Jordan River

The Jordan River is the Bible’s sacred threshold—where God turns wandering into inheritance and old life into new—from Israel’s crossing under Joshua (c. 13th century BC) to Jesus’s baptism (early 1st century AD).

People, Places, and Things

Jordan River

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People, Places, and Things

Simeon

Simeon in Luke is a faithful, Spirit-led servant who recognizes Jesus as the promised Messiah, proclaiming salvation and foretelling the challenges to come.

Herodias

Herodias—granddaughter of Herod the Great, mother of Salome, and later wife of Herod Antipas—used dynastic marriage to pursue rank in the early 1st century AD, provoked John the Baptist’s condemnation and death, and ultimately followed Antipas into exile in AD 39.

Gabriel

Gabriel in Luke 1 is the angelic messenger who stands in God’s presence, sent by God to announce and fulfill the divine plan of salvation through the births of John the Baptist and Jesus Christ.

Capernaum

Capernaum was a working-class Jewish village on the northern shore of the Sea of Galilee that served as Jesus’ primary base for ministry, featuring a significant synagogue where He taught and performed miracles amid a community facing spiritual conflict and social challenges.

Joseph (Father of Jesus)

Joseph was righteous man from the house of David who traveled to Bethlehem with Mary, his pledged wife, and took care of Jesus as his earthly father after Jesus’ birth.

Tiberius Caesar

Tiberius Caesar was the Roman Emperor during Jesus’ ministry, whose reign provides a historical backdrop for key events in the New Testament, notably referenced in Luke as the time when John the Baptist began his ministry.