* to show the regions and some of the towns/cities where Jesus ministered to people. 
  * Most of the cities shown here are where he did miracles.
* The area around Jerusalem will get too crowded if we try to include too many places such as the Mount of Olives, Gethsemane, and Golgotha.


This page lists places named in each of the gospels.
http://www.geocities.ws/prunepitts1/Place_Names_In_The_Four_Gospels.html


This page shows many of the places that Jesus visited.
http://www.about-jesus.org/jesus-places-map.htm