Heights - Drive to Samria
  
  • https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-14724842
    
• Church of St. Photina - Jacob’s Well (Nablus, Palestine in West Bank)
  
  • John 4:5-42
    
  • https://www.seetheholyland.net/jacobs-well/
    

• Mount of Olives
  
  • King David flees over the Mount of Olives: 2 Samuel 15:30
    
  • King Solomon builds pagan temples: 1 Kings 11:7-8
    
  • “Glory of the Lord” stops on Mount of Olives: Ezekiel 11:23
    
  • Splitting of mount prophesied: Zechariah 14:3-4
    
  • Jesus enters Jerusalem: Luke 19:29-44
    
  • Jesus foretells his Second Coming: Matthew 24:27-31
    
  • Jesus prays before his arrest: Matthew 26:30-56
    
  • Jesus ascends into heaven: Acts 1:1-12
    
  • https://www.seetheholyland.net/mount-of-olives/
    
• Garden of Gethsemane
  
  • Jesus prays in Gethsemane: Matthew 26:36-46; Mark 14:32-42; Luke 22:39-46; Mark 32-42
    
  • Jesus is arrested: Matthew 26:47-56; Mark 14:43-50; Luke 22:47-53; John 18:1-12
    
  • https://www.seetheholyland.net/gethsemane/
    
• Church of All Nations
  
  • https://www.seetheholyland.net/church-of-all-nations/
    
• Arrive and overnight at the Ambassador Hotel in Jerusalem
  

Day 6: Monday, May 29th

• Shepherd’s Field
  
  • Luke 2:8-20
    
  • https://www.seetheholyland.net/shepherds-field/
    
• Church of the Nativity
  
  • The birth of Jesus: Luke 2:1-20; Matthew 1:18-25
    
  • https://www.seetheholyland.net/church-of-the-nativity/
    
• Cenacle - Upper Room
  
  • The Last Supper: Matthew 26:17-30; Mark 14:12-25; Luke 22:7-23; John 13:1—17:26
    
  • Institution of the Eucharist: 1 Corinthians 11:23-26
    
  • https://www.seetheholyland.net/cenacle/
    
• Church of St. Peter in Gallicantu 
  
  • Matthew 26:69-75
    
  • John 18:15-27
    
  • https://www.seetheholyland.net/church-of-st-peter-in-gallicantu/
    
• King David’s Tomb
  
  • https://www.seetheholyland.net/tomb-of-king-david/
    
• Church of Pater Noster - Lord’s Prayer
  
  • Matthew 6:7-14
    
  • Luke 11:1-4
    
  • https://www.seetheholyland.net/church-of-pater-noster/
    
• Ambassador Hotel, Jerusalem
  

Day 7: Tuesday, May 30th

• Drive through Judean Wilderness (Rift Valley) where Jesus was tempted Matthew 4:1-11
  
• Masada
  
  • https://www.seetheholyland.net/masada/
    
• Ein Gedi - Where David Hid from Saul
  
  • 1 Samuel 24
    
  • https://www.bibleplaces.com/engedi/
    
• Qumran - Dead Sea Scrolls and where it is believed that John the Baptist may have been part of this community before he began his baptizing work.
  
