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| | [[Image:Samaria map.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Click map to enlarge]] | | [[Image:Samaria map.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Click map to enlarge]] |
| − | '''Samaria''', also known as the '''Shomron''' ([[Hebrew]]: '''שֹׁמְרוֹן ''') refers to the region between [[Galilee]] and [[Judea]]. At the time of [[Jesus]], Samaria was the home of a few million [[Samaritan]]s. The family of [[Jesus]] would have traveled through Samaria in their journey from [[Nazareth]], to the north, to Jesus's birthplace in [[Bethlehem]], to the south. | + | '''Samaria''', also known as the '''Shomron''' ([[Hebrew]]: '''שֹׁמְרוֹן ''') refers to the region between [[Galilee]] and [[Judea]]. At the time of [[Jesus]], Samaria was the home of a few million [[Samaritan]]s. The family of [[Jesus]] would have traveled through Samaria in their journey from [[Nazareth]], to the north, to Jesus's birthplace in [[Bethlehem]], to the south. Jesus and his disciples also had to cross through Samaria to travel from Galilee to [[Jerusalem]]. |
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| | + | Jesus referred to Samaria in a way equal to Judea in Jesus's promise of the [[Holy Spirit]] shortly before his [[Ascension]], as recounted in {{bibleref|Acts|1|8}}: |
| | + | {{cquote|But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.}} |
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| | The name is derived from the ancient capital of the Kingdom of Israel, the city of Samaria, which was located near the center of modern Samaria. It is also referred to as the [[West Bank]]. | | The name is derived from the ancient capital of the Kingdom of Israel, the city of Samaria, which was located near the center of modern Samaria. It is also referred to as the [[West Bank]]. |
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| | ==External links== | | ==External links== |
| | * http://scriptures.lds.org/en/biblephotos/18 Photographs of Scriptural Sites: Dothan in Samaria, scriptures.lds.org | | * http://scriptures.lds.org/en/biblephotos/18 Photographs of Scriptural Sites: Dothan in Samaria, scriptures.lds.org |
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| | [[Category:Israel]][[Category:Judaism]] | | [[Category:Israel]][[Category:Judaism]] |