Lukas 3:1

Abilene : a small mountainous region about eighteen miles northwest of Damascus
(33° 35´, 36° 5´)

Filipus : a man who was one of the twelve apostles,a son of Herod the Great; husband of Herodias; ruler of Iturea and Traconitis north and west of Galilee,a man who was one of the seven chosen to serve tables at the church at Jerusalem
(41° 0´, 24° 17´); (32° 29´, 34° 53´)

Galilea : a place where Israel encamped between Jericho and the Jordan,a town between Dor and Tirza in the territory of Ephraim (YC),a town just north of Joppa, originally a military base (YC),a place 12 miles south of Shechem now called Jiljiliah (YC)
(33° 31´, 36° 18´); (31° 51´, 35° 31´); (32° 35´, 35° 10´); (32° 12´, 35° 16´); (40° 3´, 45° 2´); (32° 42´, 35° 18´); (31° 51´, 35° 31´); (32° 1´, 35° 13´); (31° 46´, 35° 14´)

Herodes : son of Antipater; king over Judea when Christ was born,a son of Herod the Great,a grandson of Herod the Great and son of Aristobulus and Berenice

Kaisar : a title held by Roman emperors

Lisanias : one of four men who ruled over 4 sections of Isreal

Pilatus : the Roman governor of Judea who allowed Jesus to be crucified

Tiberius : the man who succeeded Augustus Caesar as the Roman emperor

Trakhonitis : the district around the town of Trachon, east of Galilee and south of Damascus (IBD)
(32° 49´, 36° 30´)

Yahudi : the Jewish religion/beliefs
(31° 42´, 35° 12´); (31° 42´, 35° 12´); (32° 44´, 35° 11´); (31° 46´, 35° 14´)

Yudea : a region that roughly corresponded to the earlier kingdom of Judah
(31° 42´, 35° 12´); (31° 42´, 35° 12´); (32° 44´, 35° 11´); (31° 46´, 35° 14´)

Lukas 9:7-9

Elia : a prophet from the 9th century B.C.,a prophet from Tishbe in Gilead to Israel in King Ahab's time,son of Jeroham of Benjamin,a priest of the Harim clan who put away his heathen wife,a layman of the Bani Elam clan who put away his heathen wife
(35° 1´, 33° 12´)

Herodes : son of Antipater; king over Judea when Christ was born,a son of Herod the Great,a grandson of Herod the Great and son of Aristobulus and Berenice

Yohanes : a son of Zebedee; younger brother of James; the beloved disciple of Christ,a relative of Annas the high priest,a son of Mary the sister of Barnabas, and surnamed Mark,the father of Simon Peter

Lukas 13:31

Farisi : a religious group or sect of the Jews

Herodes : son of Antipater; king over Judea when Christ was born,a son of Herod the Great,a grandson of Herod the Great and son of Aristobulus and Berenice

Lukas 23:7-12

Herodes : son of Antipater; king over Judea when Christ was born,a son of Herod the Great,a grandson of Herod the Great and son of Aristobulus and Berenice

Pilatus : the Roman governor of Judea who allowed Jesus to be crucified

Yerusalem : the capital city of Israel,a town; the capital of Israel near the southern border of Benjamin
(31° 50´, 34° 59´); (31° 46´, 35° 14´)