Mark 1:14--6:6

Abiathar : a son of Ahimelech; a high priest and counselor of David,son of Ahimelech (Ahitub I Ithamar Aaron); counselor of David

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

Beelzebul : the prince of demons

Boanerges : two men, James and John, the sons of Zebedee

Capernaum : a town located on the northwest shore of the Sea of Galilee.
(32° 52´, 35° 34´)

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

Decapolis : a large region south of the Sea of Galilee mainly east of the Jordan
(33° 31´, 36° 18´)

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´)

Gerasene : the inhabitants of the town (and region) of Gadara/Gerasa

Herodians : members of a Jewish political party favouring the Herodian Dynasty (IBD).

Idumaea : a region west of the lower end of the Dead Sea
(30° 44´, 35° 36´)

Iscariot : the surname of Judas, the man who betrayed Christ

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´)

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

Jordan : the river that flows from Lake Galilee to the Dead Sea,a river that begins at Mt. Hermon, flows south through Lake Galilee and on to its end at the Dead Sea 175 km away (by air)
(32° 18´, 35° 33´)

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

Joses : a son of Mary and brother of James and Jesus

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

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

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´)

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

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

Thaddeus : a man who was one of the twelve apostles

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´)

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