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See where the great events of Scripture happened. Choose a map, then tap a numbered stop to read what happened there.
From Genesis to Revelation
Where it happened
Twenty-one turning points in the Bible’s story, from the ark on Ararat to John’s vision on Patmos. Many happened in the small land of Israel, so those pins sit in the sea with a line to the exact spot.
Beginnings and the patriarchs
Egypt and the Exodus
Kingdom, prophets and exile
Jesus and the early church
Beginnings and the patriarchs
Mountains of Ararat
Genesis 8:4
After the flood, the ark comes to rest on the mountains of Ararat, and God sets His rainbow as a sign of His promise.
Beginnings and the patriarchs
Tower of Babel
Genesis 11:1–9
In the land of Shinar people build a tower to make a name for themselves, and God confuses their language and scatters them.
Beginnings and the patriarchs
Ur of the Chaldeans
Genesis 11:27–31
Abram’s family sets out from Ur, the city where his story begins.
Beginnings and the patriarchs
Haran
Genesis 12:1–4
God calls Abram to leave his country for a land He will show him, and promises to bless all nations through him.
Beginnings and the patriarchs
Bethel
Genesis 28:10–22
Jacob dreams of a stairway reaching to heaven, and God renews the promise He made to Abraham.
Beginnings and the patriarchs
Hebron
Genesis 13:18; 18:1–15; 23
Abraham’s home by the oaks of Mamre, where God promises Sarah a son. Abraham buys the cave of Machpelah to bury her.
Egypt and the Exodus
Egypt
Genesis 41–47; Exodus 1–12
Joseph rises to rule in Egypt and saves his family. Later Israel is enslaved, and God brings them out after the plagues and the first Passover.
Egypt and the Exodus
Mount Sinai
Exodus 19–20
God gives Israel the Ten Commandments and makes His covenant with them.
Egypt and the Exodus
Jericho
Joshua 6
Israel enters the Promised Land, and the walls of Jericho fall.
Kingdom, prophets and exile
Valley of Elah
1 Samuel 17
Young David defeats Goliath with a sling and a stone, trusting in the name of the LORD.
Kingdom, prophets and exile
Jerusalem: city of David
2 Samuel 5:6–10; 1 Kings 8; Nehemiah 2–6
David makes Jerusalem his capital and Solomon builds the temple on Mount Moriah, where Abraham once offered Isaac. Babylon later destroys the city, and the returning exiles rebuild it.
Kingdom, prophets and exile
Mount Carmel
1 Kings 18
Elijah challenges the prophets of Baal, and the LORD answers with fire from heaven.
Kingdom, prophets and exile
Nineveh
Jonah 3; 2 Kings 17:6
Jonah preaches and the great city repents. Nineveh later becomes the capital of the Assyrians who take Israel into exile.
Kingdom, prophets and exile
Babylon
2 Kings 25; Daniel 1–6; Psalm 137
Judah is carried into exile in Babylon. Daniel and his friends stay faithful, through the fiery furnace and the lions’ den.
Kingdom, prophets and exile
Susa
Esther 4:14; Nehemiah 1
In the Persian palace Queen Esther risks her life to save her people, and Nehemiah prays for Jerusalem.
Jesus and the early church
Bethlehem
Luke 2:1–20; 1 Samuel 16
Jesus is born in Bethlehem, the town where David was anointed king centuries before.
Jesus and the early church
Galilee
Matthew 4–5; Mark 4
Jesus grows up in Nazareth, calls His disciples by the Sea of Galilee, teaches the Sermon on the Mount and does many miracles.
Jesus and the early church
Jerusalem: the cross and empty tomb
Luke 23–24; Acts 2
Jesus is crucified and rises from the dead. Fifty days later the Holy Spirit comes at Pentecost and the church is born.
Jesus and the early church
Road to Damascus
Acts 9:1–19
The risen Jesus meets Saul on the road, and the persecutor becomes the apostle Paul.
Jesus and the early church
Antioch
Acts 11:19–26; 13:1–3
The disciples are first called Christians, and the church sends Paul and Barnabas to the nations.
Jesus and the early church
Patmos
Revelation 1:9–11
Exiled on this island, John receives the vision of Jesus and the promise of a new heaven and a new earth.
Locations such as Ararat, Babel and Mount Sinai follow tradition, and their exact sites are debated.
About 1446 or 1260 BC · Exodus to Joshua
Out of Egypt
Follow Israel from slavery in Egypt, through the wilderness and Mount Sinai, to the edge of the Promised Land.
Rameses
Exodus 12:31–37
After the tenth plague and the first Passover, Israel sets out from Rameses in the land of Goshen.
