Galilee

Galilee, a region in northern Israel, was a significant location in Jesus' life and ministry, as well as the homeland of many of his disciples.

The name Galilee means “wheel; revolution”

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Summary

A location first mentioned at Joshua 12:23; referred to as Galilee (גָּלִיל, גִּלְגָּל) or Galilee (Γαλιλαία).

Location

Certainty
Widely agreed (100% of scholarship)
Coordinates
32.760° N, 35.527° E
Galilee
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Events

Dates are approximate

Glossary entries

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Alternative names

Mentions

Includes 3 verses that refer to Galilee without naming it.

  1. Joshua 12:23גִּלְגָּל · Gilgal
    …the king of Dor in Naphath-dor, one; the king of Goiim in Gilgal, one;
  2. Joshua 20:7גָּלִיל · Galilee
    So they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.
  3. Joshua 21:32גָּלִיל · Galilee
    And from the tribe of Naphtali they were given Kedesh in Galilee (a city of refuge for the manslayer), Hammoth-dor, and Kartan—three cities, together with their pasturelands.
  4. 1 Kings 9:11גָּלִיל · Galilee
    King Solomon gave twenty towns in the land of Galilee to Hiram king of Tyre, who had supplied him with cedar and cypress logs and gold for his every desire.
  5. 2 Kings 15:29גָּלִיל · Galilee
    In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, including all the land of Naphtali, and he took the people as captives to Assyria.
  6. 1 Chronicles 6:76גָּלִיל · Galilee
    And from the tribe of Naphtali they were given Kedesh in Galilee, Hammon, and Kiriathaim, together with their pasturelands.
  7. Isaiah 9:1גָּלִיל · Galilee
    Nevertheless, there will be no more gloom for those in distress. In the past He humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the future He will honor the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations:
  8. Matthew 2:22Γαλιλαία · Galilee
    But when he learned that Archelaus was reigning in Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. And having been warned in a dream, he withdrew to the district of Galilee,
  9. Matthew 3:13Γαλιλαία · Galilee
    At that time Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptized by John.
  10. Matthew 4:12Γαλιλαία · Galilee
    When Jesus heard that John had been imprisoned, He withdrew to Galilee.
  11. Matthew 4:15Γαλιλαία · Galilee
    “Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles—
  12. Matthew 4:23Γαλιλαία · Galilee
    Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people.
  13. Matthew 4:25Γαλιλαία · Galilee
    Large crowds followed Him, having come from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and beyond the Jordan.
  14. Matthew 17:22Γαλιλαία · Galilee
    When they gathered together in Galilee, Jesus told them, “The Son of Man is about to be delivered into the hands of men.
  15. Matthew 19:1Γαλιλαία · Galilee
    When Jesus had finished saying these things, He left Galilee and went into the region of Judea beyond the Jordan.
  16. Matthew 21:11Γαλιλαία · Galilee
    The crowds replied, “This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee.”
  17. Matthew 26:32Γαλιλαία · Galilee
    But after I have risen, I will go ahead of you into Galilee.”
  18. Matthew 26:69Γαλιλαῖος · Galilee
    Meanwhile, Peter was sitting out in the courtyard, and a servant girl came up to him. “You also were with Jesus the Galilean,” she said.
  19. Matthew 27:55Γαλιλαία · Galilee
    And many women were there, watching from a distance. They had followed Jesus from Galilee to minister to Him.
  20. Matthew 28:7Γαλιλαία · Galilee
    Then go quickly and tell His disciples, ‘He has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see Him.’ See, I have told you.”
  21. Matthew 28:10Γαλιλαία · Galilee
    “Do not be afraid,” said Jesus. “Go and tell My brothers to go to Galilee. There they will see Me.”
  22. Matthew 28:16Γαλιλαία · Galilee
    Meanwhile, the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain Jesus had designated.
  23. Mark 1:9Γαλιλαία · Galilee
    In those days Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan.
  24. Mark 1:14Γαλιλαία · Galilee
    After the arrest of John, Jesus went into Galilee and proclaimed the gospel of God.
  25. Mark 1:28Γαλιλαία · Galilee
    And the news about Jesus spread quickly through the whole region of Galilee.
  26. Mark 1:39Γαλιλαία · Galilee
    So He went throughout Galilee, preaching in their synagogues and driving out demons.
  27. Mark 3:7Γαλιλαία · Galilee
    So Jesus withdrew with His disciples to the sea, accompanied by a large crowd from Galilee, Judea,
  28. Mark 6:21Γαλιλαία · Galilee
    On Herod’s birthday, her opportunity arose. Herod held a banquet for his nobles and military commanders and the leading men of Galilee.
  29. Mark 9:30Γαλιλαία · Galilee
    Going on from there, they passed through Galilee. But Jesus did not want anyone to know,
  30. Mark 14:28Γαλιλαία · Galilee
    But after I have risen, I will go ahead of you into Galilee.”
  31. Mark 14:70Γαλιλαῖος · Galilee
    But he denied it again. After a little while, those standing nearby said once more to Peter, “Surely you are one of them, for you too are a Galilean.”
  32. Mark 15:41Γαλιλαία · Galilee
    These women had followed Jesus and ministered to Him while He was in Galilee, and there were many other women who had come up to Jerusalem with Him.
  33. Mark 16:7Γαλιλαία · Galilee
    But go, tell His disciples and Peter, ‘He is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see Him, just as He told you.’”
  34. Luke 1:26Γαλιλαία · Galilee
    In the sixth month, God sent the angel Gabriel to a town in Galilee called Nazareth,
  35. Luke 2:4Γαλιλαία · Galilee
    So Joseph also went up from Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to the city of David called Bethlehem, since he was from the house and line of David.
