Journeys of Jesus

First Journey  See Map

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Jesus, now about 30 years old, travels away from his home-town of Nazareth in Galilee Luke 3:23 

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At the River Jordan, possibly near Bethany-across-the-Jordan, he is baptised by John the Baptist Matthew 3:13  Mark 1:9 

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Jesus travels into the Judean Desert (wilderness) to face the devil's temptation Matthew 4:1  Mark 1:12  Luke 4:1 

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At the River Jordan near Bethany-across-the-Jordan, or Bethabara , John 1:28  and according to John's Gospel, Jesus calls his first five disciples. John 1:35  These include Philip, Andrew, and Simon Peter all from Bethsaida in Galilee. Jonn 1:44 

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Jesus returns north to Galilee with his disciples, John 1:43  and at a wedding in Cana, changes the water into wine - his first recorded miracle. John 2:1 

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Jesus moves on to Capernaum, on the northwestern shore of the Sea of Galilee with his mother, brothers and disciples, and stays there a short time John 2:12