Acts 12:25--28:31

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

Achaia : a Roman province located in Greece along the south coast of the Gulf of Corinth
(37° 59´, 23° 44´)

Adramyttium : a town and seaport of Mysia in Asia Minor
(39° 34´, 26° 56´)

Adria : a region of the sea on the east side of Italy and Sicily

Agabus : a prophet in the Jerusalem church

Agrippa : King Herod Agrippa II; a great-grandson of Herod the Great

Alexander : the son of Simon the Cyrenian who was compelled to carry the cross of Jesus,a leading man of Jerusalem when Peter and John were tried there,a man who was converted but who afterwards apostatised

Alexandria : an inhabitant of Alexandria
(31° 13´, 29° 57´)

Amphipolis : a city located between Thessalonica and Philippi on the Strymon river
(40° 49´, 23° 50´)

Ananias : the husband of Sapphira,a man of Damascus who was told of Saul's conversion by the Lord,a high priest at Jerusalem

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´)

Antipatris : a city located in Palestine near the Mediterranean, about 20 kilometers ENE of Joppa
(32° 6´, 34° 56´)

Apollonia : a city in Macedonia 48 km. from Amphipolis and 60 from Thessalonica (YC)
(40° 35´, 23° 21´)

Apollos : a Jewish man from Alexandria who was taught by Aquila and Priscilla

Appius, Forum of : a town 65 kilometers south of Rome on the Appian Way
(41° 28´, 12° 59´)

Aquila : the husband of Priscilla

Areopagus : a hill of Athens west of the Acropolis where the city council used to meet before Paul's time
(37° 59´, 23° 44´)

Aristarchus : a man who accompanied Paul on his third missionary journey

Artemis : a pagan goddess

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

Assos : a town and seaport of Mysia, in Asia Minor, 9 miles from Troas (YC)
(39° 29´, 26° 20´)

Athenian : inhabitant(s) of Athens.
(37° 59´, 23° 44´)

Athens : a town which was the capital of Attica in Greece
(37° 59´, 23° 44´)

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

Augustan cohort : an army unit belonging to Emperor Augustus

Augustan Cohort : an army unit belonging to Emperor Augustus

Augustus : the Roman emperor named Caesar Augustus who was ruling when Christ was born,an honorary title used for Roman emperors

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

Bernice : a daughter of Herod Agrippa I.

Beroea : a town located in southern Macedonia
(40° 31´, 22° 12´)

Bithynia : a region in NW Asia Minor that, together with Pontus, forms a Roman province (OS)
(40° 54´, 30° 41´)

Caesar : a title held by Roman emperors

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´)

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´)

Cauda : an island in the Mediterranean sea southwest of Crete
(34° 50´, 24° 5´)

Cenchreae : the eastern port town of Corinth
(37° 53´, 22° 59´)

Chios : a large island in the Aegean sea to the west of Asia Minor
(38° 26´, 26° 3´)

Christian : any person, male or female, who is committed to following Christ.

Cilicia : a region of SE Asia Minor
(36° 55´, 34° 53´)

Claudius : the Roman emperor who was the successor of Caligula,a Roman army captain in Jerusalem

Cnidus : a town located on the southwest coast of Asia Minor
(36° 41´, 27° 22´)

Corinth : a town located on the narrow isthmus connecting the Greek mainland with the Peloponnesus Peninsula to the south
(37° 54´, 22° 52´)

Corinthians : the inhabitants of Corinth.

Cos : an island located off the SW coast of Asia Minor
(36° 48´, 27° 5´)

Crete : a tribe of Philistines in southern Canaan (YC),officers who formed part of David's guard
(35° 10´, 25° 0´)

Crispus : a leader of the Jewish synagogue at Corinth, baptized by Paul

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´)

Damaris : a woman in Athens, converted by Paul

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´)

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

Demetrius : a man who was a silversmith in Ephesus and who opposed Paul,a man who was well spoken of by John

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

Diana : a pagan goddess

Dionysius : an important man of Athens who was converted to Christianity.

Drusilla : a daughter of Herod Agrippa I and wife of Felix, the Roman governor of Judea

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

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

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

Ephesians : the inhabitants of Ephesus
(37° 57´, 27° 22´)

Ephesus : a town in western Asia Minor at the mouth of the Cayster River
(37° 57´, 27° 22´)

Epicureans : followers of the philosophies of Epicurus

Erastus : a man who was a friend of Paul

Eutychus : a young man of Troas who fell asleep during Paul's sermon

Fair Havens : an open bay on the southern coast of Crete.
(34° 55´, 24° 43´)

Felix : the governor of Judea at the time Paul visited Jerusalem for the last time

Festus : the governor of Judea who succeeded Felix

Gaius : a man or men who were involved with the apostles Paul and John

Galatia : a nation, and later a Roman province, in central Asia Minor
(37° 34´, 32° 27´)

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´)

Gallio : the man who was deputy or proconsul of Achaia in Corinth.

