Alphaeus
: the father of James, one of the twelve,the father of Levi (Matthew), one of the twelve.
Andrew
: the brother of Simon Peter
Bartholomew
: a man who was one of the twelve apostles
Bethsaida
: a town located on the northeast side of the Sea of Galilee
(32° 54´, 35° 37´)
Capernaum
: a town located on the northwest shore of the Sea of Galilee.
(32° 52´, 35° 34´)
Chuza
: a man who was the steward of Herod Antipas and the husband of Joanna. David
: a son of Jesse of Judah; king of Israel,son of Jesse of Judah; king of Israel
Elijah
: a prophet from the 9th century B.C.,a prophet from Tishbe in Gilead to Israel in King Ahab's time,son of Jeroham of Benjamin,a priest of the Harim clan who put away his heathen wife,a layman of the Bani Elam clan who put away his heathen wife
Elisha
: a son of Shaphat; a prophet of the 9th century B.C. who succeeded the prophet Elijah,son of Shaphat of Abel-Meholah; successor of the prophet Elijah
Gadarene
: an inhabitant of the region around the town of Gadara, some 10 km SE of the Sea of Galilee (IBD) 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´)
Gennesaret
: a town and its surrounding plain on the NW shore of Lake Galilee,a lake 21 km long and 12 km wide, in the north of Palestine
(32° 51´, 35° 30´)
Gerasene
: the inhabitants of the town (and region) of Gadara/Gerasa 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
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
Iscariot
: the surname of Judas, the man who betrayed Christ
Israel
: a citizen of Israel.,a member of the nation of Israel
Jairus
: a synagogue official whose daughter was healed by Jesus
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´)
Joanna
: the wife of Chuza who was Herod's steward.
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
Joseph
: the husband of Mary and foster-father of Jesus,a Jewish man from Arimathea in whose grave the body of Jesus was laid,two different men listed as ancestors of Jesus,a man nominated with Matthias to take the place of Judas Iscariot as apostle,a son of Jacob and Rachel; the father of Ephraim and Manasseh and ruler of Egypt,a brother of Jesus; a son of Mary,a man who was a companion of Paul,son of Jacob and Rachel; patriarch of the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh,a tribe, actually two tribes named after Joseph's sons, Ephraim and Manasseh,father of Igal, of Issachar, who helped spy out Canaan,son of Asaph the Levite; worship leader under Asaph and King David,a man who put away his heathen wife; an Israelite descended from Binnui,priest and head of the house of Shebaniah under High Priest Joiakim in the time of Nehemiah
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´)
Levi
: members of the tribe of Levi
Magdalene
: a person (woman) from Magdala
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
Matthew
: a son of Alpheus; a tax collector who became one of the twelve apostles
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
Naaman
: a commander of the army of the king of Syria in Elisha's time,son of Benjamin,son of Bela son of Benjamin,son of Ehud son of Gera of Benjamin
Nain
: a town in southwest Galilee
(32° 37´, 35° 20´)
Nazareth
: a town in lower Galilee about halfway between the Sea of Galilee and the Mediterranean Sea
(32° 42´, 35° 18´)
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´)
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
Susanna
: a woman who helped provide for Jesus and his disciples 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´)
Thomas
: a man who was one of the twelve apostles also called on three occasions,
Tyre
: a resident of the town of Tyre
(33° 16´, 35° 11´)
Zarephath
: a town on the Mediterranean coast near Sidon,a town in Phoenicia between Tyre and Sidon; modern Sarafand
(33° 25´, 35° 17´)
Zealot
: a man who was one of the twelve apostles (31° 41´, 34° 50´);
(33° 33´, 35° 21´)
Zebedee
: the father of James and John, who were two of the twelve apostles
