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• GergesaBible

  Gergesa is one of the names given to the region on the eastern side of the Sea of Galilee where Jesus healed a demon-possessed man. The name appears in some Greek manuscripts but not in others.

• Mark 4Bible

  Mark 4 records Jesus teaching parables about the kingdom of God by the Sea of Galilee, including the parables of the sower, the seed growing secretly, and the mustard seed. It also records his calming of a storm while crossing the sea by boat.

• Philip the TetrarchPeople

  Philip the Tetrarch was a son of Herod the Great who ruled the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis northeast of the Sea of Galilee. He is named in Luke 3:1 and is known as the founder of Caesarea Philippi.

• John 6Bible

  John 6 is the chapter in which Jesus feeds the five thousand on the far side of the Sea of Galilee, walks on the water, and then delivers the "Bread of Life" discourse in the synagogue at Capernaum. It closes with many disciples turning away and Peter making his confession of faith.

• Philip the TetrarchPeople

  Philip the Tetrarch was a son of Herod the Great who ruled as tetrarch over Ituraea and Trachonitis, the region northeast of the Sea of Galilee. In the New Testament, his name appears in Luke 3:1.

• MagadanBible

  Magadan is a place named in Matthew 15:39 as the destination to which Jesus traveled by boat after feeding the four thousand with seven loaves and a few fish. It is thought to have been a district on the shore of the Sea of Galilee, but its exact location is unknown.

• GeshurBible

  Geshur was a small kingdom, apparently Aramean, and also the name of its people. It seems to have been located northeast of the Sea of Galilee, in the area of the modern Golan Heights. It is known as the home of the maternal family of Absalom, son of David.

• ChorazinBible

  Chorazin was a town north of the Sea of Galilee. Together with Bethsaida, it received Jesus' pronouncement of "Woe" because its people did not repent even though he had done many mighty works there.

• Jordan RiverBible

  The Jordan River flows through the Sea of Galilee into the Dead Sea. In the Bible it is the boundary Israel crossed to enter Canaan and the place where Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist.

• HazorBible

  Hazor was a major Canaanite city north of the Sea of Galilee. It appears in Scripture in connection with Joshua's northern conquest, the war in the time of Deborah, and Solomon's building of cities.

• James (Son of Zebedee)People

  James, the son of Zebedee, was one of the twelve disciples of Jesus and the brother of the apostle John. According to the Book of Acts, he was killed with the sword by King Herod, and he is the only one of the Twelve whose martyrdom is recorded in Scripture.

• Healing of the Deaf Man with a Speech ImpedimentBible

  The healing of the deaf man with a speech impediment is a miracle in which Jesus, in the region of the Decapolis, healed a man who could not hear and could not speak properly by saying "Ephphatha." It appears only in Mark 7:31-37.

• Matthew 15Bible

  Matthew 15 recounts the dispute over handwashing and the tradition of the elders, the faith of a Canaanite woman from the region of Tyre and Sidon, healings beside the Sea of Galilee, and the feeding of the four thousand.

• John 21Bible

  John 21 is the final chapter of the Gospel of John. The risen Jesus appears to his disciples at the Sea of Tiberias, gives them a large catch of fish, and eats breakfast with them. He then asks Peter three times whether he loves him and entrusts his sheep to him. The chapter closes with the book's concluding words.

• ZebedeePeople

  Zebedee was a Galilean fisherman and the father of James and John, two of the twelve disciples of Jesus. In the Gospels his name appears mostly in the phrase "the sons of Zebedee."

• AndrewPeople

  Andrew was one of the twelve disciples of Jesus, the brother of Simon Peter, and a fisherman from Galilee. The Gospel of John portrays him as a former disciple of John the Baptist who followed Jesus and brought Peter to Him.

• Aaron ben AsherPeople

  Aaron ben Asher was a Jewish Masorete active in Tiberias in Galilee during the first half of the tenth century. The last representative of the Ben Asher family, he is known for adding the vowel points and Masoretic notes to the Aleppo Codex.

• PeterPeople

  Peter, originally named Simon, was one of the twelve disciples of Jesus Christ. A fisherman from Galilee, he became a leader of the early church in Jerusalem, and the New Testament books of 1 Peter and 2 Peter bear his name.

• IdumeaBible

  Idumea is the Greek name for the region south of Judea where the Edomites of old migrated and settled. In the Bible it appears in Mark 3:8 as one of the places from which crowds came to Jesus.

• EphphathaBible

  Ephphatha is an Aramaic word that Jesus spoke when He healed a man who was deaf and had a speech impediment. It appears in Mark 7:34 and means "Be opened."