6 occurrences

'Country' in the Bible

Being warned in a dream that they shouldn't return to Herod, they went back to their own country another way.

Verse ConceptsGod, Revelation OfVisions And Dreams In ScriptureWarning IndividualsDifferent ThingsNot going home directlyepiphany

When he came to the other side, into the country of the Gergesenes, two people possessed by demons met him there, coming out of the tombs, exceedingly fierce, so that nobody could pass that way.

Verse ConceptsPassing BySpiritsTwo Needy MenThose DemonisedDemonsDemonic Influence

Coming into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said, "Where did this man get this wisdom, and these mighty works?

Verse ConceptsPower, God's SavingSabbath, In NtTownAmazement, Of Jesus ChristTeaching WisdomChrist's WisdomChrist TeachingWhere From?

They were offended by him. But Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country, and in his own house."

Verse ConceptsStumbling Over ChristUnderestimationProphecy Ignoredhonour

"Hear another parable. There was a man who was a master of a household, who planted a vineyard, set a hedge about it, dug a winepress in it, built a tower, leased it out to farmers, and went into another country.

Verse ConceptsJourneyOccupationsTowersVineyardWallsFortsExcavationTreading GrapesLeasinglent

"For it is like a man, going into another country, who called his own servants, and entrusted his goods to them.

Verse ConceptsTalentsRich, TheLikeningEntrustingLikening ThingsPropertyGifts And Talentsmathlent

Bible Theasaurus

Commonwealth (2 instances)
Country (613 instances)
Nation (326 instances)