Background of

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Background of the Books of Gospel
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Wnen Roman Emperor Augustus reigned, Jesus Christ
was born in Bethlehem of Judea, which was
foretold by prophets hundreds years ago in the
Old Testament Bible.
Augustus
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Nazareth
Herod the Great
As Jesus was born, Herod the Great, who was
appointed by the Roman government as King of the
Jews, tried to kill him. Jesus and his parents
fled to Egypt. Latter they returned and settled
in Nazareth, a small village in Galilee. Jesus
lived there until he began to preach the gospel
at the age of thirty.
Jerusalem
Bethlehem
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By this time Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor,
had ruled Judea and Samaria.
Pontius Pilate
Galilee and Perea (east of the Jordan River) were
given to the tetrarch Herod Antipas, a son of
Herod the Great.
Jordan River
Herod Antipas
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Most Jews were living in Judea and
Galilee. Samaritan were deemed as impure both in
race and faith. They were dispised by the Jews,
and seldom associated with the Jews. Jews called
non-Jews as