Acts 12:25--16:5

Abraham : a son of Terah; the father of Isaac; ancestor of the Jewish nation.,the son of Terah of Shem

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´)

Attalia : a town and seaport near Perga on the northern Mediterranean coast
(36° 52´, 30° 41´)

Bar-Jesus : a Jewish man who was a magician and a false prophet

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

Benjamin : the tribe of Benjamin of Israel

Canaan : 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´)

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´)

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

Derbe : a town in region of Lycaonia in the province of Galatia in Asia minor
(37° 21´, 33° 16´)

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

Elymas : a Jewish false prophet who withstood Paul and Barnabas in Cyprus

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´)

Greek : the language used by the people of Greece
(31° 46´, 35° 14´); (31° 46´, 35° 14´)

Hermes : a pagan god known as a messenger of the gods and associated with eloquence

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

Iconium : a town located in Asia Minor.
(37° 53´, 32° 29´)

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´)

Jesse : a son of Obed; the father of David the king and ancestor of Jesus,son of Obed of Judah; father of David

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

Judaism : the Jewish religion/beliefs
(31° 46´, 35° 14´); (31° 46´, 35° 14´)

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´)

Kish : the father of King Saul,son of Abiel of Benjamin; father of Saul,son of Jeiel of Benjamin; uncle of Kish the father of Saul,second son of Mahli (Merari Levi); recognized by King David as the only son through whom Mahli's clan was built,son of Abdi; one of the Levites of Merari that King Hezekiah assigned to supervise the cleansing of the temple,a man who was an ancestor of Mordecai; the father of Shimei

Lucius : a Christian prophet and /or teacher from Cyrene (Acts 13:1); a relative of Paul (Rom. 16:21)

Lycaonian : an inhabitant of Lycaonia.
(37° 53´, 32° 29´)

Lystra : a town in south central Asia Minor
(37° 34´, 32° 27´)

Manaen : a prophet and teacher in the early church in Antioch

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

Niger : a man who was one of the teacher-prophets of the early church at Antioch

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

Paphos : a town on the southwest side of Cyprus
(34° 45´, 32° 24´)

Paul : a man from Tarsus who persecuted the church but became a missionary and writer of 13 Epistles

Perga : a town about 20 km inland from the south central coastline of Asia Minor in the province of Pamphylia
(37° 0´, 30° 54´)

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´)

Pilate : the Roman governor of Judea who allowed Jesus to be crucified

Pisidia : a region located in south central Asia Minor north of Pamphylia
(38° 18´, 31° 10´)

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

Salamis : a city on the east coast of the central plain of Cyprus
(35° 10´, 33° 54´)

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

Samuel : son of Ammihud; Moses' land distribution deputy for Simeon,son of Tola son of Issachar

Saul : the sixth king of Edom,son of Simeon and a Canaanite woman,son of Uzziah of Kohath son of Levi

Seleucia : a Syrian town on the Mediterranean coast
(36° 6´, 35° 55´)

Sergius Paulus : a man who was a Roman deputy at Paphos and who believed when the magician was blinded

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´)

Timothy : a young man of Lystra who travelled with Paul and to whom two epistles were addressed

Zeus : the chief of the pagan Greek gods