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People in the Gospel of John
- JesusJesus left no writings of his own. Almost everything known about him comes from accounts by others.
- MosesMichelangelo's statue of Moses has horns because of a mistranslation. A Latin Bible turned ray of light into horned.
- John the ApostleJohn the Apostle, tradition says, was the only one of the Twelve who died peacefully.
- Mary, mother of JesusMary, mother of Jesus, is named more often in the Quran than any other woman. The Quran mentions her 50 times.
- Saint PeterSaint Peter denied knowing Jesus three times on the night Jesus was arrested. Later, he three times said he loved him.
- SatanIn the Hebrew Bible, Satan began as a heavenly prosecutor working for God. He later became the Western symbol of evil.
- Judas IscariotIn the Gospel of Nicodemus, a roasting chicken crowed and Judas ran to hang himself.
- Thomas the ApostleThomas the Apostle, one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus according to the New Testament, has bones that came close to being sold. In late December 1943, the Italian town of Ortona became a battlefield. The basilica there was blown up…
- Mary MagdaleneThe English word maudlin, meaning sickeningly sentimental, comes from the way painters showed Mary Magdalene weeping. The woman behind that word left no writings of her own. She is never mentioned in any of the letters of Paul or in the…
- Pontius PilatePontius Pilate is the only person, apart from Jesus and Mary, whose name is spoken aloud in the Christian creeds. The Nicene Creed says that Jesus was crucified under Pontius Pilate, suffered death and was buried. The Apostles Creed uses…
- Andrew the ApostleAndrew the Apostle was one of the Twelve chosen by Jesus, yet his most visible legacy is a pattern of color. The white diagonal cross on a blue field that flies over Scotland carries his name. The same cross sits inside the Union Flag, on…
- John the BaptistJohn the Baptist is the only saint whose birth and death are both commemorated in the Roman martyrology. He was a Jewish preacher who worked along the Jordan River in the early first century AD, and he is thought to have been born around 6…
- Lazarus of BethanyLazarus of Bethany was already in his tomb when Jesus asked for the stone to be rolled away, and his sister Martha objected on practical grounds. There would be a smell, she warned. Her brother had been dead four days. Jesus had the stone…