Galilee (Hebrew galil; Greek galilaia) probably means "circle" or "district."
"Galilee of the gentiles" (Isaiah 9:1; cf. Matt 4:19) could also be translated "region of the nations," referring to its mixed cultual heritage over many centuries.
Location:
The region of Northern Palestine/Israel that lies west of the Sea of Galilee (a.k.a. Lake Chinnereth, Lake Gennesaret, or Sea of Tiberias)
An area of about 50 miles North to South, and 25-35 miles East to West.
Bordered on the Northby the Lebanon Mountains; on the Southby the plain of Esdraelon/Jezreel/Meggido;
on the Eastby the Sea of Galilee; and on the West by the Mediterranean Sea.
Lower/Southern Galilee is rolling hill country (elevations up to 1500 ft)
Upper/Northern Galilee is more mountainous (peaks up to 4000 ft).
Historically connected closely with regions to the South: esp. Samaria and Judah/Judea.
Old Testament References:
Joshua 12:23 (in list of kings conquered by Joshua) – "the king of Dor in Naphath-dor, one; the king of Goiim in Galilee, one"
Joshua 20:7 (in list of "cities of refuge") – So they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, and Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.
Joshua 21:32 (in list of cities allotted to Levites) – Out of the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee with its pasture lands, the city of refuge for the slayer, Hammoth-dor with its pasture lands, and Kartan with its pasture lands--three towns.
1 Kings 9:11 – King Hiram of Tyre having supplied Solomon with cedar and cypress timber and gold, as much as he desired, King Solomon gave to Hiramtwenty cities in the land of Galilee.
2 Kings 15:29 – In the days of King Pekah of Israel, King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali; and he carried the people captive to Assyria.
1 Chronicles 6:76 (in list of cities of Levites) – and out of the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee with its pasture lands, Hammon with its pasture lands, and Kiriathaim with its pasture lands.
Isaiah 8:23 (or 9:1) – But there will be no gloom for those who were in anguish. In the former time he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the latter time he will make glorious the way of the sea, the land beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations.
Matthew 4:12-16 – Now when Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew to Galilee. 13He left Nazareth and made his home in Capernaumby the sea, in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali, 14so that what had been spoken through the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: 15“Land of Zebulun, land of Naphtali, on the road by the sea, across the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles-- 16the people who sat in darkness have seen a great light, and for those who sat in the region and shadow of death light has dawned.” (cf. Isa 9:1-2)
"Galilee" (noun) is used a total of 61 times:
16x in Matthew; 12x in Mark; 13x in Luke; 17x in John; 3x in Acts (see the bottom of this page for a complete list)
"Galilean" (noun or adj.) is used 11 times:
Once each in Matthew, Mark, and John; 5x in Luke; 3x in Acts (see the bottom of this page for a complete list)
Mostly conquered by Joshua in the 13th century BC (Joshua 11--12); allotted to the Israelite tribes of Zebulun, Naphtali, Asher, and Issachar (Joshua 19).
These tribes were led by Barak and Deborah in fighting against Sisera (Judges 4--5).
Not often mentioned during the period of the Israelite monarchy (11th to 8th centuries BC).
Conquered by Assyrian armies under Tiglath-pileser III in 734 BC.
The valley north of the Sea of Galilee, through which the Jordan river flows from N to S, bringing fresh water from the headwaters of the Jordan (near Dan/Banias) down to the Sea of Galilee.
Possibly referred to in the OT as the "waters of Merom," the scene of a battle between Joshua and Jabin of Hezor (Josh 11:5-7). Never mentioned in the NT.
Largest river in Palestine/Israel; flows N to S, from its headwaters near Dan/Banias, through Lake Huleh (ca. 6 feet above sea level), through the Sea of Galilee (ca. 600 ft below SL), down the rift valley, and finally into the Dead Sea (ca. 1300 ft below SL).
Forms the eastern border of the Galilee. From the perspective of biblical writers, Galilee (and Samaria and Judah) are on the "West Bank," whereas Perea and the Decapolis (modern Jordan and Syria) are "trans-Jordan" or "across the Jordan."
Old Testament: mentioned in Joshua 19:12, 22, 34; Judges 4:6, 12, 14; 8:18; 1Samuel 10:3; 1Chronicles 6:77; Psalms 89:12; Jeremiah 46:18; and Hosea 5:1
New Testament: not mentioned by name, but traditionally identified as the "Mount of the Transfiguration" (Mark 9:2-10; Matthew 17:1-9; Luke 9:28-36).