  • https://www.seetheholyland.net/qumran/
    
• Jericho
  
  • Joshua captured Jericho: Joshua 6:1-21
    
  • Elisha purifies the spring: 2 Kings:19-22
    
  • Zacchaeus meets Jesus: Luke 19:1-10
    
  • Jesus heals Bartimaeus: Mark 10:46-52
    
  • The Good Samaritan: Luke 10:25-37
    
  • https://www.seetheholyland.net/jericho/
    
• Dead Sea
  
  • God destroys Sodom and Gomorrah: Genesis 19:24-26
    
  • Prophesy that the Dead Sea will become fresh: Ezekiel 47:8-10
    
  • https://www.seetheholyland.net/dead-sea/
    
• Ambassador Hotel, Jerusalem
  

Day 8: Wednesday, May 31st

• Western Wall
  
  • Solomon builds the Temple: 1 Kings 5-6
    
  • Jesus foretells the destruction of the Temple: Mark 13:1-8
    
  • https://www.seetheholyland.net/western-wall/
    
• Western Wall Tunnel
  
  • https://english.thekotel.org/attractions/the-great-stone-route/
    
• Temple Mount
  
  • Abraham prepares to sacrifice Isaac: Genesis 22:1-19
    
  • David buys the threshing floor: 2 Samuel 24:18-25
    
  • Solomon builds the First Temple: 1 Kings 5-6
    
  • Jesus is presented in the Temple: Luke 2:22-38
    
  • Jesus is found among the teachers in the Temple: Luke 2:41-51
    
  • Jesus cleanses the Temple: John 2:14-16
    
  • Jesus prophesied the destruction of the Temple: Matthew 24:1-2
    
  • https://www.seetheholyland.net/temple-mount/
    

• Dome of the Rock
  
  • https://www.seetheholyland.net/dome-of-the-rock/
    
• Al-Aqsa Mosque
  
  • https://www.seetheholyland.net/al-aqsa-mosque/
    
• Pools of Bethesda
  
  • John 5:2-18
    
  • https://www.seetheholyland.net/pools-of-bethesda/
    
• Church of St. Anne
  
  • John 5:1-18
    
  • https://www.seetheholyland.net/church-of-st-anne/
    
• Church of the Holy Sepulchre - Jesus’s Tomb
  
  • https://www.seetheholyland.net/church-of-the-holy-sepulchre/
    
• Via Dolorosa - Way of the Cross (we walked part of this as we walked through Old City Jerusalem)
  
  • https://www.seetheholyland.net/via-dolorosa/
    
• Jewish Quarter - Lunch
  
• Ruins of the South Side Temple
  
  • Possible location for Pentecost Acts 2
    
  • https://www.holylandsite.com/temple-southern-stairs
    
• Ambassador Hotel, Jerusalem
  

Day 9: Thursday, June 1st

• City of David
  
  • David captures Jerusalem: 2 Samuel 5:6-7
    
  • David sees Bathsheba bathing: 2 Samuel 11:2
    
  • Hezekiah brings water into the city: 2 Kings 20:20
    
  • https://www.seetheholyland.net/city-of-david/
    
• Hezekiah’s Tunnels
  
  • King Hezekiah digs a tunnel: Sirach 48:17
    
  • https://www.bibleplaces.com/heztunnel/
    
• Pool of Siloam
  
  • King Hezekiah digs a tunnel: Sirach 48:17
    
  • Building the Pool of Siloam: Nehemiah 3:15
    
  • Jesus heals a blind man: John 9:1-41
    
  • https://www.seetheholyland.net/pool-of-siloam/
    
• Yad Vashem - Holocaust Museum
  
  • https://www.yadvashem.org/
    

• Garden Tomb
  
  • The burial of Jesus: Matthew 27:57-66; Mark 15:42-47; Luke 23:50-56; John 19:38-42
    
  • The Resurrection: Matthew 28:1-10; Mark 16:1-8; Luke 24:1-12; John 20:1-10
    
  • https://www.seetheholyland.net/garden-tomb/
    
• Dinner and Flight Home
  

Other resources:

• Historical Timeline of the Holy Land: https://www.seetheholyland.net/historical-timeline/
  
• The Bible Journey: https://www.thebiblejourney.org/
  
• Holy Land Bible Site Review: https://www.biblewalks.com/
  
• Holy Land Sites: https://www.seetheholyland.net/
  
• All things Jewish History: https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/
  
• Yad Vashem - The World Holocaust Remembrance Center: https://www.yadvashem.org/
  
• The Garden Tomb: https://gardentomb.com/
  

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