'Country' in the Bible

And having been warned [by God] in a dream not to go back to Herod, the magi left for their own country by another way.

At that time Jerusalem was going out to him, and all Judea and all the district around the Jordan;

And leaving Nazareth, He went and settled in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the country of Zebulun and Naphtali.

When He arrived at the other side in the country of the Gadarenes, two demon-possessed men coming out of the tombs met Him. They were so extremely fierce and violent that no one could pass by that way.

And after coming to [Nazareth] His hometown, He began teaching them in their synagogue, and they were astonished, and said, “Where did this Man get this wisdom and these miraculous powers [what is the source of His authority]?

And they took offense at Him [refusing to believe in Him]. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his own household.”

And when the men of that place recognized Him, they sent word throughout all the surrounding district and brought to Him all who were sick;

“Listen to another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard and put a wall around it and dug a wine press in it, and built a tower, and rented it out to tenant farmers and went on a journey [to another country].

So go to the main highways that lead out of the city, and invite to the wedding feast as many as you find.’

To one he gave five talents, to another, two, and to another, one, each according to his own ability; and then he went on his journey.

And all the country of Judea and all the people of Jerusalem were continually going out to him; and they were being baptized by him in the Jordan River, as they confessed their sins.

He replied, “Let us go on to the neighboring towns, so I may preach there also; that is why I came [from the Father].”

The herdsmen [tending the pigs] ran away and reported it in the city and in the country. And the people came to see what had happened.

Jesus left there and came to His hometown [Nazareth]; and His disciples followed Him.

Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor (respect) except in his hometown and among his relatives and in his own household.”

send the crowds away so that they may go into the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves something to eat.”

And wherever He came into villages, or cities, or the countryside, they were laying the sick in the market places and pleading with Him [to allow them] just to touch the fringe (tassel with a blue cord) of His robe; and all who touched it were healed.

Jesus began to speak to them [the chief priests, scribes and elders who were questioning Him] in parables: “A man planted a vineyard and put a wall around it, and dug a pit for the wine press and built a tower; and he rented it out to tenant farmers and left the country.

They forced into service a passer-by coming in from the countryside, Simon of Cyrene (the father of Alexander and Rufus), to carry His cross.

After that, He appeared in a different form to two of them as they were walking along the way to the country.

Now at this time Mary arose and hurried to the hill country, to a city of Judah (Judea),

Then fear came on all their neighbors; and all these things were discussed throughout the hill country of Judea.

And he went into all the country around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sin;

Then He said, “I assure you and most solemnly say to you, no prophet is welcome in his hometown.

and yet Elijah was not sent [by the Lord] to a single one of them, but only to Zarephath in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow.

And the news about Him spread into every place in the surrounding district (Galilee).

This news about Him spread through all of Judea and in all the surrounding countryside.

Then they sailed to the country of the Gerasenes, which is east of Galilee.

When the herdsmen saw what had happened, they ran away and told it in the city and out in the country.

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 the day was ending, and the twelve [disciples] came and said to Him, “Send the crowd away, so that they may go into the surrounding villages and countryside and find lodging, and get provisions; because here we are in an isolated place.”

A few days later, the younger son gathered together everything [that he had] and traveled to a distant country, and there he wasted his fortune in reckless and immoral living.

Now when he had spent everything, a severe famine occurred in that country, and he began to do without and be in need.

So he went and forced himself on one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed pigs.

So He said, “A nobleman went to a distant country to obtain for himself a kingdom, and [then] to return.

Then He began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard and leased it to tenant farmers, and went on a journey for a long time [to another country].

At that time, those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains, and those who are inside the city (Jerusalem) must get out, and those who are [out] in the country must not enter the city;

When they led Him away, they seized a man, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in [to the city] from the country, and placed on him the cross to carry behind Jesus.

For Jesus Himself declared that a prophet has no honor in his own country.

Now the Passover of the Jews was approaching, and many from the country went up to Jerusalem before Passover to purify themselves [ceremonially, so that they would be able to participate in the feast].

Now there were Jews living in Jerusalem, devout and God-fearing men from every nation under heaven.

and He said to him, ‘Leave your country and your relatives, and come to the land that I will show you.’

Then he left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. And from there, after his father died, God sent him to this country in which you now live.

At this remark Moses fled and became an exile in the land of Midian, where he fathered two sons.

When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that [the people of] Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them.

Now Herod [Agrippa I] was extremely angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon; and their delegates came to him in a united group, and after persuading Blastus, the king’s chamberlain [to support their cause], they asked for peace, because their country was fed by [imports of grain and other goods from] the king’s country.

And I was still unknown by sight to the churches which were in Christ in Judea (Jerusalem and the surrounding region);

By faith he lived as a foreigner in the promised land, as in a strange land, living in tents [as nomads] with Isaac and Jacob, who were fellow heirs of the same promise.

Now those who say such things make it clear that they are looking for a country of their own.

And if they had been thinking of that country from which they departed [as their true home], they would have had [a continuing] opportunity to return.

But the truth is that they were longing for a better country, that is, a heavenly one. For that reason God is not ashamed [of them or] to be called their God [even to be surnamed their God—the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob]; for He has prepared a city for them.