Sidon (sources)
Survey of ancient sources on the city of Sidon.
Overview
Primary sources
Gospel of Mark
Mark.3.8 and Jerusalem and Idumea and from beyond the Jordan and from around Tyre and Sidon. When the great crowd heard all that he was doing, they came to him.
Mark.7.24 And from there he arose and went away to the region of Tyre and Sidon. And he entered a house and did not want anyone to know, yet he could not be hidden.
Mark.7.31 Then he returned from the region of Tyre and went through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, in the region of the Decapolis.
Gospel of Matthew
Matt.11.21 “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
Matt.11.22 But I tell you, it will be more bearable on the day of judgment for Tyre and Sidon than for you.
Matt.15.21 And Jesus went away from there and withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon.
Gospel of Luke
Luke.4.26 and Elijah was sent to none of them but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow.
Luke.6.17 And he came down with them and stood on a level place, with a great crowd of his disciples and a great multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon,
Luke.10.13 “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
Luke.10.14 But it will be more bearable in the judgment for Tyre and Sidon than for you.
Acts of Apostles
Acts.12.20 Now Herod was angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon, and they came to him with one accord, and having persuaded Blastus, the king’s chamberlain, they asked for peace, because their country depended on the king’s country for food.
Acts.27.3 The next day we put in at Sidon. And Julius treated Paul kindly and gave him leave to go to his friends and be cared for.