Acts 15
Antioch
: a city in Syria located 15 miles inland from the Mediterranean Sea on the Orontes River,a principal city of the province of Pisidia in Asia Minor, west of Iconium.
(36° 12´, 36° 9´);
(38° 18´, 31° 10´)
Barnabas
: a man who was Paul's companion on several of his journeys
Barsabbas
: the surname of the Joseph who was nominated with Matthias to succeed Judas,the surname of Judas, the disciple sent with Silas to Antioch
Cilicia
: a region of SE Asia Minor
(36° 55´, 34° 53´)
Cyprus
: an island country located off the east coast of Cilicia in the Mediterranean,the island of Cyprus
(35° 1´, 33° 12´);
(35° 1´, 33° 12´)
David
: a son of Jesse of Judah; king of Israel,son of Jesse of Judah; king of Israel
Gentile
: a non-Jewish person
(31° 46´, 35° 14´);
(31° 46´, 35° 14´)
James
: a son of Zebedee; brother of John; an apostle,a son of Alpheus; an apostle,a brother of Jesus; writer of the epistle of James,the father (or brother) of the apostle Judas
Jerusalem
: the capital city of Israel,a town; the capital of Israel near the southern border of Benjamin
(31° 46´, 35° 14´);
(31° 46´, 35° 14´);
(31° 46´, 35° 14´);
(31° 46´, 35° 14´);
(31° 46´, 35° 14´);
(31° 46´, 35° 14´)
John
: a son of Zebedee; younger brother of James; the beloved disciple of Christ,a relative of Annas the high priest,a son of Mary the sister of Barnabas, and surnamed Mark,the father of Simon Peter
Judas
: a son of Mary and Joseph; half-brother of Jesus)
(31° 46´, 35° 14´);
(31° 46´, 35° 14´)
Judea
: a region that roughly corresponded to the earlier kingdom of Judah
(31° 46´, 35° 14´);
(31° 46´, 35° 14´)
Mark
: a nephew of Barnabas and companion of Paul; author of the Gospel of Mark
Moses
: a son of Amram; the Levite who led Israel out of Egypt and gave them The Law of Moses,a Levite who led Israel out of Egypt and gave them the law
Pamphylia
: a south coastal province of Asia Minor in what is now southern Turkey
(37° 0´, 30° 54´)
Paul
: a man from Tarsus who persecuted the church but became a missionary and writer of 13 Epistles
Peter
: a man who was a leader among the twelve apostles and wrote the two epistles of Peter
Pharisee
: a religious group or sect of the Jews
Phoenicia
: the region ofeast Mediterranean coastal land from Arvad (modern Lebanon) south to Gaza,the coast land from Mt. Carmel north to the Orontes River
(31° 41´, 34° 50´);
(33° 33´, 35° 21´)
Samaria
: residents of the district of Samaria
(32° 16´, 35° 11´)
Silas
: a man who went with Peter and Paul on separate missionary journeys
Simeon
: a son of Jonas and brother of Andrew; an apostle of Jesus Christ,a man who was one of the apostles of Christ and also called 'the Zealot',a brother of Jesus,a man who was a well-know victim of leprosy who had been healed by Jesus (NIV note),a man from Cyrene who was forced to carry the cross of Jesus,a Pharisee man in whose house Jesus' feet were washed with tears and anointed,the father of Judas Iscariot,a man who was a sorcerer in Samaria and who wanted to buy the gifts of the Spirit,a man who was a tanner at Joppa and with whom Peter was staying when Cornelius sent for him
Syria
: the country to the north of Palestine,a country of north western Mesopotamia
(34° 50´, 39° 7´);
(33° 12´, 36° 30´);
(35° 5´, 42° 0´);
(30° 44´, 35° 36´);
(32° 32´, 44° 25´);
(33° 31´, 36° 18´)
