Idiot, there was no Palestine in the time of Jesus. That's like saying America during the 1500's. No such thing, moron.
Yes there was. The bible is rife with references to the Philistines. Of course, they were independent city-states. But unless you're willing to say that there was no Greece back then either, you cannot say that there was no Palestine.
Biblical references

The Philistine Pentopolis
Palaistinê (whence Palaestina, from which Palestine is derived)
[329] is generally accepted to have a correspondence within the
Sacred texts of Judaism such that Palaistinê is a translation of the name
Peleshet (פלשת
Pəlésheth, usually transliterated as
Philistia).
Peleshet and its derivates are used more than 250 times in
Masoretic-derived versions of the
Hebrew Bible,
[330] of which 10 uses are in the
Torah, with undefined boundaries, and almost 200 of the remaining references are in the
Book of Judges and the
Books of Samuel.
[4][20][331] The term is rarely used in the
Septuagint, who used a transliteration
Land of Phylistieim (
Γη των Φυλιστιειμ) different from the contemporary Greek place name
Palaistínē (Παλαιστίνη).
[8] The Septuagint instead used the term "allophuloi" (Αλλόφυλοι, "other nations") throughout the Books of Judges and Samuel,
[332][333] such that the term "Philistines" has been interpreted to mean "non-Israelites of the Promised Land" when used in the context of Samson, Saul and David,
[334] and Rabbinic sources explain that these peoples were different from the Philistines of the
Book of Genesis.
[332]
The Philistines and Philistia are mentioned more than 250 times in the
Hebrew Bible.
[335][336][28] The
Hebrew word
Peleshet (פלשת
Pəlésheth) - usually translated as
Philistia in English, is used in the
Bible to denote the southern coastal region that was inhabited by the
Philistines ("Plištim" (פְּלִשְׁתִּים
Pəlištîm)
[331] The Philistines first appear in a listing of the
Hamitic branch of
Noah's descendants.
[337] The word
Philistia is generally accepted to be a cognate of the word
Palestine. However, the terms for biblical
Philistia and geographical
Palestine have been different since at least the second century BCE. As early as the
LXX, thought to have been completed in 132 BCE, the biblical term for Philistines in Greek (
Philistieim) was different from the contemporary Greek name for the region (
Palaistine)
[43]
The five books of the
Pentateuch /
Torah include a total of 10 references, including:
[335][336]
- Genesis 10:14: (first reference) "And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of whom came Philistim,) and Caphtorim."
- Genesis 21:32-34: "Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines. And Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God. And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land many days."
- Exodus 13:17: "And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt"
- Exodus 23:31: "And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee."
The
Historical books (see
Deuteronomistic history) include over 250 references, almost 200 of which are in the
Book of Judges and the
Books of Samuel, including:
[335][336]
- Joshua 13:1-3: "Now Joshua was old and stricken in years; and the LORD said unto him, Thou art old and stricken in years, and there remaineth yet very much land to be possessed. This is the land that yet remaineth: all the borders of the Philistines, and all Geshuri, from Sihor, which is before Egypt, even unto the borders of Ekron northward, which is counted to the Canaanite: five lords of the Philistines; the Gazathites, and the Ashdothites, the Eshkalonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avites"
- 1Kings 4:21: "And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life."
Wisdom books include only 6 references, all in the
Psalms, including:
[335][336]
- Psalm 87:4: "I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me: behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this man was born there."
Books of the
Major prophets and
Minor prophets include around 20 references, including:
[335][336]
- Zephaniah 2:5: "Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the Cherethites! the word of the LORD is against you; O Canaan, the land of the Philistines, I will even destroy thee, that there shall be no inhabitant."
- Amos 9:7: "Are ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel? saith the LORD. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt? and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?"
- Timeline of the name "Palestine" - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia