GALILEE. 1. The northern district of Palestine. A city of refuge in, Josh. 20:7; 21:32; 1 Chr. 6:76. Cities in, given to Hiram, 1 Kin. 9:11,12. Taken by king of Assyria, 2 Kin. 15:29. Prophecy concerning, Isa. 9:1; Matt. 4:15. Called Galilee of the Nations, Isa. 9:1. Herod, tetrarch of, Mark 6:21; Luke 3:1; 23:6,7. Jesus resides in, Matt. 17:22; 19:1; John 7:1,9. Teaching and miracles of Jesus in, Matt. 4:23,25; 15:29-31; Mark 1:14,28,39; 3:7; Luke 4:14,44; 5:17; 23:5; John 1:43; 4:3,43-45; Acts 10:37. People of, receive Jesus, John 4:45,53. Disciples were chiefly from, Acts 1:11; 2:7. Women from, ministered to Jesus, Matt. 27:55,56; Mark 15:41; Luke 23:49,55. Jesus appeared to his disciples in, after his resurrection, Matt. 26:32; 28:7,10,16,17; Mark 14:28; 16:7; John 21. Routes from, to Judaea, Judg. 21:19; John 4:3-5. Dialect of, Mark 14:70. Called Gennesaret, Matt. 14:34; Mark 6:53. Churches in, Acts 9:31. 2. Sea of. Called Sea of Tiberias, John 21:1; Lake of Gennesaret, Luke 5:1; Sea of Chinnereth, Num. 34:11; Deut. 3:17; Josh. 13:27; of Chinneroth, Josh. 12:3. Jesus calls disciples on the shore of, Matt. 4:18-22; Luke 5:1-11. Jesus teaches from a ship on, Matt. 13:1-3. Miracles of Jesus on, Matt. 8:24-32; 14:22-33; 17:27; Mark 4:37-39; Luke 5:1-9; 8:22-24; John 21:1-11.