People who live in the region of Galilee.
Key References
Yet when He arrived, the Galileans welcomed Him. They had seen all the great things He had done in Jerusalem at the feast, for they had gone there as well.
“Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen Him go into heaven.”
Astounded and amazed, they asked, “Are not all these who are speaking Galileans?
All Scripture References (10)
Matthew (1)
Meanwhile, Peter was sitting out in the courtyard, and a servant girl came up to him. “You also were with Jesus the Galilean,” she said.
Mark (1)
But he denied it again. After a little while, those standing nearby said once more to Peter, “Surely you are one of them, for you too are a Galilean.”
Luke (4)
At that time some of those present told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.
To this He replied, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered this way?
About an hour later, another man insisted, “Certainly this man was with Him, for he too is a Galilean.”
When Pilate heard this, he asked if the man was a Galilean.
John (1)
Yet when He arrived, the Galileans welcomed Him. They had seen all the great things He had done in Jerusalem at the feast, for they had gone there as well.
Acts (3)
“Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen Him go into heaven.”
Astounded and amazed, they asked, “Are not all these who are speaking Galileans?
After him, Judas the Galilean appeared in the days of the census and drew away people after him. He too perished, and all his followers were scattered.