List of major biblical figures
The Bible is a canonical collection of texts considered sacred in Judaism or Christianity. Different religious groups include different books within their canons, in different orders, and sometimes divide or combine books, or incorporate additional material into canonical books. Christian Bibles range from the sixty-six books of the Protestant canon to the eighty-one books of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church canon.
Hebrew Bible
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Prophets
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Kings
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Priests
Tribes of Israel
According to the Book of Genesis, the Israelites were descendants of the sons of Jacob, who was renamed Israel after wrestling with an angel. His twelve male children become the ancestors of the Twelve Tribes of Israel.
- Asher
- Benjamin
- Dan
- Gad
- Issachar
- Joseph, which was split into two tribes descended from his sons:
- Judah
- Levi
- Naphtali
- Reuben
- Simeon
- Zebulun
New Testament
Jesus and his relatives
Apostles of Jesus
The Twelve:[1]
- Peter (a.k.a. Simon or Cephas)
- Andrew (Simon Peter's brother)
- James, son of Zebedee
- John, son of Zebedee
- Philip
- Bartholomew
- Thomas also known as "Doubting Thomas"
- Matthew
- James, son of Alphaeus
- Judas, son of James (a.k.a. Thaddeus or Lebbaeus)
- Simon the Zealot
- Judas Iscariot (the traitor)
Others:
Priests
- Caiaphas, high priest
- Annas, first high priest of Roman Judea
- Zechariah, father of John the Baptist
Prophets
Other believers
- Apollos
- Aquila
- Dionysius the Areopagite
- Epaphras, fellow prisoner of Paul (Philemon 1:23), fellow worker (Colossians 4:12-13)
- Joseph of Arimathea
- Lazarus
- Luke
- Mark
- Martha
- Mary Magdalene
- Mary, sister of Martha
- Nicodemus
- Onesimus
- Philemon
- Priscilla
- Silas
- Sopater
- Stephen, first martyr
- Timothy
- Titus
Secular rulers
See also: Herod
- Herod the Great
- Herod Antipas, called "Herod the Tetrarch" or "Herod" in the Gospels and in Acts 4:27
- Pontius Pilate
- Agrippa I, called "King Herod" or "Herod" in Acts 12
- Herod Agrippa II, king over several territories, before whom Paul made his defense in Acts 26.
- Felix governor of Judea who was present at the trial of Paul, and his wife Drusilla in Acts 24:24
See also
- Bible
- List of biblical names - long alphabetical list of names with their meanings
- List of Jewish Biblical figures
- List of minor Biblical figures - long list of minor figures with brief explanations & Bible references
- List of burial places of biblical figures
References
- ↑ Matthew 10:2-4, Mark 3:16-19, Luke 6:14-16, Acts 1:13
- ↑ Matthias is the apostle who replaced Judas Iscariot. Acts 1:15-26
- ↑ Paul is a self-described apostle.Rom 1:1, 1 Cor 1:1, 2 Cor 1:1, Gal 1:1, Eph 1:1, Col 1:1, 1 Tim 1:1, 2 Tim 1:1, and Titus 1:1
- ↑ Described as an apostle alongside Paul; see Acts 14:14; Gal 2:9; 1 Cor 9:5-6.
- ↑ Paul refers to him as an apostle; see Gal 1:19; 1 Cor 9:5; see also Jas 1:1.
- ↑ Alongside James, included as one of the brothers of Jesus who were apostles; see 1 Cor 9:5 and Jude 1:1.
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