Abilene
: a small mountainous region about eighteen miles northwest of Damascus
Caesar
: a title held by Roman emperors
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
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
Ituraea
: a small province on the northwest border of Palestine by the base of Mount Hermon
Judea
: a region that roughly corresponded to the earlier kingdom of Judah
Lysanias
: one of four men who ruled over 4 sections of Isreal
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
Pilate
: the Roman governor of Judea who allowed Jesus to be crucified
Pontius Pilate
: the Roman governor of Judea who allowed Jesus to be crucified
Tiberius Caesar
: the man who succeeded Augustus Caesar as the Roman emperor
Trachonitis
: the district around the town of Trachon, east of Galilee and south of Damascus (IBD)
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
Herodias
: the wife of Herod Antipas; granddaughter of Herod the Great
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
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