Succoth
Exodus 12:37; 13:19
The first camp on the way out of Egypt. Moses carries Joseph’s bones, as Joseph had asked.
Etham
Exodus 13:20–22
They camp at the edge of the wilderness. The LORD goes before them in a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night.
Crossing the Red Sea
Exodus 14:1–15:21
God parts the sea and Israel crosses on dry ground. Pharaoh’s army is swept away, and Moses and Miriam lead the people in a song of praise.
Marah
Exodus 15:22–26
After three days without water they find only bitter water. The LORD shows Moses a piece of wood that makes it sweet.
Elim
Exodus 15:27
An oasis with twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees, where the people rest.
Wilderness of Sin
Exodus 16
The people grumble for food. God sends quail in the evening and manna every morning, with a double portion before the Sabbath.
Rephidim
Exodus 17
Water flows from the rock when Moses strikes it, and Israel defeats Amalek while Aaron and Hur hold up Moses’ hands.
Mount Sinai
Exodus 19–20; Numbers 10:11
God gives the Ten Commandments and makes His covenant with Israel. The people stay about a year and build the tabernacle.
Kadesh Barnea
Numbers 13–14
Twelve spies explore Canaan. Ten bring a fearful report and the people refuse to go in, so that generation wanders for forty years.
Mount Nebo
Deuteronomy 34:1–5
From the top of Pisgah, Moses sees the whole Promised Land. He dies in Moab and the LORD buries him.
Jericho
Joshua 3–6
Joshua leads Israel across the Jordan on dry ground, and the walls of Jericho fall.
Scholars debate where several of these places were. This map follows the traditional southern route.
About 5 BC – AD 30 · The Gospels
Where Jesus walked
From Bethlehem to Galilee to Jerusalem, see the places where Jesus lived, taught, healed, died and rose again.
Bethlehem
Luke 2:1–20; Matthew 2:1–12
Jesus is born in the town of David. Shepherds come that night, and later magi from the east bring gifts.
Nazareth
Luke 2:39–52; 4:16–30
Jesus grows up here. Years later He reads from Isaiah in the synagogue and His hometown rejects Him.
Jordan River
Matthew 3:13–17; John 1:28
John baptizes Jesus. The Spirit descends like a dove and the Father says, “This is my beloved Son.”
Judean Wilderness
Matthew 4:1–11
Jesus fasts forty days and answers each temptation of the devil with Scripture.
Cana
John 2:1–11; 4:46–54
His first sign: water turned into wine at a wedding. Later He heals an official’s son from a distance.
Capernaum
Matthew 4:13–22; Mark 2:1–12; Matthew 5–7
His home base in Galilee. He calls fishermen to follow Him, heals a paralyzed man lowered through a roof, and preaches the Sermon on the Mount on a hillside nearby.
Sea of Galilee
Mark 4:35–41; Matthew 14:22–33
Jesus calms a storm with a word and walks on the water to His disciples.
Bethsaida
Luke 9:10–17; Mark 8:22–26
Near here He feeds five thousand with five loaves and two fish, and heals a blind man.
Caesarea Philippi
Matthew 16:13–20
Peter confesses, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
Sychar, Samaria
John 4:1–42
At Jacob’s well Jesus offers a Samaritan woman living water, and many in her town believe.
Jericho
Luke 18:35–19:10
Jesus heals blind Bartimaeus and stays at the house of Zacchaeus the tax collector.
Jerusalem
Luke 22–24; Acts 1:9–12
The Last Supper, Gethsemane, the cross and the empty tomb. He ascends from the Mount of Olives just outside the city.
Some sites, such as the place of His baptism, are known by tradition rather than certainty.
About AD 46–62 · Acts 13–28
Paul’s journeys
Three missionary journeys and a voyage to Rome carried the gospel from Antioch across the Roman world.
About AD 46–48 · Acts 13–14
About AD 49–52 · Acts 15:36–18:22
About AD 53–57 · Acts 18:23–21:17
About AD 59–62 · Acts 27–28
Antioch, Syria
Acts 13:1–3
After prayer and fasting, the church lays hands on Barnabas and Saul and sends them out.
Salamis, Cyprus
Acts 13:4–5
They preach in the synagogues, with John Mark as their helper.
Paphos
Acts 13:6–12
The proconsul Sergius Paulus believes. From here Saul is called Paul.
Perga
Acts 13:13
John Mark leaves them and returns to Jerusalem.
Pisidian Antioch
Acts 13:14–52
Paul preaches in the synagogue. When many reject the message, they turn to the Gentiles, and the word spreads through the region.
