• Matthew 1

  • Video Introduction to the Book of Matthew

  • Gospel of Matthew—Some Major Events

  • A First-Century House

  • Matthew 2

  • Winter in Bethlehem

  • View of the Valley of Jezreel

  • Matthew 3

  • The Wilderness of Judea, West of the Jordan River

  • The Wilderness

  • John the Baptizer’s Clothing and Appearance

  • Locusts

  • Wild Honey

  • Garments Worn by a Pharisee in Jesus’ Day

  • Horned Viper

  • Sandals

  • Winnowing Grain

  • Threshing Tools

  • The Jordan River

  • Matthew 4

  • The Wilderness of Judea, West of the Jordan River

  • The Wilderness

  • Battlement of the Temple

  • North Shore of the Sea of Galilee, Looking Northwest

  • Casting a Net

  • Fish of the Sea of Galilee

  • Mending a Fishing Net

  • First-Century Fishing Boat

  • Remains of a Galilean Fishing Boat

  • First-Century Synagogue

  • Matthew 5

  • North Shore of the Sea of Galilee, Looking Northwest

  • Salt on the Shore of the Dead Sea

  • First-Century Oil Lamp

  • Domestic Lampstand

  • The Valley of Hinnom (Gehenna)

  • Modern-Day Valley of Hinnom

  • Certificate of Divorce

  • Matthew 6

  • First-Century Synagogue

  • “Your Clothing Has Become Moth-Eaten”

  • Lilies of the Field

  • Matthew 7

  • Wolf

  • Fig Tree, Grapevine, and Thornbush

  • Matthew 8

  • A Roman Centurion, or Army Officer, Dressed for Battle

  • Foxes’ Dens and Birds’ Nests

  • Cliffs on the Eastern Side of the Sea of Galilee

  • Matthew 9

  • North Shore of the Sea of Galilee, Looking Northwest

  • Jesus Invites Matthew to Be His Follower

  • Animal Skins Used to Store Wine

  • First-Century Synagogue

  • Matthew 10

  • Staff and Food Pouch

  • Wolf

  • Whip for Scourging

  • Typical Flat-Roofed Houses

  • The Valley of Hinnom (Gehenna)

  • Sparrow

  • Matthew 11

  • Royal Houses

  • The Marketplace

  • Bone Flute

  • Chorazin and Bethsaida

  • Capernaum, Chorazin, and Bethsaida

  • Yoke

  • Matthew 12

  • Kernels of Grain

  • First-Century Synagogue

  • Horned Viper

  • Matthew 13

  • The Sea of Galilee Near Capernaum

  • Sowing Seed

  • Remains of Ancient Storehouses at Masada

  • Reapers

  • Mustard Grain

  • Fishermen Hauling in a Dragnet

  • Matthew 14

  • Coin Made by Herod Antipas

  • Northeast Portion of the Sea of Galilee

  • Fish and Loaves

  • Baskets

  • Matthew 15

  • Baskets

  • Magadan on the Sea of Galilee

  • Matthew 16

  • Baskets

  • From the Sea of Galilee to the Region of Caesarea Philippi

  • Matthew 17

  • Mount Hermon

  • Mount Hermon As Seen From the Hula Valley Nature Reserve

  • Matthew 18

  • Millstone

  • Upper and Lower Millstones

  • The Valley of Hinnom (Gehenna)

  • The Shepherd and His Sheep

  • Matthew 19

  • East of the Jordan​—Perea

  • Certificate of Divorce

  • Camel

  • Matthew 20

  • The Marketplace

  • Whip for Scourging

  • Matthew 21

  • Bethphage, the Mount of Olives, and Jerusalem

  • Colt, or Young Donkey

  • Winepress

  • Matthew 22

  • Tiberius Caesar

  • Matthew 23

  • Scripture-Containing Case, or Phylactery

  • First-Century Synagogue

  • The Front Seats in the Synagogue

  • Prominent Places at Evening Meals

  • The Valley of Hinnom (Gehenna)

  • Modern-Day Valley of Hinnom

  • Mint, Dill, and Cumin

  • Camel

  • Horned Viper

  • Whip for Scourging

  • A Hen Gathering Her Chicks

  • Matthew 24

  • Stones From the Temple Mount

  • Mount of Olives

  • Outer Garments

  • Fig Tree

  • Hand Mill

  • Matthew 25

  • Winnowing Grain

  • Matthew 26

  • Alabaster Jar

  • The Passover Meal

  • Vine

  • Matthew 27

  • Inscription Bearing the Name Pontius Pilate

  • Nail in a Heel Bone

  • Tomb Chamber

  • Matthew 28

  • Tomb Chamber

The items shown in the illustrations and 3-D video footage in the Media Gallery are based on extensive research. However, they are artists’ renditions and, at times, depict only one of several possibilities.

Bethphage, the Mount of Olives, and Jerusalem

Bethphage, the Mount of Olives, and Jerusalem

This short video follows a path approaching Jerusalem from the east, from the village of modern-day et-Tur—thought to correspond to the Biblical Bethphage—to one of the higher points on the Mount of Olives. Bethany lies east of Bethphage on the eastern slope of the Mount of Olives. When in Jerusalem, Jesus and his disciples customarily spent the night at Bethany, today marked by the town of el-ʽAzariyeh (El ʽEizariya), an Arabic name meaning “The Place of Lazarus.” Jesus undoubtedly stayed at the home of Martha, Mary, and Lazarus. (Mt 21:17; Mr 11:11; Lu 21:37; Joh 11:1) When traveling from their home to Jerusalem, Jesus may have followed a route similar to the one shown in the video. On Nisan 9, 33 C.E., when Jesus rode the colt of a donkey over the Mount of Olives to Jerusalem, he may well have done so from Bethphage, following the road to Jerusalem.

1. Road from Bethany to Bethphage

2. Bethphage

3. Mount of Olives

4. Kidron Valley

5. Temple Mount

Related Scripture(s)

Mt 21:1; Mr 11:1; Lu 19:29; Ac 1:12
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