Matthew 4:12--13:58

Abraham : a son of Terah; the father of Isaac; ancestor of the Jewish nation.,the son of Terah of Shem

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

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´)

Chorazin : a town in Galilee, 3 kilometers NNW of Capernaum
(32° 54´, 35° 33´)

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´)

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

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´)

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

Gomorrah : an ancient city known for its sin whose ruins are said to be visible from the Masada,a town destroyed with Sodom by burning sulphur
(31° 9´, 35° 28´)

Hades : the place of departed spirits (NIV notes); the unseen world (YC)

Isaac : the only son of Abraham and Sarah; father of Jacob and Esau

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

Jacob : the second so of a pair of twins born to Isaac and Rebeccaa; ancestor of the 12 tribes of Israel,the nation of Israel,a person, male,son of Isaac; Israel the man and nation

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

Jonah : a son of Amittai; the prophet God sent to Nineveh,the prophet who was swallowed by the great fish; son of Amittai

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

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´)

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

Naphtali : region/territority and the tribe of Israel,the son of Jacob and Bilhah,the tribe of people descended from Naphtali,the territory of the people of Naphtali

Nazareth : a town in lower Galilee about halfway between the Sea of Galilee and the Mediterranean Sea
(32° 42´, 35° 18´)

Nineveh : a town located on the left bank of the Tigris River in northeastern Mesopotamia (Iraq).,the capital city of Assyria
(36° 21´, 43° 9´)

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´)

Raca : an Aramaic term of contempt and abuse 'empty one'.

Samaritan : inhabitant(s) of Samaria
(32° 16´, 35° 11´)

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

Sodom : an ancient town somewhere in the region of the Dead Sea that God destroyed with burning sulphur,a town 25 km south of Gomorrah and Masada
(31° 11´, 35° 23´)

Solomon : the tenth son of David; the father of Rehoboam; an ancestor of Jesus; the third king of Israel.,son of David and Bath-Sheba; successor of King David

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´)

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

Zebulun : the tribe of Israel that came from Zebulun whose territory was in Galilee,the man; son of Jacob and Leah,the tribe of Zebulun,the territory of the tribe of Zebulun