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It is a testament to the challenges Jesus faced in proclaiming His message amidst contrasting religious ideologies. Jericho, ...

Another must-visit place in Jericho is the Mount of Temptation. Recognized by believers for its connection with the Bible, it is here that, according to biblical accounts, Jesus spent forty days ...

Is not the man who, on the way from Jerusalem to Jericho, fell among robbers who stripped him and left him half-dead and bleeding beside the road, the image of humanity par excellence? Jesus' fall ...

Jesus was passing through Jericho. There was a chief tax collector there named Zacchaeus, who was rich. Zacchaeus was a little man, and wanted to see Jesus, so he climbed a sycamore tree.

Jesus was leaving Jericho, followed by a large crowd, on his way to Jerusalem when he came across a blind beggar called Bartimaeus. Jewish people also believed that illness and disability were a ...

So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the ...