– Capital of Judea at the time of Jesus, it is for us Christians the city par excellence, as it was there that he lived his last days:
Mt 20:17 : Going up to Jerusalem, on the way, Jesus took the Twelve aside.
Mk 10:32 : They were on their way to Jerusalem and Jesus was going ahead of them. They were troubled and followed him in fear.
Lc 19,28–24,49 : After these words, Jesus went ahead of them on the way up to Jerusalem.
Jn 2:13 : The Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
Jn 4:45 : The Galileans welcomed him, because they had seen everything he had done during the feast in Jerusalem.
Jn 5:1 : After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
Jn 7:25 : Some of the people of Jerusalem said: “Isn’t this the one they are trying to kill?”.
Jn 10:22 : The Feast of Dedication was celebrated in Jerusalem. It was winter.
Jn 12:12 : A large crowd that had come to the feast in Jerusalem heard that Jesus was approaching.
– He was tried and killed:
Lk 26–27 : You know that in two days it will be Easter, and the Son of Man will be betrayed to be crucified.
Mk 14–15 : And the high priests and the scribes were looking for some way to arrest Jesus by betrayal in order to kill him.
Luke 22–23 : The Feast of Unleavened Bread, called Passover, was approaching.
John 18–19 : Jesus went out with his disciples beyond the Kidron Creek, where there was a garden.
– And rose again:
Mt 28 : After the Sabbath, when the first day of the week was dawning, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb.
Mk 16 : After the Sabbath, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices to anoint Jesus.
Luke 24 : On the first day of the week, very early, they went to the tomb with the spices they had prepared.
John 20 : On the first day after the Sabbath, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb early in the morning.
– Jesus lamented the ruin of Jerusalem:
Mt 23,37-39 : Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her!
Mt 24,1-28 : Do you see all these buildings? Truly I say to you, not one stone will be left here upon another.
Lk 13:34 : Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which kills the prophets and stones those sent by God.
– It was also called Zion because of the hill of the same name where it was built, together with the Temple:
2Sm 6–7 : And he did not want to let her into his house […]; he had her taken to the house of Obed-Edom, a native of Gath.
2Sm 24,18-25 : Gad came to David […] and said to him: “Go up and build an altar to the Lord on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite”.
1Kings 6-8 : Solomon, in the fourth year of his reign […] undertook the building of the Temple of the Lord.
2 Kings 19:31 : For out of Jerusalem shall arise a remnant and out of Mount Zion survivors.
Jt 11,13-14 : Because your servant fears God, even with you, and she will go out of the camp to pray to God.
Psalm 101 : Arise therefore, and be gracious to Zion; it is time to pity her, the time has come.
Psalm 131 : Lord, remember David […] how he swore to the Lord this oath, and this vow to the Mighty One of Jacob.
Jr 7 : Go to the door of the Temple of the Lord; there you will pronounce this speech: listen to the word of the Lord […] peoples of Judah.
– Also in some NT books:
Rom 9:33 : Behold, I lay in Zion a stone of offense, a rock that causes to fall; whoever believes in him will not be confused.
Rom 11:26 : A deliverer will come from Zion, he will remove impiety from Jacob.
1Pet 2:6: Behold, I lay in Zion a cornerstone, chosen, precious: whoever puts his trust in him shall not be put to shame.
Rev 14,1 : I also saw the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and close to him a hundred and forty-four thousand people.
– In which Mount Zion means the Church of Jesus Christ.
– Calling from the heavenly Jerusalem and city of the living God:
Heb 12:22 : You, on the contrary, have approached Mount Zion, the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem.
– It was also called the city of David:
1Mk 2,31 : They told the king’s officials and the forces stationed in Jerusalem, in the City of David.
1Mk 7:32 : Five hundred men of his army were killed, and the rest fled to the City of David.
1Mk 14:36 : The people had come to reject the pagans […] and to expel the occupants of the City of David in Jerusalem.
– Because by David it was taken from the Jebusites:
2Sm 5,6-7 : David went with his men to Jerusalem, against the Jebusites who occupied the land.
1 Kings 2:11 : He reigned for forty years over Israel, seven in Hebron and thirty-three in Jerusalem.
1Ch 11,4-5 : David went with all Israel against Jerusalem, then called Jebus, where the Jebusites were.
