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Then Jesushe">[fn] left the territory of Tyre and passed through Sidon towards the Sea of Galilee, in the territory of the Decapolis.the Ten Cities, a loose federation of ten cities strongly influenced by Greek culture">[fn]Matthew 15:29;">[xr]

Then they left that place and were passing through Galilee. JesusHe">[fn] didn't want anyone to know it,

However, after I have been raised, I will go to Galilee ahead of you."Mark 16:7;">[xr]

They used to accompany him and care for him while he was in Galilee. Many other women who had come up to Jerusalem with him were there, too.Luke 8:2-3;">[xr]

But go and tell his disciples, especially Peter, that he is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him, just as he told you."Matthew 26:32; Mark 14:28;">[xr]

Now in the sixth month of her pregnancy,of her pregnancy">[fn] the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a city in Galilee called Nazareth,

Joseph, too, went up from the city of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to the city of David called Bethlehem, because he was a descendanta descendant">[fn] of the household and family of David.1 Samuel 16:1,4; Matthew 1:16; Luke 1:27; John 7:42;">[xr]

After doing everything required by the law of the Lord, Joseph and Marythey">[fn] returned to their hometown of Nazareth in Galilee.

Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Caesar Tiberius, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,

Then Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Holy Spirit. Meanwhile, the news about him spread throughout the surrounding country.Matthew 4:12; Luke 4:1; John 4:43; Acts 10:37;">[xr]

Then Jesushe">[fn] went down to Capernaum, a city in Galilee, and began teaching the peoplethem">[fn] on the Sabbath.Matthew 4:13; Mark 1:21;">[xr]

One day as Jesushe">[fn] was teaching, some Pharisees and teachers of the law happened to be sitting near by. The peopleThey">[fn] had come from every village in Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem. The power of the Lord was present to heal them.was present with him to heal">[fn]

One day, Jesushe">[fn] was traveling along the border between Samaria and Galilee on the way to Jerusalem.Luke 9:51-52; John 4:4;">[xr]

But they kept insisting, "He is stirring up the people by teaching all over Judea, beginning in Galilee even to this place."

But all his acquaintances, including the women who had followed him from Galilee, were standing at a distance watching these things.Psalm 38:11; Matthew 27:55; Mark 15:40; John 19:25;">[xr]

So the women who had come with Jesushim">[fn] from Galilee, following close behind, saw the tomb and how his body was laid.Mark 15:47; Luke 8:2;">[xr]

He is not here but has been raised.He is not here, but has been raised">[fn] Remember what he told you while he was still in Galilee,Matthew 16:21; 17:23; Mark 8:31; 9:31; Luke 9:22;">[xr]

The next day Jesus decided to go away into Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, "Follow me."

On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee. The mother of Jesus was there,Joshua 19:28;">[xr]

Jesus did this, the firstbeginning">[fn] of his signs, in Cana of Galilee. He revealed his glory, and his disciples believed in him.John 1:14;">[xr]