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GLOSSARY
Pronunciation: peh-LOO-see-uhm
Occurrences: 1
First Reference: Yeshua 2:6
Now there came from distant lands, Jews from Tyre and Sidon, from Damascus and Edessa, and from Alexandria and Pelusium seeking to hear for themselves the words of the Essene.
See: Essene, John the Baptizer
Summary: Pelusium was a port city located near the Mediterranean Sea, on the eastern edge of Egypt’s Nile delta. People came from Pelusium and other great distances to hear John the Baptizer speak near the Jordan River (Y:2:6).
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