The Bible is a collection of canonical sacred texts of Judaism and 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
editProphets
editKings
editPriests
editTribes of Israel
editAccording 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.
Deuterocanon
editMaccabees
editGreek rulers
editPersian rulers
editOthers
editNew Testament
editJesus and his relatives
edit- Jesus Christ
- Mary, mother of Jesus
- Joseph
- Brothers of Jesus
- James (often identified with James, son of Alphaeus)
- Joseph (Joses)
- Judas (Jude) (often identified with Thaddeus)
- Simon
- Mary of Clopas
- Cleopas (often identified with Alphaeus and Clopas)
Apostles of Jesus
editThe Thirteen:[2]
- Peter (a.k.a. Simon or Cephas)
- Andrew (Simon Peter's brother)
- James, son of Zebedee
- John, son of Zebedee
- Philip
- Bartholomew also known as "Nathanael"
- Thomas also known as "Doubting Thomas"
- Matthew also known as "Levi"
- James, son of Alphaeus
- Judas, son of James (a.k.a. Thaddeus or Lebbaeus)
- Simon the Zealot
- Judas Iscariot (the traitor)
- Matthias[3]
Others:
- Paul[4]
- Barnabas[5]
- Mary Magdalene (the one who discovered Jesus' empty tomb)
Priests
edit- Caiaphas, high priest
- Annas, first high priest of Roman Judea
- Zechariah, father of John the Baptist
Prophets
editOther believers
edit- Apollos
- Aquila
- Dionysius the Areopagite
- Epaphras, fellow prisoner of Paul,[6] fellow worker[7]
- John Mark (often identified with Mark)
- 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
edit- Agrippa I, called "King Herod" or "Herod" in Acts 12
- Felix governor of Judea who was present at the trial of Paul, and his wife Drusilla in Acts 24:24
- Herod Agrippa II, king over several territories, before whom Paul made his defense in Acts 26.
- Herod Antipas, called "Herod the Tetrarch" or "Herod" in the Gospels and in Acts 4:27
- Herodias
- Herod the Great
- Philip the Tetrarch
- Pontius Pilate
- Salome, the daughter of Herodias
- Quirinius
Roman Emperors
editSee also
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References
edit- ^ 1 Macc. 1:1, 1 Macc. 6:2 Macc. 1:10
- ^ 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.
- ^ Philemon 1:23
- ^ Colossians 4:12–13