Gamaliel : a man who was a highly regarded Pharisee and a member of the Sanhedrin,son of Pedahzur; Moses' officer over the tribe of Manasseh

Gentile : a non-Jewish person
(31° 46´, 35° 14´); (31° 46´, 35° 14´)

Greece : son of Japheth son of Noah,a nation, namely Greece (OS)
(37° 59´, 23° 44´); (37° 57´, 27° 22´)

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

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

Hebrew Language : an ancient Jewish language used in the Old Testament

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´)

Isaiah : a son of Amoz; a prophet active in Judah from about 740 to 701 B.C.,son of Amoz; a major prophet in the time of Hezekiah

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

Italy : a country west of Greece, whose capital is Rome
(41° 54´, 12° 29´)

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

Jason : a Christian man in Thessalonica to whom Paul sent greetings

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´)

Julius : a Roman officer who was assigned to escort Paul to Rome

Jupiter : the king of the Greek gods

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

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

Lasea : a town on the south coast of Crete
(34° 56´, 24° 48´)

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´)

Lycia : a district on the south coast of Asia Minor.
(36° 16´, 29° 19´)

Lydia : the first European woman to convert to Christ as a result of Paul's preaching
(31° 57´, 34° 53´)

Lysias : a Roman army captain or tribune who helped Paul escape from the Jews

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

Macedonia : a Roman province north of Greece which included 10 Roman colonies (IBD),citizens of the province of Macedonia
(40° 37´, 22° 55´)

Malta : an island 50 miles southwest of Sicily
(35° 51´, 14° 31´)

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

Miletus : a town on the west coast of Asia Minor, forty miles south of Ephesus
(37° 30´, 27° 17´)

Mitylene : the capital city of the Aegean island of Lesbos
(39° 6´, 26° 33´)

Mnason : a man with whom Paul stayed on his last visit to Jerusalem

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

Myra : a city on the River Andracus, on the coast of Lysia, about 300 km SE of Ephesus
(36° 13´, 30° 0´)

Mysia : a the northern portion of the Roman province of Asia
(39° 30´, 26° 4´)

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

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

Neapolis : a town that served as the seaport for the city of Philippi in the province of Macedonia
(40° 56´, 24° 25´)

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´)

Patara : a town on the southern coast of Lycia, a south eastern provice of Asia Minor
(36° 16´, 29° 19´)

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

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

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

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´)

Philippi : a town 40 km north of the Sea of Galilee, frequently called Caesarea Philippi,a town in Macedonia 350 km north of Athens
(32° 29´, 34° 53´); (33° 14´, 35° 41´); (41° 0´, 24° 17´)

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´)

Phoenix : a town on the southeast coast of Crete
(35° 11´, 24° 4´)

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

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´)

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

Porcius : the governor of Judea who succeeded Felix

praetorium : the large common room in the residence of the provincial governor (IBD)

Praetorium : the large common room in the residence of the provincial governor (IBD)

Priscilla : the wife of Aquila

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

Ptolemais : a town north of and across the bay from Mount Carmel
(32° 55´, 35° 4´)

Publius : a man who was the highest official on Malta when Paul visited there

Puteoli : a town on the SW coast of Italy, in the northern part of the Bay of Naples
(40° 50´, 14° 16´)

Pyrrhus : the father of Sopater of Berea

Rhegium : a town on the southwestern tip of Italy
(38° 6´, 15° 38´)

Rhodes : an island off the southwest coast of Asia Minor in the Mediterranean Sea,an island on the south coast of Turkey, 170 km NE of Crete
(26° 37´, 37° 55´); (36° 26´, 28° 13´)

Roman : any person or thing associated with Rome, particularly a person who was a citizen of Rome.
(41° 54´, 12° 29´)

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

Sadducee : a group/sect of the Jews

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

Salmone : a place on the east coast of Crete
(35° 12´, 26° 16´)

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

Samos : an island in the Aegean Sea off the coast of Asia Minor
(37° 42´, 26° 56´)

Samothrace : an island in the northern Aegean Sea
(40° 28´, 25° 29´)

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

Satan : a person, male (evil angelic),an angel that has rebelled against God

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

Sceva : a Jewish chief priest.

Secundus : a man from Thessalonica who accompanied Paul

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

Sidon : residents of the town of Sidon
(33° 33´, 35° 21´)

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

Sopater : a man who went with Paul on his last trip to Jerusalem.

Sosthenes : the man in charge of the synagogue in Corinth who was beaten

Stephen : the man who became the first Christian martyr

Stoic : a sect of people

Syracuse : a town on the east coast of the island of Sicily
(37° 4´, 15° 17´)

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´)

Syrtis : a place in the sea west of Cyrene on the north African coast full of shoals of quicksand
(31° 45´, 18° 30´)

Tarsus : a capital city of the Roman province of Cilicia; the birthplace of Paul
(36° 55´, 34° 53´)

Tertullus : the man who prosecuted Paul before Felix, the Roman governor of Judea

Thessalonian : inhabitant(s) of Thessalonica
(40° 37´, 22° 55´)

Thessalonica : a town of Macedonia on the Thermaic Gulf (Gulf of Salonika)
(40° 37´, 22° 55´)

Three Taverns : a town which was apparently often used by travellers as a rest stop on the Appian Way
(41° 35´, 12° 49´)

Thyatira : a town in Asia Minor 30 km southeast of Pergamum
(38° 55´, 27° 51´)

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

Titius Justus : a godly man of Corinth

Troas : a town in northwest Asia Minor
(39° 30´, 26° 4´)

Trogyllium : a town and rocky promontory located on the west coast of Asia Minor opposite the island of Samos

Trophimus : a Gentile christian man from Ephesus who went with Paul to Jerusalem.

Twin Brothers : the two "sons of Zeus", pagan gods said to be the guardian deities of sailors (NIV note).

Tychicus : a man who was a fellow worker with Paul

Tyrannus : a man in Ephesus in whose school Paul spoke

Tyre : a resident of the town of Tyre
(33° 16´, 35° 11´)

Zeus : the chief of the pagan Greek gods