Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Chorazin?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Khirbet Karraza.

First appears in Matthew 11:21 · 2 books · 2 chapters

Overview

Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Khirbet Karraza.

Chorazin is represented in the local geography layer as Khirbet Karraza. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Matthew 11:21 and is mentioned across 2 books, with 2 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Galilee

About 17 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Canaan

About 27 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Nazareth

About 34 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Samaria

About 79 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Damascus

About 96 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Chorazin today

Travel to Chorazin, the modern-day Khirbet Karraza.

Chorazin is commonly identified with Khirbet Karraza, and the map on this page is meant to orient you to that present-day site before you continue into routing or street-level navigation.

Chorazin is mapped here at the commonly cited modern identification.

This is a study aid, not live travel advice. Archaeological tells, access rules, excavation boundaries, and nearby modern roads can change.

Modern orientation

Khirbet Karraza

32.911°N · 35.564°E

Key passages

Appears in

Matthew

1 chapter · 1 verse mention

Luke

1 chapter · 1 verse mention