Amathus

population of Perea, west of Gerasa and south of Pella, near Ragaba.

It was one of the towns visited during the first public works trip of Jesus and the twelve, between January 19 and April 6, 27. They stayed in Amathus for three weeks 141:3.1 141:4.1 141:5.1 (141:6.1,5)

It was one of the towns visited during the Perea mission of the seventy, between January 3, 30 until the death of Jesus 165:0.1

There Jesus healed ten lepers to show his apostles how wrong they were in regarding some peoples as incapable of accepting the gospel. (166:2.1,8)

Bible parallels

Passages that the paragraphs cited above parallel, quote or reinterpret, from Duane Faw’s Paramony cross-references. Hover a reference to read it.

• Jews saw God as king over all 141:4.1 — Ps 22:27; Is 2:2-5; Dn 2:44; Zec 14:7; Mal 1:14.
• God as father of Jewish nation 141:4.1 — Is 63:16; Is 64:8.
• Apostolic harmony 141:5.1 — Zec 3:10; Jn 17:21; Eph 4:13-16.
• Require spirit unity 141:5.1 — Eph 4:3-12. *Unity in diversity*: 1 Co 12:4-31. *Don't take beliefs out of hearts*: Mt 12:43-45; Lk 11:24-26.

Where it appears

Amathus is linked in 8 paragraphs of the text.