Galilee in the Bible
Meaning: wheel; revolution
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But [when he] heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there, and being warned in a dream, he took refuge in the regions of Galilee.
Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John in order to be baptized by him.
Now [when he] heard that John {had been arrested}, he withdrew into Galilee.
[After] leaving Nazareth [i.e., a major town in Galilee], He came to live in Capernaum, [a city] beside Lake Galilee, near the districts of Zebulun and Naphtali.
"Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, {toward the sea}, on the other side of the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles--
beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles, The people who walked in darkness, saw a great light, and to them who sat in the region of the shadow of death, light is sprung up.
Now [as he] was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew, throwing a casting net into the sea (for they were fishermen).
And he went around through all of Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and every sickness among the people.
And large crowds followed him from Galilee, Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and from the other side of the Jordan.
Now when Jesus saw large crowds around Him, He gave orders [i.e., to His followers] to leave for the other side [i.e., to go from the west to the east side of Lake Galilee].
Then Jesus entered a boat and crossed [back] over [Lake Galilee] and came to His own city [i.e., Capernaum].
On that [same] day, Jesus went out of the house and sat down on the shore of the lake [i.e., Lake Galilee].
Then immediately Jesus ordered the disciples to enter the boat and row on ahead of Him to the other side [i.e., to the west side of Lake Galilee] until He could send the crowds away.
And departing from there, Jesus went along the Sea of Galilee, and he went up on the mountain [and] was sitting there.
Jesus then sent the crowds away while He boarded a boat and crossed the lake to the region of Magadan [i.e., the west side of Lake Galilee].
22 While they were together in Galilee, Jesus said to them, "The Son of Man is about to be delivered up into the hands of men,
Now [as] they were gathering in Galilee, Jesus said to them, "The Son of Man is going to be betrayed into the hands of men,
And it happened that when Jesus had finished these statements, he went away from Galilee and came into the region of Judea on the other side of the Jordan.
And the crowds were saying, "This is the prophet Jesus from Nazareth of Galilee!"
But after I am raised, I will go ahead of you into Galilee."
Peter sat without in the palace, and a damsel came to him, saying, "Thou also wast with Jesus of Galilee."
And there were many women there, observing from a distance, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, serving him,
And go quickly, tell his disciples, 'He has been raised from the dead, and behold, he is going ahead of you into Galilee. You will see him there.' Behold, I have told you."
Then Jesus said to them, "Do not be afraid! Go tell my brothers that they should go to Galilee, and there they will see me."
So the eleven disciples proceeded to Galilee, to the mountain which Jesus had designated for them.
And it happened that in those days Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized in the Jordan by John.
And after John {had been taken into custody}, Jesus went into Galilee proclaiming the gospel of God
And [as he] was passing by along the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew, Simon's brother, casting [a net] into the sea (for they were fishermen).
So, they went to Capernaum [Note: This was a city in Galilee that later became Jesus' headquarters while in Galilee. See verse
And the report about him then went out everywhere in the whole surrounding region of Galilee.
And he went into all Galilee preaching in their synagogues and expelling demons.
And Jesus went away with his disciples to the sea, and a great number from Galilee came after him: and from Judaea,
And a great multitude from Galilee followed Him, and from Judea, and from Jerusalem, and from Idumea, and from beyond Jordan; and those about Tyre and Sidon, a great number, hearing how great things He did, came unto Him.
Jesus again began teaching along the shore of the lake [of Galilee]. A huge crowd gathered around Him so that He had to sit in a boat out in the lake [to speak to them], while all the crowd stood on the shore.
When evening came that day He said to the disciples, "Let us go over to the other side [i.e., the east side of Lake Galilee]."
And the chance came when Herod on his birthday gave a feast to his lords, and the high captains, and the chief men of Galilee;
And about then Jesus compelled His disciples to get into a boat and go on ahead of Him to the other side [i.e., to the west side of Lake Galilee] to Bethsaida [Note: This was apparently a different "Bethsaida" from the one mentioned in Luke 9:10, which was on the east side of Lake Galilee], while He Himself sent the crowd away.
And when they had [finally] crossed over [i.e., to the west side of Lake Galilee], they arrived in the district of Gennesaret and moored the boat on shore.
Now the woman was a Greek [i.e., a Gentile], a Syrophoenician by nationality. [Note: This was a region just north of Galilee and consisted of Syria and Phoenicia]. She begged Him to drive out the evil spirit from her daughter.
And again he went out from Tyre, and came through Sidon to the sea of Galilee, through the country of Decapolis.
Then He left them and boarded a boat again and sailed to the other side [i.e., the east side of Lake Galilee].
miles north of Lake Galilee]. On their way, He asked His disciples, "Who are people saying that I am?"
Then Jesus and His disciples left Galilee and went to the villages around Caesarea Philippi. On the way there He was asking His disciples, "Who do people say that I am?"
