Jesus’ childhood in Luke

The Gospels do not all tell Jesus’ journeys in the same order. This route follows one Gospel only and does not combine it with the others.

Lines join the stops in the order of the text — the roads themselves are not known. Dashed: by ship. Pale: the site is uncertain.

Stops

1. 1
   NazarethLuke 2:4So Joseph also went up from Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to the city of David called Bethlehem, since he was from the house and line of David.
2. 2
   BethlehemLuke 2:4So Joseph also went up from Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to the city of David called Bethlehem, since he was from the house and line of David.
3. 3
   JerusalemLuke 2:22And when the time of purification according to the Law of Moses was complete, His parents brought Him to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord
4. 4
   NazarethLuke 2:39When Jesus’ parents had done everything required by the Law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth.
5. 5
   JerusalemLuke 2:41Every year His parents went to Jerusalem for the Feast of the Passover.
6. 6
   NazarethLuke 2:51Then He went down to Nazareth with them and was obedient to them. But His mother treasured up all these things in her heart.

Each point is the most likely site (OpenBible.info); a pale point means the identification is uncertain. Places whose site is unknown are not on the map.

Roman roads: the roads of the Roman Empire of about 300 BC – AD 300 by the atlas Itiner-e; dashed — roads it marks as hypothetical. The exact way of the journey along them is not described in the text.