| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Simon Peter | Along with his brother Andrew, He was a fisherman by trade. He was the most prominent of the twelve disciples. |
| Andrew | One of the twelve disciples of Jesus. He was convinced that Jesus was the Messiah and he brought his brother, Simon Peter, to him. |
| James - son of Zebedee | He was one of Jesus' disciples. Jesus called him and his brother John, both former fishermen, "sons of thunder." He was martyred by Herod Agrippa I. |
| John | The son of Zebedee and brother of James, He was one of the twelve disciples. He wrote the fourth gospel. |
| Messiah | Means the same as Christ. That is, the one whom God chose as Israel's special king. |
| Kingdom of God | Where God rules. It also refers to the right God has to rule and the power to rule. Jesus brought this to earth when he came. It begins in a person's heart when that person allows God to rule his or her life. |
| Disciple | The word means "a learner." Anyone who loves Jesus enough to learn and follow his teachings. |
| Sea of Galilee | The body of water or Lake Kinneret, is Israel's largest freshwater lake, being approximately 53 km (33 miles) in circumference, about 21 km (13 miles) long, and 13 km (8 miles) wide. |
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