Acts 9
Aeneas
: a paralyzed man that Peter healed at Lydda
Ananias
: the husband of Sapphira,a man of Damascus who was told of Saul's conversion by the Lord,a high priest at Jerusalem
Barnabas
: a man who was Paul's companion on several of his journeys
Caesarea
: a town on the Mediterranean 40 kilometers south of Mt. Carmel and 120 kilometers NW of Jerusalem.
(32° 29´, 34° 53´);
(33° 14´, 35° 41´);
(41° 0´, 24° 17´)
Damascus
: a city-state in Syria, located near Mt. Hermon at the edge of the Syrian desert (OS),a town near Mt. Hermon at the edge of the Syrian desert (OS)
(33° 31´, 36° 18´)
Dorcas
: a Christian woman who was restored to life at Joppa
Galilee
: the region of Palestine north of Sameria and west of the upper Jordan River,a region west of Lake Galilee and north of the Jezreel Valley
(31° 51´, 35° 31´);
(32° 42´, 35° 18´);
(31° 51´, 35° 31´);
(32° 1´, 35° 13´);
(32° 48´, 35° 35´)
Gentile
: a non-Jewish person
(31° 46´, 35° 14´);
(31° 46´, 35° 14´)
Hellenist
: people that speak Greek and follow Greek culture even though they are not necessarily Greek by race
(31° 46´, 35° 14´);
(31° 46´, 35° 14´)
Israel
: a citizen of Israel.,a member of the nation of Israel
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´)
Jews
: the people descended from Israel
(31° 46´, 35° 14´);
(31° 46´, 35° 14´)
Joppa
: a seaport town on the Mediterranean coast about 35 miles northwest of Jerusalem,a town and seaport 55 km NW of Jerusalem & 85 km south of Mt. Carmel
(32° 3´, 34° 45´)
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´)
Lydda
: a Benjaminite town near the Plain of Sharon 15 km SE of Joppa
(31° 57´, 34° 53´);
(31° 57´, 34° 53´)
Peter
: a man who was a leader among the twelve apostles and wrote the two epistles of Peter
Samaria
: residents of the district of Samaria
(32° 16´, 35° 11´)
Saul
: the sixth king of Edom,son of Simeon and a Canaanite woman,son of Uzziah of Kohath son of Levi
Sharon
: a region of large coastal plain in northern Palestine,rich coastal plain in North Palestine (IBD),the unsettled plains country (IBD)
(32° 43´, 35° 28´);
(32° 38´, 34° 56´);
(33° 24´, 35° 51´)
Simon
: 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
Tabitha
: a Christian woman who lived in Joppa and whom Peter raised from the dead
Tarsus
: a capital city of the Roman province of Cilicia; the birthplace of Paul
(36° 55´, 34° 53´)
