5: Three World Leaders Prepared the Way for Jesus

SHOW NOTES

Who prepared the way for Jesus? Your first thought may be John the Baptist, and you wouldn’t be wrong, but God was making preparations hundreds of years earlier through political rulers who knew nothing of his plans.


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Map of Three Roman Roads in the Region of Israel

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Sources: (In order of appearance)

Dallas Theological Seminary Free Course: Historical Backgrounds for the New Testament

Israel Conquered by the Assyrians

The Lost Tribes

The Babylonian Exile

Jews Return to Judea

Did Jesus Speak Hebrew?

Septuagint 1 | 2

History of the Term Palestine

Roman Road System

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain (Genesis 50:20)

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