Acts 1:1--2:46

Akeldama : the field Judas purchased with the money he received for betraying Jesus, and where he killed himself.
(31° 46´, 35° 14´)

Alphaeus : the father of James, one of the twelve,the father of Levi (Matthew), one of the twelve.

Andrew : the brother of Simon Peter

Arabian : inhabitant(s) of Arabia
(31° 27´, 35° 2´); (27° 23´, 37° 42´)

Asia : A Roman province on the west side of Asia Minor.
(39° 13´, 32° 43´)

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

Bartholomew : a man who was one of the twelve apostles

Cappadocia : a Roman province in Asia Minor
(36° 43´, 35° 29´)

Cretans : the inhabitants of Crete.

Cyrene : an inhabitant of Cyrene.
(32° 49´, 21° 51´)

David : a son of Jesse of Judah; king of Israel,son of Jesse of Judah; king of Israel

Egypt : descendants of Mizraim
(30° 6´, 31° 20´); (30° 6´, 31° 20´)

Galilean : 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´)

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´)

Hades : the place of departed spirits (NIV notes); the unseen world (YC)

Israel : a citizen of Israel.,a member of the nation of Israel

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´)

Jews : the people descended from Israel
(31° 46´, 35° 14´); (31° 46´, 35° 14´)

Joel : a son of Pethuel and a prophet to Judah,son of Samuel of Kohath son of Levi,head of a large influential family of Simeon in King Hezekiah's time,a powerful leader among the descendants of Reuben,a chief of the tribe of Gad,son of Azariah (Uzziah) of Kohath; one of the Levites that King Hezekiah assigned to supervise the cleansing of the temple,son of Izrahiah of Issachar,brother of Nathan; one of David's military elite,a Levitical chief of the descendants of Ladan under King David,son of Ladan and temple treasurer under King David,son of Pedaiah; David's chief officer over the tribe of Manasseh,a man who put away his heathen wife; an Israelite descended from Nebo,a man who lived in Jerusalem in Nehemiah's time; son of Zichri,son of Pethuel; a prophet who wrote the book of Joel

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

Joseph : the husband of Mary and foster-father of Jesus,a Jewish man from Arimathea in whose grave the body of Jesus was laid,two different men listed as ancestors of Jesus,a man nominated with Matthias to take the place of Judas Iscariot as apostle,a son of Jacob and Rachel; the father of Ephraim and Manasseh and ruler of Egypt,a brother of Jesus; a son of Mary,a man who was a companion of Paul,son of Jacob and Rachel; patriarch of the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh,a tribe, actually two tribes named after Joseph's sons, Ephraim and Manasseh,father of Igal, of Issachar, who helped spy out Canaan,son of Asaph the Levite; worship leader under Asaph and King David,a man who put away his heathen wife; an Israelite descended from Binnui,priest and head of the house of Shebaniah under High Priest Joiakim in the time of Nehemiah

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´)

Justus : a man who was nominated with Matthias to replace Judas Iscariot as an apostle,a godly man of Corinth,a man in Rome from whom Paul sends greetings

Libya : residents of Libya
(21° 57´, 31° 20´); (21° 57´, 31° 20´); (32° 49´, 21° 51´); (32° 49´, 21° 51´); (32° 49´, 21° 51´)

Mary : mother of Jesus and wife of Joseph,a woman from Magdala in Galilee,the mother of James and Joses,the wife of Cleophas,the sister of Lazarus and Martha in Bethany,the mother of John Mark who was a nephew of Barnabas,a Christian woman in Rome who helped Paul

Matthew : a son of Alpheus; a tax collector who became one of the twelve apostles

Matthias : the man who was chosen to replace Judas as an apostle

Medes : the inhabitants of Media, a region south and southwest of the Caspian Sea in the Zagros mountains,a people and a nation
(34° 47´, 48° 30´)

Mesopotamia : the country between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers,the region between (and around) the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
(34° 50´, 39° 7´); (33° 12´, 36° 30´); (35° 5´, 42° 0´); (30° 44´, 35° 36´); (32° 32´, 44° 25´); (33° 31´, 36° 18´)

Nazareth : a town in lower Galilee about halfway between the Sea of Galilee and the Mediterranean Sea
(32° 42´, 35° 18´)

Olivet : a ridge east of Jerusalem across the Kidron Valley and rising about 200 feet above the city (NIV note)
(31° 46´, 35° 14´); (31° 46´, 35° 14´)

Pamphylia : a south coastal province of Asia Minor in what is now southern Turkey
(37° 0´, 30° 54´)

Parthians : inhabitants of the territory from the Tigris River to India

Pentecost : a sacred festival of the Jews observed 50 days after the Passover

Peter : a man who was a leader among the twelve apostles and wrote the two epistles of Peter

Philip : a man who was one of the twelve apostles,a son of Herod the Great; husband of Herodias; ruler of Iturea and Traconitis north and west of Galilee,a man who was one of the seven chosen to serve tables at the church at Jerusalem
(32° 29´, 34° 53´); (33° 14´, 35° 41´); (41° 0´, 24° 17´)

Phrygia : a region located in central Asia Minor
(37° 46´, 29° 3´)

Pontus : the coastal region of north Asia Minor
(40° 54´, 37° 47´)

Psalm : an O.T. book name and/or one of the Psalms comprising the book

Rome : the capital city of Italy
(41° 54´, 12° 29´)

Samaria : residents of the district of Samaria
(32° 16´, 35° 11´)

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

Theophilus : the man to whom the books of Luke and Acts were written

Thomas : a man who was one of the twelve apostles also called on three occasions,

Zealot : a man who was one of the twelve apostles
(31° 41´, 34° 50´); (33° 33´, 35° 21´)