8. Jerusalem, the capital.
9. Bethany, two miles east of Jerusalem, on the eastern slope of the Mount of Olives.
10. Ephraim, or Ephron, fourteen miles north of Jerusalem, among the mountains.
III. The Journeys and Events of the Period. The information upon this year is meager, and it is impossible to arrange its places and facts with absolute certainty. No other period is so uncertain in the order of its events as this. We trace in this period nine journeys; and with each journey call attention to the most important events connected with it. The first journey begins at Capernaum.
1. A Visit to Phœnicia. (From Capernaum to Phœnicia.) (Matt. 15. 21). This was the only land outside of Palestine visited by Jesus, and it is uncertain how far he entered within its limits. He sought retirement and opportunity of instructing his disciples (Mark 7. 24).
On this journey was wrought the miracle on the Syrophenician Woman's Daughter (Mark 7. 25, 26), in which Jesus showed his disciples that Gentiles may have true faith.
2. A Visit to Decapolis. Finding seclusion impossible he went around Galilee to Decapolis, east of the Sea of Galilee (Mark 7. 31).
Here two miracles were wrought: 1.) Healing the Deaf Man. Notice its peculiarities in Mark 7. 32-37. 2.) Feeding the Four Thousand (Mark 8. 1-9). Notice its differences from a former miracle in the preceding period.