  36. Luke 2:39Γαλιλαία · Galilee
    When Jesus’ parents had done everything required by the Law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth.
  37. Luke 3:1Γαλιλαία · Galilee
    In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, while Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,
  38. Luke 4:14Γαλιλαία · Galilee
    Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and the news about Him spread throughout the surrounding region.
  39. Luke 4:15Referred to, not named
    He taught in their synagogues and was glorified by everyone.
  40. Luke 4:31Γαλιλαία · Galilee
    Then He went down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, and on the Sabbath He began to teach the people.
  41. Luke 4:44Γαλιλαία · Galilee
    And He continued to preach in the synagogues of Judea.
  42. Luke 5:17Γαλιλαία · Galilee
    One day Jesus was teaching, and the Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there. People had come from Jerusalem and from every village of Galilee and Judea, and the power of the Lord was present for Him to heal the sick.
  43. Luke 8:26Γαλιλαία · Galilee
    Then they sailed to the region of the Gerasenes, across the lake from Galilee.
  44. Luke 13:1Γαλιλαῖος · Galilee
    At that time some of those present told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.
  45. Luke 13:2Γαλιλαῖος · Galilee
    To this He replied, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered this way?
  46. Luke 17:11Γαλιλαία · Galilee
    While Jesus was on His way to Jerusalem, He was passing between Samaria and Galilee.
  47. Luke 22:59Γαλιλαῖος · Galilee
    About an hour later, another man insisted, “Certainly this man was with Him, for he too is a Galilean.”
  48. Luke 23:5Γαλιλαία · Galilee
    But they kept insisting, “He stirs up the people all over Judea with His teaching. He began in Galilee and has come all the way here.”
  49. Luke 23:6Γαλιλαία · Galilee; Γαλιλαῖος · Galilee
    When Pilate heard this, he asked if the man was a Galilean.
  50. Luke 23:49Γαλιλαία · Galilee
    But all those who knew Jesus, including the women who had followed Him from Galilee, stood at a distance watching these things.
  51. Luke 23:55Γαλιλαία · Galilee
    The women who had come with Jesus from Galilee followed, and they saw the tomb and how His body was placed.
  52. Luke 24:6Γαλιλαία · Galilee
    He is not here; He has risen! Remember how He told you while He was still in Galilee:
  53. John 1:43Γαλιλαία · Galilee
    The next day Jesus decided to set out for Galilee. Finding Philip, He told him, “Follow Me.”
  54. John 2:1Γαλιλαία · Galilee
    On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there,
  55. John 2:11Γαλιλαία · Galilee
    Jesus performed this, the first of His signs, at Cana in Galilee. He thus revealed His glory, and His disciples believed in Him.
  56. John 4:3Γαλιλαία · Galilee
    He left Judea and returned to Galilee.
  57. John 4:43Γαλιλαία · Galilee
    After two days, Jesus left for Galilee.
  58. John 4:45Γαλιλαία · Galilee; Γαλιλαῖος · Galilee
    Yet when He arrived, the Galileans welcomed Him. They had seen all the great things He had done in Jerusalem at the feast, for they had gone there as well.
  59. John 4:46Γαλιλαία · Galilee
    So once again He came to Cana in Galilee, where He had turned the water into wine. And there was a royal official whose son lay sick at Capernaum.
  60. John 4:47Γαλιλαία · Galilee
    When he heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went and begged Him to come down and heal his son, who was about to die.
  61. John 4:48Referred to, not named
    Jesus said to him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will never believe.”
  62. John 4:54Γαλιλαία · Galilee
    This was now the second sign that Jesus performed after coming from Judea into Galilee.
  63. John 7:1Γαλιλαία · Galilee
    After this, Jesus traveled throughout Galilee. He did not want to travel in Judea, because the Jews there were trying to kill Him.
  64. John 7:3Referred to, not named
    So Jesus’ brothers said to Him, “Leave here and go to Judea, so that Your disciples there may see the works You are doing.
  65. John 7:9Γαλιλαία · Galilee
    Having said this, Jesus remained in Galilee.
  66. John 7:41Γαλιλαία · Galilee
    Others declared, “This is the Christ.” But still others asked, “How can the Christ come from Galilee?
  67. John 7:52Γαλιλαία · Galilee
    “Aren’t you also from Galilee?” they replied. “Look into it, and you will see that no prophet comes out of Galilee.”
  68. John 12:21Γαλιλαία · Galilee
    They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and requested of him, “Sir, we want to see Jesus.”
  69. John 21:2Γαλιλαία · Galilee
    Simon Peter, Thomas called Didymus, Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two other disciples were together.
  70. Acts 1:11Γαλιλαῖος · Galilee
    “Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen Him go into heaven.”
  71. Acts 2:7Γαλιλαῖος · Galilee
    Astounded and amazed, they asked, “Are not all these who are speaking Galileans?
  72. Acts 5:37Γαλιλαῖος · Galilee
    After him, Judas the Galilean appeared in the days of the census and drew away people after him. He too perished, and all his followers were scattered.
  73. Acts 9:31Γαλιλαία · Galilee
    Then the church throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria experienced a time of peace. It grew in strength and numbers, living in the fear of the Lord and the encouragement of the Holy Spirit.
  74. Acts 10:37Γαλιλαία · Galilee
    You yourselves know what has happened throughout Judea, beginning in Galilee with the baptism that John proclaimed:
  75. Acts 13:31Γαλιλαία · Galilee
    …and for many days He was seen by those who had accompanied Him from Galilee to Jerusalem. They are now His witnesses to our people.