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ospel in
eography
Tyre
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Palestine in the days of Christ
Where are these places ?
01 Mediterranean Sea
02 Sea of Galilee
03 Nazareth
04 Mt Carmel
05 Judea
06 Sychar
07 Idumea
08 Bethlehem
09 Wise men – East
10 Egypt
11 Galilee
12 Jerusalem
12 Jordan
14 Betharabah
15 Cana
15 Capernaum
17 Gennesaret
18 Dalmanutha
19 Nain
20 Gergesa
21 Bethsaida
22 Phoenicia
23 Tyre
24 Sidon
25 Decapolis
26 Caesarea Philippi
27 Mt Hermon
28 Samaria
29 Jericho
30 Bethphage
31 Bethany
32 Gethsemane
33 Cyrene
34 Arimathea
35 Golgotha
36 Emmaus
37 Mt Olives
38 Dead Sea
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Palestine Region
Sidon
Tyre
Tyre
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. Mt Hermon
.
. Caesarea Philippi
.
Bethsaida
Capernaum . . Gergesa
Gennesaret ..Sea of Galilee
Mt Carmel . Dalmanutha .
Cana . . Nain
Nazareth .
DECAPOLIS
Samaria .
Sychar .
Arimathea . Jericho .
Bethphage .
. Betharabah
. Emmaus
Jerusalem . . Bethany
Bethlehem .
JUDEA
Jerusalem
Gethsemane
Golgotha
Mt Olives
Wise men –
East
Dead Sea
Jordan River
Mediterranean Sea
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Gospel in Geography
Mark 3:7-8
7 But Jesus withdrew with His disciples to the sea.
And a great multitude from Galilee followed Him,
and from Judea
8 and Jerusalem and Idumea and beyond the Jordan;
and those from Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude,
when they heard how many things He was doing,
came to Him.
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Joshua 19:29
29 And the border turned to Ramah
and to the fortified city of Tyre; then
the border turned to Hosah, and
ended at the sea by the region of
Achzib.
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Notice how the land sticks out
This lake has
been drained
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Notice what you
DO
NOT
see in this
map.
A harbor like we see
at Mt Carmel
But look how the
land really looks
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Tyre
Great Seaport
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Tyre
I think this must
be a typo error
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Tyre
Luke 10:13 (NKJV)
13 "Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works which were done
in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in
sackcloth and ashes.
Matthew 11:21 (NKJV)
21 "Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works which were done
in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth
and ashes.
Tyre: Jesus referred to this city and Sidon when he pronounced “woes” on the cities
of Chorazin and Bethsaida because the inhabitants would not repent despite the
miracles Jesus had performed (Mat. 11:21; Luke 10:13)
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Location and Setting - Tyre
The home of the sea-faring Phoenicians, Tyre guarded the eastern
Mediterranean coast, serving as an important seaport, not only
for Phoenicia, but also for Israel and Syria.
Tyre’s identity was often linked with Sidon, the other major
Phoenician seaport, twenty-five miles to the north. Together with
Tyre and Sidon, the coastal cities of Byblos and Arvad farther to
the north formed the four major seaports of the Phoenicians.
Each city functioned as an independent city-state, with little
political unity among them.
In addition to its being an important seaport, the city of Tyre was
known for cedar timber from the mountains of Lebanon, just
inland from the coast. Other industries included the processing of
purple dye from murex shells, a shipping fleet, and the mining of
tin, silver and copper.
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Tyre – Sidon - Byblos - Arvad
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Byblos - Gebal
Byblos: (Gebal) This was the Greek name given to
the Phoenician city port of Gebal. (Joshua 13:1-5)
Known for ship building, the craftsmen were called
“wise men” and “Calkers”
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Byblos - Gebal
Psalm
6 The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelite; Moab, and
the Haggardness;
7 Gebal, and Amman, and Amalek; Philistia with the
inhabitants of Tyre:
Ezekiel 27:9
9 The old men of Gebal and the wise men thereof
were in thee thy calkers: all the ships of the sea with
their mariners were in thee to deal in thy
merchandise.
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Byblos - Gebal
King James Version Dictionary.
Calkers
Repairers of seams.
The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were thy mariners:
thy wise men, O Tyre, that were in thee, were thy
pilots. The ancients of Gebal and the wise men thereof
were in thee thy Calkers: all the ships of the sea with
their mariners were in thee to occupy thy
merchandise.
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Byblos Lebanon
Great Seaport
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Byblos Lebanon
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Arvad
Ezekiel 27:8
8 The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were thy rowers:
thy wise men, O Tyre, were in thee, they were thy
pilots.
Ezekiel 27:11
11 The men of Arvad with thine army were upon thy
walls round about, and valorous men were in thy
towers; they hanged their shields upon thy walls round
about; they have perfected thy beauty.
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Arvad Syria ??????
Great Seaport
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Tyre – Sidon - Byblos - Arvad
Appears to be
on the shore
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Arvad – Arwad Lebanon
Arvad / Arwad an island off the
coast of Syria some 30 miles north
of Tripoli. The island was about
800 ft long by 500 ft wide,
surrounded by a massive wall.
See Ezekiel 27: 8 & 11
Arvad/Arwad is an Island off the coast of Syria
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Ezekiel 27:8
8 "Inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your oarsmen;
Your wise men, O Tyre, were in you; They became your
pilots.
Ezekiel 27:11
11 Men of Arvad with your army were on your walls all
around, And the men of Gammad were in your towers;
They hung their shields on your walls all around; They
made your beauty perfect.
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Arvad / Arwad Syria
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Google Search Arwad
Arwad Island
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Arvad - Arwad
("wandering".) "The Arvadite" was a descendant of Canaan
like Zidon, Hamath, etc. (Genesis 10:18; 1 Chronicles 1:16.) In
Ezekiel 27:8; Ezekiel 27:11, "the men of Arvad" are among the
mariners of the ship, namely, Tyre. Arvad is the isle Ruad, off
Tortosa, two or three miles from the Phoenician coast, at the N.
end of the bay above Tripoli. It is elevated and rocky, but hardly
a mile round. Strabo mentions Arvad's likeness to Tyre, and the
superior seamanship of its people. The inhabitants still, to the
number of a thousand, are employed as pilots, shipbuilders,
sponge divers, and sailors. There are remains of the sea walls,
some of the stones 12 feet long by 10 high, not beveled, but
indented with deep grooves on the upper surface, one groove
square, three semicircular.
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Arvad Syria
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Arvad Syria
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Arvad Syria
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Arvad Syria
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Back to: Modern Tyre
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Modern Beaches of Tyre
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Ruins of Tyre
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Ruins of Tyre
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Ruins of Tyre
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Ruins of Tyre
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Ruins of Tyre
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The Hippodrome Ruins Largest in
Roman World
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The Hippodrome Ruins Largest in
Roman World
The sports Hippodrome was built by Herod the
Great like a Roman circus, for chariot races. The
spectators sat on stair-like seats around a central
space, which had in the middle a large partition
that the chariots raced around.
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Gospel in Geography
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Tyre and Sidon
– Woman of Canaan came to Jesus
to ask Him to heal her daughter
• Called a Greek Syro-Phoenician
(Mark 7:26)
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Gospel in Geography
Mark 7:26
The woman was a Greek, a Syro-Phoenician by birth,
and she kept asking Him to cast the demon out of her
daughter.
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