Decapolis
: a large region south of the Sea of Galilee mainly east of the Jordan (33° 31´, 36° 18´)
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´)
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´)
Judea
: a region that roughly corresponded to the earlier kingdom of Judah (31° 46´, 35° 14´);
(31° 46´, 35° 14´)
Peter
: a man who was a leader among the twelve apostles and wrote the two epistles of Peter
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
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´)
Zebedee
: the father of James and John, who were two of the twelve apostles