Acts 15:1-20

Barnabas : a man who was Paul's companion on several of his journeys

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

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

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´)

Judea : a region that roughly corresponded to the earlier kingdom of Judah
(31° 46´, 35° 14´); (31° 46´, 35° 14´)

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

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

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´)

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

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