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 3:23

Eli :

Yusuf : the husband of Mary and foster-father of Jesus,a Jewish man from Arimathea in whose grave the body of Jesus was laid,two different men listed as ancestors of Jesus,a man nominated with Matthias to take the place of Judas Iscariot as apostle,a son of Jacob and Rachel; the father of Ephraim and Manasseh and ruler of Egypt,a brother of Jesus; a son of Mary,a man who was a companion of Paul,son of Jacob and Rachel; patriarch of the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh,a tribe, actually two tribes named after Joseph's sons, Ephraim and Manasseh,father of Igal, of Issachar, who helped spy out Canaan,son of Asaph the Levite; worship leader under Asaph and King David,a man who put away his heathen wife; an Israelite descended from Binnui,priest and head of the house of Shebaniah under High Priest Joiakim in the time of Nehemiah
(31° 9´, 35° 3´)