Many scholars, however, suggest that the "high mountain" where Jesus was transfigured may instead have been Mount Hermon, in the far north of Israel.
Exact location not specified in the NT, but probably near the Sea of Galilee, and traditionally located near Capernaum
Matthew 5:1 – "When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain; and after he sat down, his disciples came to him." (cf. 8:1 - Jesus comes down the mountain)
See also "the mountain" (same one? or different?) mentioned in Matthew 14:23; 15:29; and 28:16; also Mark 3:13; 6:46; Luke 6:12; John 6:3; 6:15.
Plain of Esdraelon / Jezreel / Megiddo:
The town Jezreel and/or the Jezreel Valley is not mentioned in the NT, but 50x in the OT:
Joshua 15:56; 17:16; 19:18; Judges 6:33; 1 Samuel 25:43; 27:3; 29:1; 11; 30:5; 2 Samuel 2:2, 9; 3:2; 4:4; 1 Kings 4:12; 18:45-46; 21:1, 4, 6-7, 15-16, 23; 2 Kings 8:29; 9:10, 15-17, 21, 25, 30, 36-37; 10:1, 6-7, 11; 1 Chronicles 3:1, 4:3; 2 Chronicles 22:6; Nehemiah 12:42; Hosea 1:4-5, 11; 2:22.
The town Megiddo and/or the plain of Megiddo is not mentioned in the NT, but 12x in the OT: Joshua 12:21; 17:11; Judges 1:27; 5:19;
1 Kings 4:12; 9:15;
2 Kings 9:27; 23:29; 23:30;
1 Chron 7:29; 2 Chron 35:22; Zechariah 12:11.
The NT only once mentions "the place that in Hebrew is called Harmagedon" (or Armageddon, Rev 16:16), which literally means "The Mount or Hill of Megiddo."
This same area is called the Valley of Esdraelon four times in the Book of Judith (1:8;
3:9;
4:6;
7:3).
Largest Cities during the NT Period:
Sepphoris & Tiberias: political capitals during
the first century, but not mentioned anywhere in the NT!
"Sea of Tiberias" is mentioned only three times (John 6:1; 6:23; 21:1).
Towns and Villages on or near the Shores of the Sea of Galilee:
On the NW shores of the Sea; the site of much of Jesus' early public ministry.
Contains the partly-reconstructed remains of an ancient Jewish synagogue (3rd cent., possibly built over a 1st-cent. synagogue), and an octagonally-shaped ancient Christian church (4th cent.) built over what is traditionally thought to be the remains of the house of Simon Peter, where Jesus probably also lived for a time.
Mark 1:21 – They went to Capernaum; and when the sabbath came, he entered the synagogue and taught.
Mark 2:1 – When he returned to Capernaum after some days, it was reported that he was at home.
Mark 9:33 – Then they came to Capernaum; and when he was in the house he asked them, “What were you arguing about on the way?”
Matthew 4:13 – He left Nazareth and made his home in Capernaum by the sea, in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali,
Matthew 8:5 – When he entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him, appealing to him
Matthew 11:23 – And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades. For if the deeds of power done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.
Matthew 17:24 – When they reached Capernaum, the collectors of the temple tax came to Peter and said, “Does your teacher not pay the temple tax?”
Luke 4:23 – He said to them, “Doubtless you will quote to me this proverb, ‘Doctor, cure yourself!’ And you will say, ‘Do here also in your hometown the things that we have heard you did at Capernaum.’ ”
Luke 4:31 – He went down to Capernaum, a city in Galilee, and was teaching them on the sabbath.
Luke 7:1 – After Jesus had finished all his sayings in the hearing of the people, he entered Capernaum.
Luke 10:15 – And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades.
John 2:12 – After this he went down to Capernaum with his mother, his brothers, and his disciples; and they remained there a few days.
John 4:46 – Then he came again to Cana in Galilee where he had changed the water into wine. Now there was a royal official whose son lay ill in Capernaum.
John 6:17 – got into a boat, and started across the sea to Capernaum. It was now dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them.
John 6:24 – So when the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they themselves got into the boats and went to Capernaum looking for Jesus.
John 6:59 – He said these things while he was teaching in the synagogue at Capernaum.
Mark 6:45 – Immediately he made his disciples get into the boat and go on ahead to the other side, to Bethsaida, while he dismissed the crowd.
Mark 8:22-26 – They came to Bethsaida. Some people brought a blind man to him and begged him to touch him...