And they went out from there, through Galilee; and it was his desire that no man might have knowledge of it;
Then Jesus and His disciples came to Capernaum [Note: This city on the northwest shore of Lake Galilee had become sort of a headquarters for Jesus when He was in this region]. When He [and His disciples] entered a house He asked them, "What were you discussing on the way here?"
But after I have come back from the dead, I will go before you into Galilee.
And he denied it again. And anon after, they that stood by, said again to Peter, "Surely thou art one of them, for thou art of Galilee, and thy speech agreeth thereto."
Who went with him when he was in Galilee and took care of him; and a number of other women who came up with him to Jerusalem.
But go, say to his disciples and to Peter, He goes before you into Galilee: there you will see him, as he said to you.
Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town in Galilee, named Nazareth,
And Joseph went up from Galilee, out of the town of Nazareth, into Judaea, to Beth-lehem, the town of David, because he was of the house and family of David,
And when they had done all the things which were ordered by the law of the Lord, they went back to Galilee, to Nazareth, the town where they were living.
Now in the fifteenth year of the rule of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being ruler of Judaea, and Herod being king of Galilee, his brother Philip king of the country of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias king of Abilene,
And Jesus came back to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and the news of him went through all the country round about.
And he came down to Capernaum, a town of Galilee; and he was giving them teaching on the Sabbath.
And he was preaching in the synagogues of Galilee.
Now it happened while Jesus was standing on the shore of Lake Genneseret [i.e., Lake Galilee] that the crowd was pushing closer to Him to hear God's message.
And it happened while Jesus was in one of the towns [i.e., surrounding Lake Galilee], that a man covered with an infectious skin disease appeared and, when he saw Jesus, he fell on his face [to the ground] and begged Him, saying, "If you want to, you can heal me." [Note: Throughout this narrative the terms "heal/healing" are originally "clean/cleansing" because the Jews viewed a person with such a disease as ceremonially "unclean." See Lev. 13:1-3].
And it came to pass on one of those days, that he was teaching; and there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, who were come out of every village of Galilee and Judaea and Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord was with him to heal.
And it happened soon after this that Jesus went to a town called Nain [Note: This was a town of Galilee about
Soon afterwards He chanced to be making a tour of Galilee from town to town and from village to village preaching and telling the good news of the kingdom of God. The Twelve went with Him,
Now it happened on one of those days that Jesus entered a boat with His disciples. He said to them, "Let us go over to the other side" [i.e., the east side of Lake Galilee]; so they launched out.
And they arrived at the country of the Gerasenes, which is over against Galilee.
Then all the people of the country of the Gerasenes and the surrounding district asked Him to leave them, because they were overwhelmed with fear. So Jesus got into the boat and returned [to the west side of the Sea of Galilee].
Now as Jesus was returning [to Galilee], the people welcomed Him, for they had all been expecting Him.
When the apostles returned they told Jesus what they had done. Then Jesus took them and went away privately to a town called Bethsaida. [Note: This town was on the east side of Lake Galilee, and apparently was a different "Bethsaida" from the one mentioned in Mark 6:45].
Now there were some there at that very time who told Jesus about some people from Galilee whose blood Pilate [the Roman governor] had mixed with their sacrifices [i.e., he had them murdered while they were offering their sacrifices].
And it came to pass, as he went to Jerusalem, that he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee.
And about the space of a hour after, another affirmed, saying, "Verily even this fellow was with him, for he is of Galilee."
But they were the more urgent, saying, He stirreth up the people, teaching throughout all Judaea, and beginning from Galilee even unto this place.
But Pilate, having heard Galilee named, demanded if the man were a Galilaean;
But all his acquaintances, and the women who had followed him from Galilee, stood at a distance, watching these things.
And all his acquaintance, and the women that followed with him from Galilee, stood afar off, seeing these things.
The women who had come with him from Galilee followed and saw the tomb, and how his body was laid.
And the women, who had come with him out of Galilee, followed after, and beheld the tomb, and how his body was laid.
He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee,
The day following Jesus having a mind to go into Galilee, met with Philip, and said to him, follow me.
Now Philip was from Bethsaida, Andrew's and Peter's home town. [Note: This town was on the northwest shore of Lake Galilee, a few miles from Capernaum].
Three days after, there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee; where the mother of Jesus was present.
thus was the first miracle of Jesus wrought at Cana in Galilee, by which he displayed his power; and his disciples believed on him.
After this incident, Jesus, His mother, His [half-] brothers and His disciples went down to Capernaum [i.e., located on the north shore of Lake Galilee] and stayed there a few days.
So when the Lord learned that the Pharisees had been told that he was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John??2 though it was not Jesus himself who baptized them, but his disciples??3 he left Judea and went back again to Galilee.
and returned into Galilee.
