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<!-- interlanguage:start -->[[ko:갈릴리]][[vi:Galilê]]<!-- interlanguage:end -->'''Galilee''' (Hebrew: גָּלִיל,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/lexicons/eng/hebrew/1550.html |title=Strong's #1550 - גָּלִיל |website=Study Light |publisher= |date= |year= |author= |series= |isbn= }}</ref> Greek: Γαλιλαία<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://biblehub.com/greek/1056.htm |title=1056. Galilaia |website=Bible Hub |publisher= |date= |year= |author= |series= |isbn= }}</ref>) collectively refers to the mountainous areas along the Sea of Galilee, the northernmost part of Israel. Since it was close to other countries, it suffered frequent invasions from foreign countries, and gentile culture heavily influenced it. For this reason, it was called “Galilee of the Gentiles.”<ref name="Isaiah예언">{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah+9%3A1&version=NIV |title=Isaiah 9:1 }}</ref><ref name="이방의갈릴리">{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+4%3A15&version=NIV |title=Matthew 4:15 }}</ref> Galilee is [[Jesus Christ]]’s hometown where He grew up,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+2%3A22-23&version=NIV |title=Matthew 2:22–23 }}</ref><ref name=":0">[https://ko.wikisource.org/wiki/%EA%B0%9C%EC%97%AD%ED%95%9C%EA%B8%80%ED%8C%90/%EB%A7%88%EA%B0%80%EB%B3%B5%EC%9D%8C#6%EC%9E%A5 Mark 6:1].</ref><ref name=":1">[https://ko.wikisource.org/wiki/%EA%B0%9C%EC%97%AD%ED%95%9C%EA%B8%80%ED%8C%90/%EB%88%84%EA%B0%80%EB%B3%B5%EC%9D%8C#4%EC%9E%A5 Luke 4:16-24].</ref> and it is also a significant preaching place of His [[Gospel|ministry]].<ref name="사람낚는어부">{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+4%3A18-21%2C+23&OLWordSearchRange=beg&version=NIV |title=Matthew 4:18–21, 23 }}</ref>  

Galilee is the region that the Israelites conquered when they entered Canaan after the [[The Exodus|Exodus]]. Among the [[The The Twelve Tribes of Israel of Israel|twelve tribes]] of Israel, the tribes of Zebulun, Issachar, Asher, and Naphtali were given this region. Although the boundaries of the tribes were unclear, the tribe of Zebulun occupied the central part of Galilee, the tribe of Asher occupied the coastal plain, the tribe of Issachar occupied the part southeast of Galilee, and the tribe of Naphtali occupied the northern part of Galilee.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Joshua+19%3A10-39&version=NIV |title=Joshua 19:10–39 }}</ref> Kedesh of Galilee was one of six [[City of Refuge|cities of refuge]] selected to protect those who accidentally committed murder, from the avenger.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Joshua+20%3A1-9&version=NIV |title=Joshua 20:1–9 }}</ref>   

[[file: DoreJesusSeaGalilee.jpg |thumb|''Jesus Preaching at the Sea of Galilee'' by Gustave Doré, 1866]]Jesus carried out most of His ministry in Galilee. This was to fulfill the prophecy of the prophet Isaiah, “In the past, he humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the future, he will honor Galilee of the Gentiles, by the way of the sea, along the Jordan.”<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah+9%3A1&version=NIV |title=Isaiah 9:1 }}</ref> Jesus performed more than 20 miracles in Galilee. Most of them were performed at the Sea of Galilee. It was also the Sea of Galilee where Jesus called Peter, Andrew, and [[James (Son of Zebedee)|James]] and his brother [[John (Apostle)|John]], who were fishermen, to be His disciples; 11 of the 12 disciples were from Galilee.<ref name="사람낚는어부" /><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+27%3A55&version=NIV |title=Matthew 27:55 }}</ref> After Jesus was [[Jesus' Resurrection|resurrected]], He went back to Galilee to meet His disciples.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+26%3A32&version=NIV |title=Matthew 26:32 }}</ref>

Thus, the work of salvation in the New Testament began in Galilee, but the [[Priest|priests]] and the [[The Pharisees|Pharisees]], who kept the [[The Law of Moses|Old Testament law]], did not heed the message that Jesus preached. Since the Old Testament law strictly forbade associating with the Gentiles, many Jews in the time of Jesus looked down on the region of Galilee and treated it like a Gentile land. They blamed the fact that Jesus was from Galilee. Because Jesus grew up in [[Nazareth]], which belongs to Galilee, they ridiculed Him, calling Him “Jesus of Nazareth,” and rejected Him, claiming that a prophet would not come out of Galilee.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+1%3A45-46&version=NIV |title=John 1:45–46 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+7%3A52&version=NIV |title=John 7:52 }}</ref> The reason Jesus was captured by the people sent by the chief priests and handed over to [[Herod]], the ruler of Galilee, is because He was from Galilee.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+23%3A1-7&version=NIV |title=Luke 23:1–7 }}</ref>

Jesus got up early in the morning, prayed, and went throughout Galilee to preach the gospel.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+1%3A35-39&version=NIV |title=Mark 1:35–39 }}</ref> Mainly, He taught people in the [[The Synagogue|synagogues]],<ref>[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+8%3A5-7&OLWordSearchRange=beg&version=NIV Matthew 8:5-7]</ref><ref>[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+1%3A21-26&OLWordSearchRange=beg&version=NIV Mark 1:21-26]</ref> healed the sick, and taught them about the bread of life.<ref>[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+6%3A47-59&OLWordSearchRange=beg&version=NIV John 6:47-59]</ref> Here, Jesus also performed many miracles of healing: the centurion’s servant who was a paralytic, Peter’s mother-in-law who had a fever; and a man possessed by a demon, and more.<ref>[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+7%3A1-10&OLWordSearchRange=beg&version=NIV Luke 7:1-10]</ref> Although Capernaum was one of the towns where Jesus showed His power many times, the people wouldn’t repent. Eventually, Jesus rebuked it, saying that it would perish.<ref>[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+11%3A20-23&OLWordSearchRange=beg&version=NIV Matthew 11:20-23]</ref>