ELEVENTH STUDY
The New Testament World
We have seen that the life of Jesus Christ while on earth was limited to the land of Palestine. But in a few years the church founded by his apostles overstepped the boundaries of that land; and its scope became world-wide. Therefore as we begin the history of the Early Church it becomes necessary for us to study the New Testament World.
Comparing the maps before us with that of the Old Testament World we find that in the four centuries between the events of the Old and New Testaments the dominion of the world passed from Asia to Europe, and Jerusalem, which had been in the center, became one of the cities upon the extreme east. Hence our map moves with the course of the empire westward a thousand miles.
I. We draw the outlines of the most important Seas. These are:
1. The Mediterranean Sea, from its eastern limits as far west as Italy. Voyages on it are referred to in Acts 9. 30; 13. 4; 21. 1, 2; 27. 3.
2. The Sea of Galilee, associated with the life of Christ. Find its three different names in Matt. 15. 29; John 6. 1; Luke 5. 1.
3. The Dead Sea, not named in the New Testament.