Jesus went on into Jericho. Jesus had crossed the Jordan near Jericho, the city of palm trees, and the road led directly through there on the way to Jerusalem. Mark shows us that Jesus was ahead of the crowd; went on in to Jericho; the noise of the crowd disturbed the blind men [Luke mentions only the one who shouted]; and as Jesus was leaving the town, the healing in Luke 18:35-43 took place; then this meeting with Zacchaeus. From Jericho the road climbs more than 3,000 feet in eighteen miles, from the valley floor to Jerusalem in the mountains.

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