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Because distances matter. (Bible Distance Learning Course via Twitter.)

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Jerusalem to Rome quicker in summer or winter?

Summer?

No, winter. 4.2 days quicker as it happens.

But, there must have been a premium on travel vistas. 118 denarii cheaper per person in the winter too.

Thanks to https://t.co/gxtI7abKV7 for help. #HowFar

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An interesting point of view. What is the source of this wisdom?

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Trust in God, but tie your camel.

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A significant hike, but with distance helpfully clarified…

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Hiking in the footsteps of Jesus -up and down Mt Tabor! (10k). #holy #jesus #hikinginisrael #israel #hiking #footstepsofjesus #transfiguration #newtestament

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Be careful where you leave your case, wherever you travel. #HowFarTravelTips

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Old city #Jerusalem

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How far? A stone’s throw from the Golden Gate or Lions Gate (aka St Stephens Gate). Probably many stones thrown at the trees over the years. #Hardy

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Millenium-old olive trees grow in the Garden of Gethsemane on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem.

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And 50 miles from Capernaum. Quite the jaunt.

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Sidon is mentioned more than 30x in the Bible, including many times in the Gospels and Acts. Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel all mentioned this city in their prophecies. Sidon is located 45 miles north of Acco and 25 miles northwest of Dan.

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43, 300, 600, 800, 1400

What is that? That is gospel spread in numbers: miles to Samaria, Syrian Antioch, Ephesus, Corinth and Rome.

#AtCF #Acts1eight

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Need a handy guide to Israelite measures?

1 palm [handbreadth] (tefach) = 4 digit (etzba’ot)

1 span (zeret) = 3 palms (tefahim)

1 ell [cubit] (amah) = 2 spans (zeret), or 6 palms [handbreadths]

1 mil (mil) = 2000 ells [cubits] (amot)

1 parasang (parasa) = 4 mils (milin)

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Finally, Saltzman sheds light on Jesus’ arrest. After a week of evening retreats to the safety of two-mile-away Bethany, the night when Jesus stayed in Jerusalem he got arrested.

Two miles from safety? Or a long way from heaven? Perhaps it was the right distance. #HowFar

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Saltzman clarifies another common quandary - did Mary travel on a donkey to Bethlehem? He draws on geographical insight, personal experience and confidence in Mary’s fitness to suggest they would have saved days if they travelled without the burro.

https://t.co/23NR41NODc

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Russell Saltzman clears up one misunderstanding in his nuanced article:

“All the Gospels portray ancient travel as undemanding, but no one was teleporting, that’s for sure.”

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Jerusalem to Caesaria Maritima

Or

Capernaum to Caesaria Philippi

Sound similar? Not exactly. The first is 30 miles further than the second. 57 vs 27 miles.

Always know which Caesaria you want to get to before you set off.

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Which is easier to run: a marathon, or Capernaum to Nain?

Well, the Galilean jaunt is four miles shorter, but we can’t account for terrain or temperature. It all depends where the marathon is.

#ContextAlwaysCounts #HowFar

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Which is closer to Jerusalem: Samaria or the Mediterranean Sea? You might guess the Mediterranean Sea, but you’d be wrong. It is Samaria. 36 vs 37 miles.

#ByAMile #HowFar

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Good to spot errors in the Book of Mormon, but let’s get the distances correct. #AccurateApologeticDistances

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We have to get behind this…

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Do you have what it takes to walk from Jerusalem to Damascus? 150 miles in 40 Days
CHRIST WALK
Interest Meeting
Sunday Sept 15
4 pm
Panthers Den with Daeshawn Barrett or email at [email protected] or [email protected] #fcspirituallife #ferrumcollege

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Potentially relevant, hard to say.

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They stood at a distance. That’s leprosy for you. #HowFar

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Emmaus - 60 stadia or 7 miles from Jerusalem. Have they now identified it?

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"Geographically I think that the distance to Jerusalem fits well" https://t.co/YiGa0RCwb5

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Probably hard to write books on horseback, but if anyone could do it, it was Wesley.

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John Wesley preached over 44,000 sermons in his lifetime and traveled by horseback and carriage nearly 300,000 miles, while writing books in four languages.

He still resolved to dedicate an hour each morning and evening to Bible study and prayer.