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• Sea of TiberiasBible

  The Sea of Tiberias is another name for the Sea of Galilee. In the New Testament it appears only in the Gospel of John. The name comes from Tiberias, a city built on the lake's shore.

• Sea of TiberiasBible

  The Sea of Tiberias is the name the Gospel of John uses for the Sea of Galilee in northern Israel. On its shore the risen Jesus appeared to seven disciples and charged Peter, "Feed my sheep."

• Sea of GalileeBible

  The Sea of Galilee is a freshwater lake in the region of Galilee in northern Israel. Most of Jesus' public ministry took place along its shores. The Old Testament calls it the Sea of Chinnereth, and the New Testament calls it the Sea of Galilee, the Lake of Gennesaret, and the Sea of Tiberias.

• GalileeBible

  Galilee is a biblical place name referring to the northern region of Israel and to the lake on its eastern side, the Sea of Galilee. Jesus grew up there and carried out most of his public ministry in the region, making it a principal setting of the Gospels.

• Sea of GalileeBible

  The Sea of Galilee is a freshwater lake in the region of Galilee in northern Israel. Jesus Christ spent much of His public ministry there, and it appears frequently in the Gospels as the setting where He called disciples and performed many miracles.

• ChinnerethBible

  Chinnereth is the Old Testament name for the Sea of Galilee, the land around it, and a town on its shore. The "lake of Gennesaret" in the New Testament is the same body of water.

• 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.

• Aleppo CodexBible

  The Aleppo Codex is a manuscript of the Hebrew Old Testament believed to have been produced in Tiberias, Galilee, in the first half of the tenth century. It is regarded as one of the most accurate witnesses to the Masoretic Text.

• Restoration of PeterBible

  The restoration of Peter is the event in which the risen Jesus, on the shore of the Sea of Tiberias in Galilee, asked Peter three times, "Lovest thou me?" and entrusted him with the charge "Feed my sheep." It is recorded in John 21.

• 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.

• The Disciple Whom Jesus LovedPeople

  The disciple whom Jesus loved is an unnamed disciple of Jesus who appears only in the Gospel of John. He is present at the Last Supper, at the foot of the cross, at the empty tomb, and by the Sea of Tiberias. Church tradition identifies him as John the son of Zebedee.

• John 21:15–17Bible Verses

  John 21:15–17 is the passage in which the risen Jesus, on the shore of the Sea of Tiberias, asks Simon Peter three times, "Lovest thou me?" and charges him, "Feed my sheep." It is frequently cited as a text about Peter's restoration and the pastoral calling.

• 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.

• TiberiusPeople

  Tiberius was the second emperor of the Roman Empire. His name appears once in Scripture, in Luke 3:1, where it serves as the reference point for dating the beginning of John the Baptist's ministry.

• AbileneBible

  Abilene is a place name that appears once in Scripture, in Luke 3:1. It was a small territory in the Anti-Lebanon mountains northwest of Damascus. According to Luke, Lysanias was its tetrarch when John the Baptist began his ministry.

• Pontius PilatePeople

  Pontius Pilate was the Roman governor of Judea who tried Jesus Christ and sentenced him to crucifixion. He appears in all four Gospels, and his name is included in the Apostles' Creed.

• LysaniasPeople

  Lysanias is a figure named once in Scripture, in Luke 3:1, as tetrarch of Abilene. He appears in the chronological notice that dates the beginning of John the Baptist's ministry.

• Philo of AlexandriaPeople

  Philo of Alexandria (c. 20 BC – c. AD 50) was a Jewish philosopher who interpreted the Pentateuch in light of Greek philosophy. Through his allegorical interpretation and his doctrine of the Logos, he influenced the biblical interpretation of the early Church Fathers.

• Luke 3Bible

  Luke 3 recounts John the Baptist's preaching of a baptism of repentance and his imprisonment, the descent of the Holy Spirit and the voice from heaven at Jesus' baptism, and the genealogy of Jesus, traced back from Joseph to Adam and to God.