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| Disicple from Damascus who returned Saul/Paul's sight to him |
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| An eternally worshipping prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher, married seven years, widowed for eighty-four, who recognizes Jesus as a young child |
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| A Jew from Alexandria who met Paulin Ephesus, a great speaker who was educated more thoroughly by Priscilla and Aquila on baptism before going to Achaia |
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| Ceasar who issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world |
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| Prisoner released in exchange for Jesus |
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| Sent to Antioch, which he encouraged, then went to Tarsus to look for Saul and bring him to Antioch, where the disciples were called Christians first; helped send aid to Judea during the Roman famine |
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| A blind man, name meaning "sun of Timaeus," was able to see after begging Jesus, the "Son of David" |
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| The prince of demons, whow as supposed to have allowed Jesus to drive out demons, according to the Pharisees; Satan. |
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| A disciple who asked Jesus after the Resurrection "Are you the only one visiting Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in these days?" |
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| A devout centurion in the Italian Regiment advised by an angel to retrieve Simon Peter form Joappa; shows that "god does not show favoritism but accepts form every nation the one who fears him and does what is right" |
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| The syngague leader of Corinth |
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| A female convert in Athens |
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| A silversmith who made silver shrines of Artemis who opposed Paul's work because it damaged his business and started a riot |
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| A prophet who supposedly returned to life in Jesus and spoke with jesus at the Transfiguration |
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| The barren, righteous wife of Zechariah; a descendant of Aaron, who gave birth to John the Baptist and gave us the Magnificat |
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| The corrupt Roman governor of Judaea who heard Paul's case and left him in prison as a favor to the Jews |
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| The angel who told Zechariah his wife would give birth to John and struck him mute for his disbelief and informed Mary of her pregnancy with Jesus at the Annunciation |
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| The Tetrarh of Galilee who had Jesus mocked before the cruxifiction and became friends with Pilate |
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| King of Judea during Jesus' birth who had all the boys in and around Bethlehem two and under killed |
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| The wife of Philip (brother of Herod) who had her daughter bring her the head of John the Baptist |
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| A leader of the synagogue in Capernaum, who had Jesus save his dying twelve year old daugther. |
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| A Christian at Thessalonica who housed Paul and Silas but did not give them up to a riot |
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| Son of God, who washed his disciple's feet, predicted his own deaths, betrayal by Judas, and denial by Peter, and commanded his disciples to love one another. |
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| Brother of James, son of Zebedee; one of the "sons of thunder" |
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| Spoken of through the prophet Isaiah as a "voice calling in the wilderness to prepare the way for the Lord;" baptized Jesus |
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| A secret disciple of Jesus who asked Pilate for the body of Jesus |
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| The corrupt disciple who betrayed Jesus |
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| A man from Bethany, brother of Mary and Martha, who Jesus raised from the dead |
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| Set sail for Italy with Paul and shipwrecked on Malta |
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| A female dealer in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira who had her household baptized and invited Pual and Silas to stay with her |
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| The first to see the stone removed from Jesus' tomb/ Jesus after the Resurrection |
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| The servant of the high priest who had his ear cut off by Simon Peter |
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| An associate of Herod in his youth and a Christian teacher who was not set apart with Barnabas and Saul |
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| Also called Levi, Son of Alphaeus who hosted Jesus; a tax collector |
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| A native and Christian of Cyprus who hosted Paul; one of the early disciples |
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| A Pharisee who became a disciple of Jesus and questioned him about being born again |
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| Missionary who converted Timothy, envisioned a Macedonaian man pleading for help, converted Lydia, and was arrested for exorcising a fortune teller before being released by a miraculous earthquake |
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| The disciple who disowned Jesus three times |
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| A disciple who preached in Samara, rebuked greedy Simon the Sorcerer, baptized an Ethiopian eunch, and was taken away by the Lord to appear later in Azotus, preaching all the way to Caesarea |
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| The Roman governor of Judaeea who washed his hands of Jesus' crucifixion |
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| The chief official of Malta/ Melita who took in Paul and had his father healed of fever and dysentery |
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| A former oppressor of the Christians who became a disciple, Paul |
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| The proconsul/deputy of Cyprus, whose attendant, Bar-Jesus/ Elymas, was a Jewish sorcerer and alse prophet blinded by Paul in order for him to believe |
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| A devout man in Jerusalem, waiting for the consolation of Israel and blessed by the Holy Spirit, who recognized Jesus as a child in the temple |
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| A man forced to carry Jesus' cross |
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| The first Christian martyr; stoned to death |
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| A devout female disciple at Joppa, also called Dorcas, who was raised from the dead by Peter |
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| Called Didymus, disciple who did not believe the Resurrection until he saw Jesus' wounds; "Doubting Thomas" |
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| The wealthy chief tax collector of Jericho who climed a tree to see Jesus and served as his host |
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| Priest of Judea, Elizabeth's husband, and John the Baptist's father who was struck mute when he did not believe his wife would concieve |
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