Matthew 11:21 – “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the deeds of power done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.”
Luke 9:10 – On their return the apostles told Jesus all they had done. He took them with him and withdrew privately to a city called Bethsaida.
Luke 10:13 – “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the deeds of power done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.”
John 1:44 – "Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter."
John 12:21 – They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and said to him, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.”
Note: Bethsaida, on the northern shores of the Sea of Galilee, was probably located just East of the Jordan River; thus during the ministry of Jesus it was most likely part of the Northereastern territories controlled by the Tetrarch Herod Philip, rather than in the Galilean territories controlled by his brother, the Tetrarch Herod Antipas.
The place is mentioned only in Mark 6:53 (and par. Matt 14:34) - "When they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret and moored the boat."
There is also one mention of the "Lake of Gennesaret" (Luke 5:1)– "Once while Jesus was standing beside the lake of Gennesaret, and the crowd was pressing in on him to hear the word of God..."
See also the one OT reference in 1 Macc 1:67a - "Jonathan and his army encamped by the waters of Gennesaret."
Probably the same as Kinneret, the archaelogical site called Tel Kinrot today.
Magdala (mentioned 12 times, always only in reference to “Mary the Magdalene,” which might mean “Mary of Magdala”):
Luke 8:2 – among the women who minister to Jesus and his disciples in Galilee
Matt 27:56, 61; Mark 15:40, 47; John 19:25 – at the crucifixion of Jesus
Matt 28:1; Mark 16:1, 9; Luke 24:10; John 20:1, 18 – at the empty tomb of Jesus
Possibly the same as Magadan, mentioned only in Matt 15:39.
See also the one OT reference to Migdal-el among the nineteen villages of the tribe of Naphtali (Josh 19:38)
Towns and Villages in the Interior of Southern Galilee (Lower Galilee):
John 2:1 – On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there.
John 2:11 – Jesus did this, the first of his signs, in Cana of Galilee, and revealed his glory; and his disciples believed in him.
John 4:46 – Then he came again to Cana in Galilee where he had changed the water into wine. Now there was a royal official whose son lay ill in Capernaum.
John 21:2 – Gathered there together were Simon Peter, Thomas called the Twin, Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples.
See also Mark 3:18 & Matthew 10:4 (in lists of 12 apostles) – ...Simon the Cananaean (or "Canaanite"; this probably does not refer specifically to the village of Cana, but to the Canaanite people in general)
"Nazareth" (12x; Gk. Ναζαρα or Ναζαρετ or Ναζαρεθ): Mark 1:9; Matt 2:23; 4:13; 21:11; Luke 1:26; 2:4, 39, 51; 4:16; John 1:45, 46; Acts 10:38
"of Nazareth" (6x; Gk. Ναζαρηνος): Mark 1:24; 10:47; 14:67; 16:6; Luke 4:34; 24:19
"the Nazorean" (13x; Gk. Ναζωραιος): Matt 2:23; 26:71; Luke 18:37; John 18:5, 7; 19:19; Acts 2:22; 3:6; 4:10; 6:14; 22:8; 24:5; 26:9
Mark 1:9 – In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan.
Mark 1:24 – and he cried out, “What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are, the Holy One of God.”
Mark 10:47 – When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout out and say, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”
Mark 14:67 – When she saw Peter warming himself, she stared at him and said, “You also were with Jesus, the man [from] (of) Nazareth.”
Mark 16:6 – But he said to them, “Do not be alarmed; you are looking for Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has been raised; he is not here. Look, there is the place they laid him.
Matthew 2:23 – There he made his home in a town called Nazareth, so that what had been spoken through the prophets might be fulfilled, “He will be called a Nazorean.”
Matthew 4:13 – He left Nazareth and made his home in Capernaum by the sea, in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali,
Matthew 21:11 – The crowds were saying, “This is the prophet Jesus from Nazareth in Galilee.”
Matthew 26:71 – When he went out to the porch, another servant-girl saw him, and she said to the bystanders, “This man was with Jesus of Nazareth (the Nazorean).”
Luke 1:26 – In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth,
Luke 2:4 – Joseph also went from the town [of] Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to the city of David called Bethlehem, because he was descended from the house and family of David.
Luke 2:39 – When they had finished everything required by the law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own town [of] Nazareth.
Luke 2:51 – Then he went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was obedient to them. His mother treasured all these things in her heart.
