Agabus
: a prophet in the Jerusalem church 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
Caesar
: a title held by Roman emperors
Christian
: any person, male or female, who is committed to following Christ. Claudius
: the Roman emperor who was the successor of Caligula,a Roman army captain in Jerusalem 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´)
Cyrene
: an inhabitant of Cyrene. (32° 49´, 21° 51´)
Gentile
: a non-Jewish person (31° 46´, 35° 14´);
(31° 46´, 35° 14´)
Greek
: the language used by the people of Greece (31° 46´, 35° 14´);
(31° 46´, 35° 14´)
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´)
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
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´)
Judea
: a region that roughly corresponded to the earlier kingdom of Judah (31° 46´, 35° 14´);
(31° 46´, 35° 14´)
Peter
: a man who was a leader among the twelve apostles and wrote the two epistles of Peter
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´)
Saul
: the sixth king of Edom,son of Simeon and a Canaanite woman,son of Uzziah of Kohath son of Levi
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
Stephen
: the man who became the first Christian martyr
Tarsus
: a capital city of the Roman province of Cilicia; the birthplace of Paul
(36° 55´, 34° 53´)