Iconium
Acts 14:1–7
Many Jews and Greeks believe, but a plot to stone them drives them on.
Lystra
Acts 14:8–20
A man lame from birth walks. The crowd calls them gods, then Paul is stoned and left for dead, yet he gets up and goes on.
Derbe
Acts 14:20–28
Many become disciples. They retrace their steps, appoint elders in every church and sail home to report how God opened a door of faith to the Gentiles.
Antioch, Syria
Acts 15:36–40
After a sharp disagreement over John Mark, Barnabas sails for Cyprus and Paul chooses Silas.
Tarsus, Cilicia
Acts 15:41; 22:3
Paul passes through Syria and Cilicia, his home region, strengthening the churches.
Lystra
Acts 16:1–5
Timothy joins them, and the churches grow in faith and in number every day.
Troas
Acts 16:6–10
In a night vision a man of Macedonia pleads, “Come over and help us.”
Philippi
Acts 16:11–40
Lydia believes. Paul and Silas sing hymns in prison at midnight, an earthquake opens the doors, and the jailer’s whole family is baptized.
Thessalonica
Acts 17:1–9
Paul reasons from the Scriptures for three Sabbaths. Many believe, and a mob sets the city in an uproar.
Berea
Acts 17:10–15
The Bereans receive the word eagerly and examine the Scriptures every day to see if these things are so.
Athens
Acts 17:16–34
At the Areopagus Paul tells the philosophers about the “unknown god” who made the world and raised Jesus from the dead.
Corinth
Acts 18:1–18
He makes tents with Priscilla and Aquila and stays a year and a half after the Lord tells him in a vision, “I am with you.”
Ephesus
Acts 18:19–21
A short visit to the synagogue, with a promise to return if God wills.
Caesarea
Acts 18:22
He lands at Caesarea, goes up to greet the church, then returns to Antioch.
Antioch, Syria
Acts 18:22–23
After some time at home, Paul sets out a third time.
Galatia and Phrygia
Acts 18:23
He travels from place to place strengthening all the disciples.
Ephesus
Acts 19; 20:31
About three years of teaching. God does extraordinary miracles, believers burn their magic books, and the silversmiths start a riot.
Macedonia and Greece
Acts 20:1–3
He encourages the churches and spends three months in Greece.
Troas
Acts 20:6–12
During a long night of teaching, young Eutychus falls from a window and is brought back to life.
Miletus
Acts 20:17–38
A tearful farewell to the elders of Ephesus: “It is more blessed to give than to receive.”
Tyre
Acts 21:3–6
The disciples urge him not to go to Jerusalem, and they all kneel to pray on the beach.
Caesarea
Acts 21:8–14
At Philip’s house the prophet Agabus warns him of chains. Paul is ready to die for the name of Jesus.
Jerusalem
Acts 21:17–36
The believers welcome him. A few days later he is seized in the temple and arrested.
Caesarea
Acts 24:27; 25:11–12
After two years in custody, Paul appeals to Caesar and is sent to Rome under guard.
Sidon
Acts 27:3
The centurion lets Paul visit his friends to be cared for.
Myra
Acts 27:5–6
They board a grain ship from Alexandria bound for Italy.
Fair Havens, Crete
Acts 27:8–12
Paul warns that sailing on will be disastrous, but the owner and pilot decide to go.
Malta
Acts 27:13–28:10
After two weeks in a storm the ship runs aground. All 276 people reach land, Paul survives a viper’s bite and heals many on the island.
Syracuse
Acts 28:12
Three days in port in Sicily.
Rhegium
Acts 28:13
A stop at the toe of Italy before a south wind carries them on.
Puteoli
Acts 28:13–14
Believers ask them to stay a week. Others come out from Rome to meet Paul, and he thanks God and takes courage.
Rome
Acts 28:16, 30–31
For two years in his own rented house Paul welcomes everyone, proclaiming the kingdom of God with all boldness.
Dates are approximate. Choose a journey to see its route and stops.
Sources and notes
- ScriptureEach stop lists the Bible passages it summarizes. Read them for the full account.
- Map dataCoastlines, lakes and rivers come from Natural Earth, a free public-domain map dataset.
- LocationsPins mark traditional or widely proposed locations. The route of the Exodus and the exact sites of places such as the mountains of Ararat, Babel, Ur, Mount Sinai, Kadesh Barnea and the place of Jesus’ baptism are debated, so treat them as approximate.
- DatesDates are approximate. The Exodus is shown with the two dates scholars most often propose, about 1446 BC or about 1260 BC.