New Testament Jericho

This is Herod the Great's winter palace at Jericho. It was built just before Jesus was born. The Jericho of Jesus' time is about three kilometers from the ruins of Old Testament Jericho. Jesus encountered blind Bartimaeus (Mark 10:46-52) and Zacchaeus, the tax collector of short stature (Luke 19:1-10), in New Testament Jericho.