Characters of the Bible

Other characters in the Bible are examples of unbelief.
I also learn from them.

Another great way for me to study the Bible has been to choose a character and study everything in the Bible about them. This crosses topics and helps me get to know the people and their different personalities, strengths, and weaknesses.

This page is an inventory of all of the characters I might want to study in the Bible. I am going through each book of the Bible and identifying the new or interesting characters that are introduced or developed in that book. These are enumerated below. I don't have many character studies done yet, but when I do, they will be linked directly from this page.

New Testament

• The Books of Matthew, Mark, Luke, John - Jesus, John the Baptist, Peter / Simon, Andrew, James, John
  • Jesus' Relatives: Mary, Joseph, Elizabeth, Zechariah, James, Joseph / Joses, Jude, Simon, sisters, Nazarene relatives
  • People around the Birth: Shepherds, Magi, Simeon, Anna
  • Spiritual powers: The Tempter / The Devil / Satan / Beelzebub, angels, demons, Gabriel
  • Other apostles: Philip, Bartholomew, Thomas (Didymus), Matthew (Levi), James the son of Alphaeus, Judas the son of James (Thaddaeus), Simon the Zealot, Judas Iscariot
  • Women who followed Jesus: Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joseph (Jesus' mother), the mother of the sons of Zebedee (Salome?), Joanna the wife of Cuza, Susanna, Mary's sister (Jesus' aunt), Mary the wife of Clopas
  • Jesus' friends and other disciples: Lazarus, Mary, Martha, Cleopas (Clopas?), Nathanael, Nicodemus
  • Notable Individuals Jesus encountered: The Centurion, Legion, The Samaritan Woman, The Canaanite / Syro-Phoenician Woman, The Rich Young Ruler, the widow, Zacchaeus, the beggar Lazarus, Simon the Pharisee, Jairus the Synagogue Ruler, the Rich Fool, the bleeding woman
  • Old Testament characters referred to: Abraham, Moses, David, Isaiah
  • Jewish religious groups: Pharisees, Saduccees, Zealots, chief priests, Sanhedrin, scribes, elders, high priest, teachers of the law, temple guards
  • Jewish officials: Annas, Caiaphas
  • Roman officials: The Herods, Pilate, Caesars (Augustus, etc.), Quirinius
  • People around the Death: Barabbas, Simon of Cyrene, Joseph of Arimathea, the Roman Guards, the two thieves
• The Book of Acts - Peter, James, James (the Lesser), Barnabas, Paul (Saul) , Stephen, Philip
  • Matthias, Procorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, Nicolas, Ananias of Damascus, Tabitha (Dorcas), Aeneas, Agabus, John (Mark), Mary the mother of John Mark, Rhoda, Simeon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen
  • Judas, Silas, Luke, Timothy, Erastus, Gaius, Aristarchus, Sopater, Secundus, Tychicus, Trophimus
  • Ethiopian Eunuch, Cornelius, Sergius Paulus, Lydia, Philippian jailer, Apollos
  • Ananias and Sapphira, Priscilla and Aquila, Jason, Eutychus, Ephesian elders, Mnason, the son of Paul's sister
  • Simon the Sorceror, Elymas, sons of Sceva, Gallio, Demetrius, Claudius Lysius, Felix, Tertullus, Drusilla, Porcius Festus, King Agrippa, Bernice, Julius, Publius
• The Book of Romans - Paul
  • Epenetus, Mary, Andronicus and Junias, Ampiatus, Urbanus, Stachys, Apelles, Aristobulus, Herodion, Narcissus, Tryphena and Tryphosa, Persis, Rufus and his motherAsyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas, Philologus, Julia, Nereus and his sister, Olympas
  • Timothy, Lucius, Jason, Sosapater, Gaius, Tertius, Erastus
• The Book of 1 Corinthians - Paul, Apollos
  • Sosthenes, Priscilla and Aquila
  • Chloe's household, Crispus, Gaius, Stephanas, Apollos, Fortunatus, Achaicus
• The Book of 2 Corinthians - Paul, Titus
  • Timothy, Silas
• The Book of Galatians - Paul, James the Lord's brother, Peter, Abraham
  • John, Barnabas, Titus
  • Hagar, Sarah
• The Book of Ephesians - Paul, Tychicus
• The Book of Philippians - Paul, Timothy
  • Ephaphroditus
  • Euodia and Syntyche, Clement
• The Book of Colossians - Paul, Timothy
  • Tychicus, Onesimus, Aristarchus, Mark, Barnabas, Jesus called Justus, Epaphras, Luke, Demas
  • Nympha, Archippus
• The Book of 1 Thessalonians - Paul, Timothy, Silas
• The Book of 2 Thessalonians - Paul, Timothy, Silas
• The Book of 1 Timothy - Paul, Timothy
  • Hymenaeus and Alexander
• The Book of 2 Timothy - Paul, Timothy
  • Lois, Eunice, Onesiphorus
  • Phygeles, Hermogenes
  • Jannes and Jambres, Moses
  • Demas, Crescens, Titus, Luke, Mark, Tychicus, Carpus
  • Alexander the metalworker
  • Priscilla and Aquila, Onesiphorus, Erastus, Trophimus
  • Eubulus, Pudens, Linus, Claudia
• The Book of Titus - Paul, Titus
  • Artemas, Tychicus, Zenas, Apollos
• The Book of Philemon - Paul, Philemon, Onesimus
  • Apphia, Archippus
  • Epaphras, Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, Luke
• The Book of Hebrews
  • Timothy
• The Book of James - James
• The Book of 1 Peter - Peter
  • Barnabas, Mark
• The Book of 2 Peter - Peter
  • Paul
• The Book of 1 John - John
• The Book of 2 John - John
• The Book of 3 John - John
  • Diotrephes, Demetrius
• The Book of Jude - Jude
  • James
• The Book of Revelation - John
  • Antipas, Jezebel

Old Testament

• The Book of Genesis - Adam, Abraham (Abram), Isaac, Jacob (Israel), Judah, Joseph
  • Eve, Cain, Abel, Seth, Enoch, Methuselah, Noah, Shem, Ham, Japheth, Canaan
  • Sarah (Sarai), Lot, Hagar, Ishmael, Rebekah, Esau (Edom), Laban, Leah, Rachel
  • Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Joseph, Benjamin, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Ephraim, Manasseh
• The Books of Exodus, Leviticus - Moses, Aaron
  • Pharoah, Zipporah, Miriam, Jethro (Reuel), Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, Ithamar
• Numbers
• Deuteronomy
• Joshua
• Judges
• Ruth
• 1 Samuel
- Samuel, Saul, David
• 2 Samuel
- David, Solomon
• 1 Kings
• 2 Kings
• 1 Chronicles
- Saul, David
• 2 Chronicles
• Ezra
• Nehemiah
• Esther
• Job
• Psalms
• Proverb
• Ecclesiastes
• Song of Songs
• Isaiah
• Jeremiah
• Lamentations
• Ezekiel
• Daniel
• Hosea
• Joel
• Amos
• Obadiah
• Jonah
• Micah
• Nahum
• Habakkuk
• Zephaniah
• Haggai
• Zechariah
• Malachi