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People in the Gospel of John
- JesusVirtually all modern scholars of antiquity agree that Jesus existed historically. This consensus stands firm despite the challenge posed by the Gospels…
- 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.
- John the ApostleZebedee and his sons fished in the Sea of Galilee when Jesus called them to follow him. John was the younger brother of James, another apostle.
- 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…
- SatanThe Hebrew term śāţān first appears in the Book of Numbers, where an Angel of Yahweh stands on a road as a satan against Balaam.
- Judas IscariotScholars generally accept that a man named Judas Iscariot existed in the first century AD. He was one of the twelve apostles chosen by Jesus Christ.