Aeneas
: a paralyzed man that Peter healed at Lydda
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
Blastus
: an official under Herod Agrippa I. 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´)
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 Cornelius
: a centurion officer in the Roman army.
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´)
Dorcas
: a Christian woman who was restored to life at Joppa 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´)
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
Israel
: a citizen of Israel.,a member of the nation of Israel
Italian Regiment
: the name of the army unit in charge of escourting Paul to Rome 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´)
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
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´)
Lydda
: a Benjaminite town near the Plain of Sharon 15 km SE of Joppa
(31° 57´, 34° 53´);
(31° 57´, 34° 53´)
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
Nazareth
: a town in lower Galilee about halfway between the Sea of Galilee and the Mediterranean Sea
(32° 42´, 35° 18´)
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
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´)
Rhoda
: the servant girl who answered the door when Peter was released from prison Saul
: the sixth king of Edom,son of Simeon and a Canaanite woman,son of Uzziah of Kohath son of Levi
Sharon
: a region of large coastal plain in northern Palestine,rich coastal plain in North Palestine (IBD),the unsettled plains country (IBD) (32° 43´, 35° 28´);
(32° 38´, 34° 56´);
(33° 24´, 35° 51´)
Sidon
: residents of the town of Sidon
(33° 33´, 35° 21´)
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
Tabitha
: a Christian woman who lived in Joppa and whom Peter raised from the dead
Tarsus
: a capital city of the Roman province of Cilicia; the birthplace of Paul
(36° 55´, 34° 53´)
Tyre
: a resident of the town of Tyre
(33° 16´, 35° 11´)
