'Country' in the Bible

But being forbidden by God in a dream to return to Herod, they went back to their own country by a different route.

"Zebulun's land and Naphtali's land; the road by the Lake; the country beyond the Jordan; Galilee of the Nations!

Upon descending from the hill country He was followed by immense crowds.

On His arrival at the other side, in the country of the Gadarenes, there met Him two men possessed by demons, coming from among the tombs: they were so dangerously fierce that no one was able to pass that way.

So at once the whole population came out to meet Jesus; and when they saw Him, they besought Him to leave their country.

"The Kingdom of the Heavens is like treasure buried in the open country, which a man finds, but buries again, and, in his joy about it, goes and sells all he has and buys that piece of ground.

And He came into His own country and proceeded to teach in their synagogue, so that they were filled with astonishment and exclaimed, "Where did he obtain such wisdom, and these wondrous powers?

So they turned angrily away from Him. But Jesus said to them, "There is no prophet left without honour except in his own country and among his own family."

and the men of the place, recognizing Him, sent word into all the country round. So they brought all the sick to Him,

"They however gave no heed, but went, one to his home in the country, another to his business;

Then will two men be in the open country: one will be taken away, and one left behind.

"Let us go elsewhere, to the neighbouring country towns," He replied, "that I may proclaim my Message there also; because for that purpose I came from God."

So they arrived at the opposite shore of the Lake, in the country of the Gerasenes.

And he earnestly entreated Him not to send them away out of the country.

The swineherds fled, and spread the news in town and country. So the people came to see what it was that had happened;

Leaving that place He came into His own country, accompanied by His disciples.

But Jesus said to them, "There is no Prophet without honour except in his own country, and among his own relatives, and in his own home."

One Simon, a Cyrenaean, the father of Alexander and Rufus, was passing along, coming from the country: him they compelled to carry His cross.

Afterwards He showed Himself in another form to two of them as they were walking, on their way into the country.

Not long after this, Mary rose up and went in haste into the hill country to a town in Judah.

And all who lived round about them were filled with awe, and throughout the hill country of Judaea reports of all these things were spread abroad.

Now there were shepherds in the same part of the country, keeping watch over their sheep by night in the open fields,

and yet to not one of them was Elijah sent: he was only sent to a widow at Zarephath in the Sidonian country.

And the talk about Him spread into every part of the neighbouring country.

About that time He went out on one occasion into the hill country to pray; and He remained all night in prayer to God.

Then they put in to shore in the country of the Gerasenes, which lies opposite to Galilee.

The swineherds, seeing what had happened, fled and reported it both in town and country;

No long time afterwards the younger son got all together and travelled to a distant country, where he wasted his money in debauchery and excess.

At last, when he had spent everything, there came a terrible famine throughout that country, and he began to feel the pinch of want.

So he went and hired himself to one of the inhabitants of that country, who sent him on to his farm to tend swine;

So He said to them, "A man of noble family travelled to a distant country to obtain the rank of king, and to return.

Then let those who shall be in Judaea escape to the hills; let those who are in the city leave it, and those who are in the country not enter in.

As soon as they led Him away, they laid hold on one Simon, a Cyrenaean, who was coming in from the country, and on his shoulders they put the cross, for him to carry it behind Jesus.

It was now about noon, and a darkness came over the whole country till three o'clock in the afternoon.

though Jesus Himself declared that a Prophet has no honour in his own country.

and said to him, "'Leave your country and your relatives, and go into whatever land I point out to you.'

"Thereupon he left Chaldaea and settled in Haran till after the death of his father, when God caused him to remove into this country where you now live.

And God declared that Abraham's posterity should for four hundred years make their home in a country not their own, and be reduced to slavery and be oppressed.

"Alarmed at this question, Moses fled from the country and went to live in the land of Midian. There he became the father of two sons.

"And we are witnesses as to all that He did both in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem. But they even put Him to death, by crucifixion.

Now the people of Tyre and Sidon had incurred Herod's violent displeasure. So they sent a large deputation to wait on him; and having secured the good will of Blastus, his treasurer, they begged the king to be friendly with them again, because their country was dependent on his for its food supply.

Then, after overthrowing seven nations in the land of Canaan, He divided that country among them as their inheritance for about four hundred and fifty years;

the Apostles, having become aware of it, made their escape into the Lycaonian towns of Lystra and Derbe, and the neighbouring country.

Through faith he came and made his home for a time in a land which had been promised to him, as if in a foreign country, living in tents together with Isaac and Jacob, sharers with him in the same promise;

for men who acknowledge this make it manifest that they are seeking elsewhere a country of their own.

And if they had cherished the remembrance of the country they had left, they would have found an opportunity to return;