[Now to get to Galilee] it required that Jesus travel through Samaria [Note: Samaria was the next country north of Judea].
Two days after, he departed thence, and went into Galilee:
when he was come into Galilee, he was well received by the Galileans, who had seen all that he did at Jerusalem during the feast: for they likewise went to the feast.
Jesus went therefore a second time to Cana in Galilee, where he had changed the water into wine. now a certain nobleman was there, whose son was sick at Capernaum.
who having heard that Jesus was come out of Judea into Galilee, he went there to desire him to come down, and heal his son: for he was at the point of death.
Jesus did this second miracle when he return'd from Judea to Galilee.
At length Jesus passed over the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias;
Then Jesus went up to a high plateau [Note: This place, northeast of Lake Galilee, is called "The Golan Heights," today] and sat down there with His disciples.
And after these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Judaea, because the Jews sought to kill him.
And having said these things unto them, he abode'still in Galilee.
Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, What, doth the Christ come out of Galilee?
But some said, Doth Christ come out of Galilee? Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and from Bethlehem, the town where David was?
They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search, and see that out of Galilee ariseth no prophet.
Search and see, that out of Galilee ariseth no prophet. And every man went to his own house.
there were certain Greeks, who address'd themselves to Philip, who was of Bethsaida in Galilee, saying, sir, we would fain see Jesus.
After these things happened Jesus showed Himself to His disciples again at Lake Tiberias. [Note: This was another name for Lake Galilee]. Here is the way He did it.
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And the men were astonished, saying, What sort of a man is this, because winds and the sea obey him? Two demoniacs met Him, having come to the other side into the country of the Gadarenes, coming out from the tombs, exceedingly fierce, so that no one was able to pass through that way. And behold, they cried out, saying, What is there to us and thee, O Son of God? have you come hither to torment us before the time? And a herd of many swine was feeding a great way from them. And the demons continued to intreat him, saying, If you cast us out, permit us to depart into the herd of swine. And He said to them, Go. And they having gone out, went away into the herd of swine; and the whole herd rushed down the precipice into the sea, and perished in the waters.
And at the fourth watch of the night, He came to them, walking on the sea. And the disciples seeing Him walking on the sea, were afrighted, saying, It is a specter; and they cried out from fear. And immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, Be of good cheer; I am here; fear not. And Peter responding said, Lord, if thou art there, command me to come to thee on the waters. And He said, Come. And Peter having come down from the ship, walked on the waters, and came toward Jesus. And seeing the wind strong, became alarmed; and beginning to sink, he cried out, saying, Lord, save me. And Jesus immediately reaching out His hand, received him, and says to him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt? And they having come into the ship, the wind ceased. And those in the ship having come worshiped Him, saying, Truly thou art the Son of God.
When He ceased speaking He said to Simon, Lead out into the deep, and spread your nets for a draught. And Simon responding said to Him, Master, having toiled all night, we caught nothing: but at thy word I will spread the net. And having done this, they caught a great multitude of fishes; and their net was breaking; and they beckoned to their comrades in another ship, having come to assist them, And they came, and filled both ships, so as to sink them. And Simon Peter, seeing, fell down at the knees of Jesus, saying; Depart from me, Lord, because I am a sinful man, For fear took hold of him, and all of those with him, at the draught of fishes which they received.
And it being now morning, Jesus stood on the shore: the disciples did not know that He is Jesus. Then Jesus says to them; Little children, whether have you any meat? They respond to Him, No. He says to them, Cast the net to the right side of the ship, and you will find: then they cast it, and were not able to draw it on account of the multitude of the fishes. Then that disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, He is the Lord. Then Simon Peter hearing that He is the Lord, girded on his fishing-cloak (for he was unclothed), and cast Himself into the sea: and the other disciples came in the ship (for they were not far from the land, but about two hundred cubits), drawing the net of the fishes. Then when they came to the land, they see fire lying, and fish and bread lying on it. Jesus said to them, Take from the fishes which you now caught. And Simon Peter came up, and drew the net to the land, full of a hundred and fifty-three large fishes: and there being so many yet the net was not broken.
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And going forth from thence, He saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and He called them. And immediately having left the ship and their father, they followed Him.
When He ceased speaking He said to Simon, Lead out into the deep, and spread your nets for a draught. And Simon responding said to Him, Master, having toiled all night, we caught nothing: but at thy word I will spread the net. And having done this, they caught a great multitude of fishes; and their net was breaking; and they beckoned to their comrades in another ship, having come to assist them, And they came, and filled both ships, so as to sink them. And Simon Peter, seeing, fell down at the knees of Jesus, saying; Depart from me, Lord, because I am a sinful man, For fear took hold of him, and all of those with him, at the draught of fishes which they received. And likewise James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were companions to Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, Fear not; from now you shall be catching men. And drawing up their ships to the land, having left all things, they followed Him.