Luke 4:16 – When he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, he went to the synagogue on the sabbath day, as was his custom. He stood up to read,
Luke 4:34 – “Let us alone! What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are, the Holy One of God.”
Luke 18:37 – They told him, “Jesus of Nazareth (the Nazorean) is passing by.”
Luke 24:19 – He asked them, “What things?” They replied, “The things about Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people,
John 1:45-46 – Philip found Nathanael and said to him, “We have found him about whom Moses in the law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus son of Joseph from Nazareth.” / Nathanael said to him, “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see.”
John 18:5,7 – They answered, “Jesus of Nazareth (the Nazorean).” Jesus replied, “I am he.” Judas, who betrayed him, was standing with them. / / Again he asked them, “Whom are you looking for?” And they said, “Jesus of Nazareth (the Nazorean).”
John 19:19 – Pilate also had an inscription written and put on the cross. It read, “Jesus of Nazareth (the Nazorean), the King of the Jews.”
Acts 2:22 – “You that are Israelites, listen to what I have to say: Jesus of Nazareth (the Nazorean), a man attested to you by God with deeds of power, wonders, and signs that God did through him among you, as you yourselves know--
Acts 3:6 – But Peter said, “I have no silver or gold, but what I have I give you; in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth (the Nazorean), stand up and walk.”
Acts 4:10 – let it be known to all of you, and to all the people of Israel, that this man is standing before you in good health by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth (the Nazorean), whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead.
Acts 6:14 – for we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth (the Nazorean) will destroy this place and will change the customs that Moses handed on to us.”
Acts 10:38 – how God anointed Jesus [of] (from) Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power; how he went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.
Acts 22:8 – I answered, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ Then he said to me, ‘I am Jesus of Nazareth (the Nazorean) whom you are persecuting.’
Acts 24:5 – We have, in fact, found this man a pestilent fellow, an agitator among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes (the Nazoreans).
Acts 26:9 – “Indeed, I myself was convinced that I ought to do many things against the name of Jesus of Nazareth (the Nazorean).
All References to "Galilee" and "Galilean" in the New Testament:
"Galilee" (noun; used 61 times)
Mark 1:9 – In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan.
Mark 1:14 – Now after John was arrested, Jesus came to Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God,
Mark 1:16 – As Jesus passed along the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net into the sea--for they were fishermen.
Mark 1:28 – At once his fame began to spread throughout the surrounding region of Galilee.
Mark 1:39 – And he went throughout Galilee, proclaiming the message in their synagogues and casting out demons.
Mark 3:7 – Jesus departed with his disciples to the sea, and a great multitude from Galilee followed him;
Mark 6:21 – But an opportunity came when Herod on his birthday gave a banquet for his courtiers and officers and for the leaders of Galilee.
Mark 7:31 – Then he returned from the region of Tyre, and went by way of Sidon towards the Sea of Galilee, in the region of the Decapolis.
Mark 9:30 – They went on from there and passed through Galilee. He did not want anyone to know it;
Mark 14:28 – “But after I am raised up, I will go before you to Galilee.”
Mark 15:41 – These used to follow him and provided for him when he was in Galilee; and there were many other women who had come up with him to Jerusalem.
Mark 16:7 – “But go, tell his disciples and Peter that he is going ahead of you to Galilee; there you will see him, just as he told you.”
Matt 2:22 – But when he heard that Archelaus was ruling over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. And after being warned in a dream, he went away to the district of Galilee.
Matt 3:13 – Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to be baptized by him.
Matt 4:12 – Now when Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew to Galilee.
Matt 4:15 – “Land of Zebulun, land of Naphtali, on the road by the sea, across the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles”
Matt 4:18 – As he walked by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea--for they were fishermen.
Matt 4:23 – Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and curing every disease and every sickness among the people.
Matt 4:25 – And great crowds followed him from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and from beyond the Jordan.
Matt 15:29 – After Jesus had left that place, he passed along the Sea of Galilee, and he went up the mountain, where he sat down.
Matt 17:22 – As they were gathering in Galilee, Jesus said to them, “The Son of Man is going to be betrayed into human hands,”
Matt 19:1 – When Jesus had finished saying these things, he left Galilee and went to the region of Judea beyond the Jordan.
Matt 21:11 – The crowds were saying, “This is the prophet Jesus from Nazareth in Galilee.”
Matt 26:32 – “But after I am raised up, I will go ahead of you to Galilee.”
Matt 27:55 – Many women were also there, looking on from a distance; they had followed Jesus from Galilee and had provided for him.
