So they made selection of Kedesh in galilee in the hill-country of Naphtali, and Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (which is Hebron) in the hill-country of Judah.
And from the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in galilee with its grass-lands, the town where the taker of life might be safe, and Hammoth-dor and Kartan with their grass-lands, three towns.
(Hiram, king of Tyre, had given Solomon cedar-trees and cypress-trees and gold, as much as he had need of,) King Solomon gave hiram twenty towns in the land of Galilee.
In the days of Pekah, king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria, came and took Ijon and Abel-beth-maacah and Janoah and Kedesh and hazor and Gilead and Galilee and all the land of Naphtali; and he took the people away to Assyria.
And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in galilee with its outskirts, and Hammon with its outskirts, and Kiriathaim with its outskirts.
In earlier times he made the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali of small value, but after that he gave it glory, by the way of the sea, on the other side of Jordan, galilee of the nations.
But when it came to his ears that Archelaus was ruling over judaea in the place of his father Herod, he was in fear of going there; and God having given him news of the danger in a dream, he went out of the way into the country parts of Galilee.
Then Jesus came from galilee to John at the Jordan, to be given baptism by him.
Now when it came to his ears that John had been put in prison, he went away to Galilee;
The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, by the way of the sea, the other side of Jordan, galilee of the Gentiles,
And when he was walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon, whose other name was Peter, and Andrew, his brother, who were putting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen.
And Jesus went about in all Galilee, teaching in their Synagogues and preaching the good news of the kingdom, and making well those who were ill with any disease among the people.
And there went after him great numbers from Galilee and Decapolis and Jerusalem and judaea and from the other side of Jordan.
And Jesus went from there and came to the sea of Galilee; and he went up into the mountain, and took his seat there.
And while they were going about in Galilee, Jesus said to them, The Son of man will be given up into the hands of men;
And it came about that after saying these words, Jesus went away from Galilee, and came into the parts of judaea on the other side of Jordan.
And the people said, This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee.
But after I am come back from the dead, I will go before you into Galilee.
And a number of women were there, watching from a distance, who had come with Jesus from Galilee, waiting on his needs.
And go quickly and give his disciples the news that he has come back from the dead, and is going before you into Galilee; there you will see him, as I have said to you.
Then said Jesus to them, Have no fear: go and give word to my brothers to go into Galilee, and there they will see me.
But the eleven disciples went into Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had given them orders to go.
And it came about in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was given baptism by John in the Jordan.
Now after John had been put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the good news of God,
And going by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon, and Andrew, the brother of Simon, putting a net into the sea: for they were fishermen.
And news of him went out quickly everywhere into all parts of galilee round about.
And he went into their synagogues in every part of Galilee, preaching and driving out evil spirits.
And Jesus went away with his disciples to the sea, and a great number from galilee came after him: and from Judaea,
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 again he went out from Tyre, and came through Sidon to the sea of Galilee, through the country of Decapolis.
And they went out from there, through Galilee; and it was his desire that no man might have knowledge of it;
But after I have come back from the dead, I will go before you into Galilee.
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 teaching in the Synagogues of Galilee.
And it came about that on one of these days he was teaching; and some pharisees and teachers of the law were seated there, who had come from every town of galilee and Judaea and from Jerusalem; and the power of the Lord was with him, to make those who were ill free from their diseases.
And they came to the country of the Gerasenes, which is opposite Galilee.
And it came about that when they were on the way to Jerusalem he went through Samaria and Galilee.
But they became more violent than before, saying, He has made trouble among the people, teaching through all judaea from Galilee to this place.
And all his friends and the women who came with him from Galilee, were waiting at a distance, watching these things.
And the women who had come with him from Galilee went after him and saw the place and how his body had been put to rest;
He is not here, he has come back to life: have in mind what he said to you when he was still in Galilee, saying,
The day after this, Jesus had a desire to go into Galilee. He came across philip and said to him, Come and be my disciple.
On the third day two people were going to be married at Cana in Galilee. The mother of Jesus was there:
This, the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana in galilee and let his glory be seen openly; and his disciples put their faith in him.
He went out of judaea into Galilee again.
And after the two days he went on from there into Galilee.
So when he came into Galilee, the Galilaeans took him to their hearts because of the things which they had seen him do in Jerusalem at the feast--they themselves having been there at the feast.
So he came to Cana in Galilee, where he had made the water wine. And there was a certain man of high position whose son was ill at Capernaum.
When it came to his ears that Jesus had come from Judaea into Galilee, he went to him and made a request that he would come down to his son, who was near to death, and make him well.
Now this is the second sign which Jesus did after he had come out of Judaea into Galilee.
After these things Jesus went away to the other side of the sea of Galilee--that is, the sea of Tiberias.
After this, Jesus went from place to place in Galilee. He did not go about in Judaea, because the Jews were looking for a chance to put him to death.
Having said these things to them, he still kept in Galilee.
Others said, This is the Christ. But others said, Not so; will the Christ come from Galilee?
This was their answer: And do you come from Galilee? Make search and you will see that no prophet comes out of Galilee.
They came to Philip, who was of Beth-saida in Galilee, and made a request, saying, Sir, we have a desire to see Jesus.
Simon Peter, Thomas named Didymus, Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples were all together.
And said, O men of Galilee, why are you looking up into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken from you into heaven, will come again, in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.
After this man, there was Judas of Galilee, at the time of the numbering, and some of the people went after him: he was put to death, and all his supporters were put to flight.
And so the church through all judaea and Galilee and Samaria had peace and was made strong; and, living in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, was increased greatly.
That word you yourselves have knowledge of, which was made public through all Judaea, starting from Galilee, after the baptism of which John was the preacher,
And for a number of days he was seen by those who came with him from galilee to Jerusalem, who are now his witnesses before the people.
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Let us love one another, for love comes from God and every one who loves is a child of God and knows God. He who loves not man does not know God, for God is love. God showed his love for us, for he sent his only Son into the world that through him we might have life. Love the stranger.
In Mark 12:30 Jesus said;
And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this [is] the first commandment.
And the second Mark 12:31 [is] like, [namely] this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
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The First Book of Adam and Eve. Books 1 begins immediately after the expulsion from the Garden of Eden. We learn about the fall but also of the promise to save Adam and his decendents. The story depicts mans struggle against evil, the devil and sin.
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