Acts 12:1-24
Blastus
: an official under Herod Agrippa I.
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´)
Herod
: son of Antipater; king over Judea when Christ was born,a son of Herod the Great,a grandson of Herod the Great and son of Aristobulus and Berenice
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
Jewish
: the people descended from Israel
(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
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
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
Passover
: a Jewish religious feast. It may also refer to the lamb sacrificed and eaten at the feast.
Peter
: a man who was a leader among the twelve apostles and wrote the two epistles of Peter
Rhoda
: the servant girl who answered the door when Peter was released from prison
Sidon
: residents of the town of Sidon
(33° 33´, 35° 21´)
Tyre
: a resident of the town of Tyre
(33° 16´, 35° 11´)