Matt 28:7 – “Then go quickly and tell his disciples, ‘He has been raised from the dead, and indeed he is going ahead of you to Galilee; there you will see him.’ This is my message for you.”
Matt 28:10 – Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid; go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee; there they will see me.”
Matt 28:16 – Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them.
Luke 1:26 – In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth,
Luke 2:4 – Joseph also went from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to the city of David called Bethlehem, because he was descended from the house and family of David.
Luke 2:39 – When they had finished everything required by the law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth.
Luke 3:1 – In the fifteenth year of the reign of Emperor Tiberius, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was ruler of Galilee, and his brother Philip ruler of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias ruler of Abilene,
Luke 4:14 – Then Jesus, filled with the power of the Spirit, returned to Galilee, and a report about him spread through all the surrounding country.
Luke 4:31 – He went down to Capernaum, a city in Galilee, and was teaching them on the sabbath.
Luke 5:17 – One day, while he was teaching, Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting near by (they had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem); and the power of the Lord was with him to heal.
Luke 8:26 – Then they arrived at the country of the Gerasenes, which is opposite Galilee.
Luke 17:11 – On the way to Jerusalem Jesus was going through the region between Samaria and Galilee.
Luke 23:5 – But they were insistent and said, “He stirs up the people by teaching throughout all Judea, from Galilee where he began even to this place.”
Luke 23:49 – But all his acquaintances, including the women who had followed him from Galilee, stood at a distance, watching these things.
Luke 23:55 – The women who had come with him from Galilee followed, and they saw the tomb and how his body was laid.
Luke 24:6 – “Remember how he told you, while he was still in Galilee,”
John 1:43 – The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, “Follow me.”
John 2:1 – On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there.
John 2:11 – Jesus did this, the first of his signs, in Cana of Galilee, and revealed his glory; and his disciples believed in him.
John 4:3 – he left Judea and started back to Galilee.
John 4:43 – When the two days were over, he went from that place to Galilee
John 4:45 – When he came to Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him, since they had seen all that he had done in Jerusalem at the festival; for they too had gone to the festival.
John 4:46 – Then he came again to Cana in Galilee where he had changed the water into wine. Now there was a royal official whose son lay ill in Capernaum.
John 4:47 – When he heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went and begged him to come down and heal his son, for he was at the point of death.
John 4:54 – Now this was the second sign that Jesus did after coming from Judea to Galilee.
John 6:1 – After this Jesus went to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, also called the Sea of Tiberias.
John 7:1 – After this Jesus went about in Galilee. He did not wish to go about in Judea because the Jews were looking for an opportunity to kill him.
John 7:9 – After saying this, he remained in Galilee.
John 7:41 – Others said, “This is the Messiah.” But some asked, “Surely the Messiah does not come from Galilee, does he?”
John 7:52 (bis) – They replied, “Surely you are not also from Galilee, are you? Search and you will see that no prophet is to arise from Galilee.”
John 12:21 – They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and said to him, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.”
John 21:2 – Gathered there together were Simon Peter, Thomas called the Twin, Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples.
Acts 9:31 – Meanwhile the church throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace and was built up. Living in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, it increased in numbers.
Acts 10:37 – That message spread throughout Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism that John announced:
Acts 13:31 – and for many days he appeared to those who came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, and they are now his witnesses to the people.
"Galilean" (noun or adjective; used 11 times):
Mark 14:70 – But again he denied it. Then after a little while the bystanders again said to Peter, “Certainly you are one of them; for you are a Galilean.”
Matt 26:69 – Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard. A servant-girl came to him and said, “You also were with Jesus the Galilean.”
Luke 13:1 – At that very time there were some present who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.
Luke 13:2 (twice) – He asked them, “Do you think that because these Galileans suffered in this way they were worse sinners than all other Galileans?”
Luke 22:59 – Then about an hour later still another kept insisting, “Surely this man also was with him; for he is a Galilean.”
Luke 23:6 – When Pilate heard this, he asked whether the man [Jesus] was a Galilean.
John 4:45 – When he came to Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him, since they had seen all that he had done in Jerusalem at the festival; for they too had gone to the festival.
Acts 1:11 – They said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking up toward heaven? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.”
Acts 2:7 – Amazed and astonished, they asked, “Are not all these who are speaking Galileans?”
Acts 5:37 – After him Judas the Galilean rose up at the time of the census and got people to follow him; he also perished, and all who followed him were scattered.
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Towns and Villages on or near the Shores of the Sea of Galilee: