The Bible Timeline
245 lives of scripture in the order their stories happened, from the garden to Patmos. Open an era to see its people; tap a name to watch the film or read the chapter. Dates are approximate and often debated.
Beginnings
Before Abraham · 11 lives · 11 filmed
- Adam
The first man, formed from dust and given the garden to keep; his eating of the forbidden tree brought death into the world.
- Eve
The first woman, made from Adam's side and named 'mother of all living'; deceived by the serpent, she took the fruit and gave it to her husband.
- Abel
A keeper of sheep whose offering God respected; murdered by his brother, and named in Hebrews as the first of faith's witnesses.
- Cain
Adam's firstborn, a tiller of ground, whose offering was not respected; he killed his brother Abel and was marked and sent wandering.
- Lamech
Of Cain's line, the first man recorded with two wives, who boasted to them of a man slain for wounding him.
- Seth
The son given to Adam and Eve in place of Abel; in his days men began to call on the name of the LORD.
- Enoch
He walked with God three hundred years and was not, for God took him — one of two men in scripture who never died.
- Methuselah
The longest-lived man recorded, nine hundred sixty-nine years, and grandfather of Noah.
- Noah
Found grace in the eyes of the LORD; built the ark at God's word, survived the flood with his household, and received the rainbow covenant.
- Shem, Ham and Japheth
Noah's three sons, from whom the nations of the earth were divided after the flood.
- Nimrod
A mighty hunter before the LORD whose kingdom began at Babel, in the land of Shinar.
Patriarchs
About 2000–1700 BC · 22 lives · 5 filmed
- Abraham
Called out of Ur to a land he did not know; believed God and it was counted for righteousness, and was ready to offer Isaac on Moriah.
- Lot
Abraham's nephew, who chose the plain of Jordan and was drawn out of Sodom by angels before its overthrow.
- Melchizedek
King of Salem and priest of the most high God, who brought out bread and wine and blessed Abram; without recorded father or mother.
- Hagar
Sarah's Egyptian handmaid, mother of Ishmael; sent into the wilderness, she met the God who sees and named Him so.
- Ishmael
Abraham's son by Hagar, promised to become a great nation, and father of twelve princes.
- Sarah
Abraham's wife, barren until ninety, who laughed at the promise and then bore Isaac, the child of laughter.
- Isaac
The son of promise, laid on the altar and spared; he dug his father's wells again and blessed Jacob unknowingly.
- Rebekah
Found at the well by Abraham's servant; mother of Esau and Jacob, and the one who contrived the stolen blessing.
- Esau
The elder twin, a cunning hunter, who sold his birthright for a mess of pottage and later wept for the blessing.
- Jacob
Supplanter turned Israel; saw the ladder at Bethel, served fourteen years for Rachel, and wrestled till daybreak at Peniel.
- Laban
Rebekah's brother, who gave Jacob Leah for Rachel, changed his wages ten times, and parted at the heap of witness.
- Leah
Jacob's first wife, tender-eyed and unloved, who bore six sons including Judah and Levi.
- Rachel
Jacob's beloved, long barren, mother of Joseph and Benjamin; she died on the way to Bethlehem.
- Dinah
Jacob's daughter, defiled at Shechem, whose brothers Simeon and Levi answered with the sword.
- Benjamin
Jacob's youngest, born as Rachel died; the cup in his sack brought his brothers to the test.
- Joseph
The dreamer sold by his brothers, imprisoned in Egypt, raised to Pharaoh's right hand, who told them God meant it unto good.
- Reuben
Jacob's firstborn, unstable as water, who tried to save Joseph from the pit and lost his pre-eminence.
- Judah
Fourth son of Jacob, who offered himself for Benjamin; from his line came David and the Messiah.
- Tamar
Judah's daughter-in-law, denied her right and vindicated by his own pledge; named in the genealogy of Christ.
- Potiphar
Captain of Pharaoh's guard, who prospered under Joseph's hand until his wife's accusation put him in prison.
- Pharaoh's butler and baker
Two prisoners whose dreams Joseph read in one night — one restored to his cup, one hanged.
- Ephraim and Manasseh
Joseph's sons, blessed by Jacob with hands crossed, the younger set before the elder.
Exodus & Wilderness
About 1450–1400 BC (some say 1250) · 15 lives · 3 filmed
- Miriam
Moses' sister, who watched the ark of bulrushes and led the women in song at the sea; struck with leprosy for speaking against him.
- Zipporah
Jethro's daughter and Moses' wife, who circumcised their son on the road to Egypt.
- Jethro
Priest of Midian and Moses' father-in-law, who taught him to share the burden of judging the people.
- Moses in Egypt
Drawn from the Nile and called at the burning bush, he stood before Pharaoh until the night the lamb was slain and the blood was on the door.
- Moses in the Wilderness
He led Israel through the sea and forty years of desert, received the law at Sinai, and saw from Nebo the land he could not enter.
- Aaron
Moses' brother and spokesman, first high priest of Israel — and the man who made the golden calf.
- Pharaoh of the Exodus
He asked who the LORD was that he should obey Him, hardened his heart through ten plagues, and drowned in the sea.
- Hur
With Aaron he held up Moses' hands until the going down of the sun, and Amalek was discomfited.
- Bezalel
Filled with the Spirit of God in wisdom and workmanship — the first man scripture says was so filled, and it was for craft.
- Nadab and Abihu
Aaron's sons, who offered strange fire before the LORD and were consumed.
- Caleb
The spy who wholly followed the LORD and at eighty-five asked for the mountain of the giants.
- Joshua
Moses' minister and one of two faithful spies; he led Israel over Jordan and charged them to choose whom they would serve.
- Korah
A Levite who gathered two hundred fifty princes against Moses; the earth opened and swallowed them.
- Balaam
The hired prophet whose donkey saw the angel he could not, and who blessed Israel three times instead of cursing.
- Phinehas
Aaron's grandson, whose zeal at Peor stayed the plague and won him a covenant of peace.
Conquest & Judges
About 1400–1050 BC · 20 lives · 3 filmed
- Rahab
The harlot of Jericho who hid the spies and hung the scarlet line; she is named among the faithful and in Christ's genealogy.
- Achan
He took of the accursed thing at Jericho, and Israel fell before Ai until the theft was found out.
- Othniel
Caleb's kinsman, who took Kirjath-sepher and won Achsah, and became Israel's first judge.
- Ehud
A left-handed man who made a dagger of two edges and delivered it to Eglon king of Moab in his summer parlour.
- Barak
Captain who would not go up without Deborah, and so the honour of the day went to a woman.
- Deborah
Prophetess and judge who sat under her palm tree, summoned Barak, and sang of the victory at Kishon.
- Jael
She gave Sisera milk, covered him with a mantle, and drove the tent peg through his temples.
- Gideon
Threshing wheat in a winepress when called a mighty man of valour; he laid the fleece and routed Midian with three hundred men.
- Abimelech son of Gideon
He slew his seventy brothers on one stone and was killed by a millstone a woman cast from a tower.
- Jephthah
An outcast made captain of Gilead, who vowed rashly before battle and paid it in his only daughter.
- Manoah and his wife
Samson's parents, who saw the angel ascend in the flame of the altar and feared they would die.
- Samson
Nazarite from the womb, strong while his hair was unshorn; blinded at Gaza, he pulled the house down on the Philistines.
- Delilah
The woman of Sorek who pressed Samson daily until he told her all his heart, and sold the secret for silver.
- Naomi
Widowed and bereaved in Moab, she returned to Bethlehem asking to be called Mara, and ended with a child on her lap.
- Ruth
The Moabitess who would not leave Naomi, gleaned in the field of Boaz, and became great-grandmother to David.
- Boaz
The kinsman-redeemer who noticed Ruth in his field and bought back the inheritance at the gate.
- Eli
Priest at Shiloh who mistook Hannah for drunk and raised Samuel, but would not restrain his own sons.
- Hannah
She prayed in bitterness of soul, vowed her son to the LORD, and gave Samuel up when he was weaned.
- Samuel
Called by name in the night as a child; the last judge, who anointed both Saul and David.
United Kingdom
About 1050–930 BC · 24 lives · 5 filmed
- Saul
Israel's first king, head and shoulders above the people; rejected for disobedience, he ended consulting a witch at Endor.
- Jonathan
Saul's son, who climbed the rock at Michmash and loved David as his own soul.
- David the Fugitive
Anointed among his father's sheep and lifted up for killing a giant, he spent his young years hunted through the wilderness by the king he would not touch.
- David the King
King over all Israel, who brought up the ark with dancing, fell grievously and repented deeply, outlived a son's rebellion, and charged Solomon before he died.
- Goliath
The champion of Gath, six cubits and a span, who defied the armies of Israel and fell to a stone.
- Michal
Saul's daughter, who let David down through a window and later despised him for dancing before the ark.
- Doeg the Edomite
He told Saul of the priests at Nob and then slew eighty-five of them himself when none else would.
- Abigail
A woman of good understanding who met David with provisions and turned him from bloodshed.
- Nabal
Churlish and evil in his doings, he railed on David's young men; his heart died within him ten days later.
- The witch of Endor
Saul came to her by night in disguise, and she cried out when Samuel came up.
- Abner
Saul's captain, who made Ish-bosheth king and was murdered by Joab at the gate of Hebron.
- Joab
David's hard captain, who killed Abner, Absalom and Amasa, and was executed at Solomon's word.
- Mephibosheth
Jonathan's son, lame on both feet from a nurse's fall, brought to eat at the king's table continually.
- Uzzah
He put forth his hand to steady the ark when the oxen shook it, and God smote him there for his error.
- Nathan
The prophet who told David the parable of the ewe lamb and said to his face, Thou art the man.
- Bathsheba
Seen from the roof and taken; widowed by David's order, she became his wife and mother of Solomon.
- Uriah the Hittite
He would not go down to his house while the ark dwelt in tents, and carried the letter that ordered his death.
- Amnon and Tamar
David's son forced his sister, and Absalom kept silence two full years before avenging her.
- Absalom
David's handsome son, who stole the hearts of Israel and died hanging by his hair in an oak.
- Ahithophel
David's counsellor whose advice was as the oracle of God; he went over to Absalom and hanged himself when it was rejected.
- Shimei
He cursed David and cast stones as the king fled, was spared on his return, and executed by Solomon.
- Adonijah
He exalted himself saying, I will be king, and was undone by asking for Abishag.
- Solomon
Asked for an understanding heart and received wisdom, riches and honour; built the temple, and turned aside in his old age.
- Queen of Sheba
She came with hard questions and went home saying the half had not been told her.
Divided Kingdom
About 930–586 BC · 27 lives · 6 filmed
- Jeroboam
First king of the northern ten tribes, who set up golden calves at Bethel and Dan.
- Rehoboam
Solomon's son, who forsook the counsel of the old men and split the kingdom in two.
- Asa
He took away the sodomites and the idols, and cried, LORD, it is nothing with thee to help.
- Ahab
King of Israel who did evil above all before him, coveted Naboth's vineyard, and died by an arrow shot at a venture.
- Elijah
Fed by ravens, he called down fire on Carmel, heard the still small voice at Horeb, and went up by a whirlwind.
- The widow of Zarephath
Gathering two sticks for a last meal, she fed the prophet first; her barrel of meal did not waste and her son was raised.
- Jezebel
Ahab's queen, who fed the prophets of Baal and hunted Elijah; thrown from a window at Jezreel.
- Obadiah the governor
Ahab's steward who feared the LORD greatly and hid a hundred prophets by fifty in a cave.
- Elisha
Ploughing when the mantle fell on him; he asked a double portion and healed waters, multiplied oil and raised the dead.
- Jehoshaphat
Facing a great multitude he set singers before the army, and they were smitten before a note of battle was struck.
- Micaiah
The prophet Ahab hated because he never prophesied good of him; he saw Israel scattered as sheep without a shepherd.
- Gehazi
Elisha's servant, who ran after Naaman for silver and garments and carried away his leprosy instead.
- The Shunammite woman
She built a little chamber for Elisha, received a son, and laid him dead on the prophet's bed saying, It is well.
- Naaman
Syrian captain, a leper, who scorned the Jordan until his servants reasoned with him and he dipped seven times.
- Jehu
Anointed to cut off the house of Ahab; he drove furiously and destroyed Baal out of Israel.
- Athaliah
She destroyed all the seed royal and reigned six years, until a hidden child was crowned and she cried Treason.
- Jehoiada
The priest who hid Joash in the house of the LORD and made the covenant that restored him.
- Joash
Crowned at seven, he repaired the temple with a chest at the gate — and turned aside after Jehoiada died.
- Hezekiah
He spread Sennacherib's letter before the LORD, and was given fifteen more years with the shadow turned back.
- Rabshakeh
Sennacherib's field commander, who shouted in the Jews' language on the wall to frighten the people.
- Sennacherib
King of Assyria, whose host was smitten in the night; he went home and was slain by his own sons.
- Manasseh
Judah's most wicked king, carried to Babylon with hooks, who humbled himself and was restored.
- Huldah
The prophetess the king's men went to when the book was found, and whose word Josiah acted upon.
- Josiah
Crowned at eight; the book of the law was found in his reign and he tore down the high places.
- Uzziah
Marvellously helped till he was strong, he burned incense in the temple and was a leper to the day of his death.
- Isaiah
Saw the Lord high and lifted up and said, Here am I; send me — and wrote of the suffering servant.
Exile & Return
586–about 430 BC · 35 lives · 4 filmed
- Zedekiah
Judah's last king, who put Jeremiah in the dungeon and saw his sons slain before his eyes were put out.
- Cyrus
Named by Isaiah long before his birth; he made the proclamation that sent the exiles home to build.
- Zerubbabel
Governor who laid the foundation of the second temple — not by might, nor by power, but by God's Spirit.
- Ezra
A ready scribe in the law of Moses, who brought the exiles home and read the book to the people.
- Nehemiah
Cupbearer who wept for a broken wall, and rebuilt it in fifty-two days with a trowel in one hand and a weapon in the other.
- Sanballat and Tobiah
They mocked the builders, saying a fox would break the wall down, and plotted to stop the work.
- Ahasuerus
The king of a hundred twenty-seven provinces, who could not sleep and called for the book of records.
- Vashti
The queen who refused to come at the king's commandment, and lost her royal estate for it.
- Esther
Made queen for such a time as this; she went in unbidden to the king and saved her people.
- Mordecai
Esther's cousin, who would not bow to Haman and was led through the street on the king's horse.
- Job
Perfect and upright, stripped of all in a day; he answered out of the whirlwind and had twice as much at the last.
- Jeremiah
Called before he was formed in the womb; the weeping prophet, put in the dungeon and the stocks for telling the truth.
- Baruch
Jeremiah's scribe, who wrote the roll the king cut with a penknife and burned, then wrote it again.
- Jehoiakim
He cut the prophet's roll with a penknife and cast it into the fire on the hearth.
- Ebed-melech
The Ethiopian who told the king Jeremiah would die in the dungeon, and drew him up with old cast clouts and rags.
- Gedaliah
Left as governor over the poor of the land, he would not believe the warning and was murdered at Mizpah.
- Ezekiel
Priest by the river Chebar who saw the wheels, ate the roll, and prophesied to a valley of dry bones.
- Daniel
Purposed not to defile himself with the king's meat; read the writing on the wall, slept among lions, and mourned three full weeks before an answer came that had been sent on the first day.
- Nebuchadnezzar
King of Babylon, troubled by dreams, driven to eat grass as oxen until he knew heaven rules.
- Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego
They would not bow to the image, and walked in the furnace with a fourth like the Son of God.
- Belshazzar
He drank from the temple vessels, saw the fingers of a hand write on the plaister, and was slain that night.
- Darius
He signed the decree he could not unsign, passed the night fasting, and ran to the den at dawn.
- Hosea
Told to marry Gomer and love her again when she strayed, as a picture of God's love for Israel.
- Joel
He saw the locust years and promised God would restore them, and pour His Spirit on all flesh.
- Amos
A herdman of Tekoa and gatherer of sycomore fruit, who cried for judgment to run down as waters.
- Obadiah the prophet
The shortest book: a burden against Edom for standing on the other side in the day of his brother's calamity.
- Jonah
Fled to Tarshish, was three days in the fish's belly, preached to Nineveh, and sulked under a withered gourd.
- Micah
Named Bethlehem as the birthplace of the ruler, and asked what the LORD requires: justice, mercy, and a humble walk.
- Habakkuk
Asked how long God would look on wrong, and was answered that the just shall live by his faith.
- Zephaniah
He warned of the day of the LORD and saw God rejoicing over His people with singing.
- Haggai
He asked whether it was time to dwell in cieled houses while God's house lay waste, and the people began to build.
- Zechariah the prophet
He saw the man among the myrtle trees, the candlestick, and the King coming lowly upon a colt.
- Malachi
The last voice before four centuries of silence, calling for tithes and promising the sun of righteousness.
The Gospels
About 5 BC–AD 30 · 54 lives · 6 filmed
- The Word Made Flesh
Announced to a virgin, born in Bethlehem, hidden in Egypt and raised in Nazareth; baptised in Jordan and tried forty days in the wilderness.
- The Kingdom of Heaven
He called fishermen from their nets, taught on a mountain, stilled a storm, fed five thousand, and was transfigured before three of them.
- The Road to Jerusalem
The good Samaritan and the prodigal son; Lazarus called out of the grave; Zacchaeus down from the tree, and a colt ridden into the city.
- The Passion and the Rising
The upper room and the garden, the trial and the cross, the stone rolled away, the road to Emmaus, and the charge by the sea.
- Joseph of Nazareth
A just man minded to put her away privily, until an angel spoke; he took the child into Egypt by night.
- Herod the Great
Troubled by the wise men's question, he slew the children of Bethlehem from two years old and under.
- The wise men
They followed the star out of the east, fell down and worshipped, and went home another way.
- The centurion of Capernaum
He said, Speak the word only — and Jesus marvelled, having not found so great faith in Israel.
- Matthew
A publican at the receipt of custom who rose and followed, then made a great feast for his fellow tax-gatherers.
- Peter
Fisherman called from his nets; walked on water, confessed the Christ, denied Him thrice, and fed His sheep.
- Caiaphas
High priest that year, who counselled that one man should die for the people, and rent his clothes at the trial.
- Judas Iscariot
Kept the bag and betrayed his Master with a kiss for thirty pieces of silver, then went and hanged himself.
- Joseph of Arimathaea
A rich counsellor and secret disciple, who begged the body and laid it in his own new tomb.
- Pontius Pilate
Asked, What is truth, found no fault in Him, and washed his hands before the multitude.
- The centurion at the cross
Seeing the earthquake and the things that were done, he said, Truly this was the Son of God.
- James son of Alphaeus
One of the twelve, named in every list of the apostles and nowhere else in the gospels.
- James son of Zebedee
One of the sons of thunder, present at the transfiguration; the first apostle to be martyred.
- Thaddaeus
Also called Judas the brother of James, who asked how the Lord would manifest Himself to them and not the world.
- Jairus
A ruler of the synagogue who fell at His feet for his dying daughter, and was told, Be not afraid, only believe.
- The Gadarene demoniac
He dwelt among the tombs and could not be bound; found sitting, clothed and in his right mind.
- The woman with the issue of blood
Twelve years and all her living spent on physicians; she touched the hem and was made whole.
- Herod Antipas
He heard John gladly and beheaded him for an oath; later he set Jesus at nought and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe.
- Herodias and her daughter
The dance that pleased the king, and the head of John the Baptist asked for in a charger.
- The Syrophenician woman
She answered that the dogs eat of the children's crumbs, and was told, For this saying, go thy way.
- Bartimaeus
Blind beggar by the wayside who cried the more when told to hold his peace, and cast away his garment to come.
- The rich young ruler
He had kept all from his youth; told to sell what he had, he went away grieved, for he had great possessions.
- The widow with two mites
She cast in all her living, and He said she had given more than they all.
- Elizabeth
Barren and well stricken in years, she bore John, and her babe leaped when Mary greeted her.
- John the Baptist
Born to aged parents, clothed in camel's hair; he baptised in Jordan, pointed to the Lamb, and lost his head to a dancing girl's request.
- Mary
The virgin of Nazareth who answered, Be it unto me according to thy word, and kept these things in her heart.
- Zacharias
Priest struck dumb for doubting Gabriel, whose tongue was loosed when he wrote, His name is John.
- Anna
A prophetess of great age who departed not from the temple, and spoke of the child to all who looked for redemption.
- Simeon
Promised he would not see death before he saw the Lord's Christ; he took the child up and asked to depart in peace.
- The shepherds
Keeping watch over their flock by night when the glory shone; they came with haste and made it known abroad.
- Simon the Zealot
Called Simon Zelotes, numbered among the twelve and in the upper room after the ascension.
- The widow of Nain
Her only son carried out at the gate; He had compassion, touched the bier, and gave him to his mother.
- Mary Magdalene
Out of whom went seven devils; she stood by the cross and was first at the empty tomb, mistaking Him for the gardener.
- Martha
Cumbered about much serving, and the one who confessed Him as the Christ before her brother was raised.
- Mary of Bethany
She sat at His feet and chose the good part, and anointed Him with spikenard against the day of His burying.
- The Samaritan leper
One of ten cleansed turned back to give glory to God; and He asked, Where are the nine?
- Zacchaeus
Little of stature, he climbed a sycomore tree, and gave half his goods to the poor when salvation came to his house.
- The thief on the cross
He rebuked the other, asked only to be remembered, and was promised paradise that day.
- Cleopas
On the road to Emmaus with a companion, their hearts burning as He opened the scriptures, knowing Him in the breaking of bread.
- Andrew
Peter's brother, who first found his own brother and brought him to Jesus, and found the boy with the loaves.
- Nathanael
An Israelite indeed without guile, who asked whether any good thing could come out of Nazareth.
- Philip
Found by Jesus in Galilee, he told Nathanael, Come and see, and asked to be shown the Father.
- Nicodemus
A ruler of the Jews who came by night and was told he must be born again; he brought myrrh and aloes to the tomb.
- The woman of Samaria
Met at Jacob's well at the sixth hour; she left her waterpot and told the city of a man who told her all things.
- The man born blind
Anointed with clay and sent to Siloam; cast out by the rulers, he said, One thing I know, that I was blind, now I see.
- Lazarus
Four days in the grave when Jesus wept and cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth.
- Thomas
Willing to go and die with Him; absent on the first evening, he would not believe until he saw the print of the nails.
- John the Beloved
The disciple whom Jesus loved, who leaned on His breast, was given His mother at the cross, and saw the Revelation on Patmos.
The Early Church
About AD 30–68 · 36 lives · 1 filmed
- Barnabas
Son of consolation, who vouched for Saul when the church feared him and parted from him over Mark.
- Ananias and Sapphira
They kept back part of the price and lied to the Holy Ghost, and fell down dead three hours apart.
- Gamaliel
A doctor of the law, Paul's teacher, who counselled the council to leave the apostles alone.
- Philip the evangelist
Preached in Samaria and was sent to a desert road to explain Isaiah to an Ethiopian in a chariot.
- Stephen
Full of faith and power, the first martyr; he saw the heavens opened and prayed for those who stoned him.
- Simon Magus
A sorcerer who offered money for the gift of God and was told his heart was not right.
- Ananias of Damascus
The disciple who feared to go, went anyway, and called the persecutor Brother Saul.
- Dorcas
Full of good works and almsdeeds; the widows showed the coats she made, and Peter raised her at Joppa.
- Paul
Persecutor struck blind on the Damascus road; apostle to the Gentiles, shipwrecked and beaten, who finished his course.
- Cornelius
A devout centurion whose prayers were heard; the first Gentile household to receive the Holy Ghost.
- Herod Agrippa I
Arrayed in royal apparel, he took the people's shout as a god's due and was eaten of worms.
- Rhoda
The damsel who knew Peter's voice at the gate and, for gladness, left him knocking outside while she told the house.
- Sergius Paulus and Elymas
A prudent deputy who sought the word, and the sorcerer who withstood him and was struck blind for a season.
- James the Lord's brother
Pillar of the Jerusalem church, who gave the sentence at the council and wrote of faith proved by works.
- Silas
Paul's companion, who sang praises with him at midnight in the Philippian jail until the doors opened.
- Lydia
A seller of purple at Philippi whose heart the Lord opened; the first European convert named.
- The Philippian jailer
He drew his sword at the open doors, then washed their stripes and was baptised the same hour of the night.
- Timothy
Paul's own son in the faith, taught the scriptures from a child by his mother and grandmother.
- Apollos
An eloquent Alexandrian mighty in the scriptures, who knew only the baptism of John until he was taught further.
- Priscilla and Aquila
Tentmakers who worked with Paul and took Apollos aside to expound the way of God more perfectly.
- Demetrius the silversmith
He gathered the craftsmen over lost trade, and Ephesus cried for two hours, Great is Diana.
- The sons of Sceva
Seven exorcists who used a name they had no part in, and were overcome and fled naked and wounded.
- Eutychus
He sank into deep sleep at the third loft as Paul preached long, fell down dead, and was taken up alive.
- Felix and Festus
Two governors who kept Paul bound — one trembled at the reasoning, the other said much learning had made him mad.
- Herod Agrippa II
He heard Paul's defence and said, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian.
- Publius
Chief man of Melita, who lodged the shipwrecked party three days and saw his father healed of a bloody flux.
- Phoebe
A servant of the church at Cenchrea, commended as a succourer of many, and of Paul himself.
- Titus
Paul's partner and fellowhelper, left in Crete to set in order the things that were wanting.
- Epaphroditus
He was sick nigh unto death for the work of Christ, not regarding his life to supply what was lacking.
- Luke
The beloved physician who wrote an orderly account and sailed with Paul; only Luke was with him at the end.
- Onesimus
A runaway servant, once unprofitable, sent back to Philemon as a brother beloved.
- Philemon
A beloved fellowlabourer asked to receive his runaway servant not as a servant, but above a servant.
- Jude
Brother of James, who meant to write of common salvation and instead urged them to contend for the faith.
Revelation
About AD 95 · 1 life
- John on Patmos
In the isle for the word of God, in the Spirit on the Lord's day; he saw the seven lampstands, the throne, and the city coming down.