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People in Acts of the Apostles

  • MosesThe name Moses appears in the Book of Exodus with a folk etymology explaining its meaning. Pharaoh's daughter named him saying she drew him out of the water.
  • Mary, mother of JesusMary was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Joseph and the mother of Jesus. The earliest New Testament account appears in Galatians 4:4…
  • Saint PeterSimon bar Yonah was born in Bethsaida, a town on the northern shore of the Sea of Galilee around 1 BC. He worked as a fisherman alongside his brother Andrew…
  • Theophilus (biblical)The name Theophilus appears in Greek as Θεόφιλος within the opening verses of Luke 1:3 and Acts 1:1. Scholars translate this term to mean friend of God or…