Every Person in the New Testament

Review

     To gain a witness of the scriptures, a thorough study is an essential part of the process. With an understanding of the events and people mentioned in scriptures comes the opportunity to have the Spirit say, "This is truth, and it is important." After this witness comes about, the scriptures take on a special meaning, and they become a source of strength and instruction for the reader.

     An indepth understanding of the scriptures requires an intimate knowledge of the people referred to in those scriptures, and Every Person in the New Testament provides the knowledge readers need to gain that understanding.

     In this book, the various accounts of incidents involving specific individuals, as recorded in the four Gospels, are combined, providing the reader with an insight into the similarities and variations that occur when the same incident is told by different authors. Beginning with Acts, detailed summaries of every chapter are provided, which help to clarify many events.

     This book is a valuable addition to the library of anyone reading and studying the New Testament, and most definitely for any serious biblical scholar.

Table of Contents

References Used and the Abbreviations as Used in the Text, 7

Foreword, 9

Alphabetized Synopsis of Every Person in the New Testament: People Whose Names Begin With:
     A,    11
     B,    20
     C,    25
     D,    46
     E,    50
     F,    55
     G,    56
     H,    60
     I,     70
     J,   71
     K,  144
     L,  145
     M,  149
     N,  158
     O,  160
     P,  161
     Q,  194
     R,  195
     S,  199
     T,  209
     U,  222
     W,  223
     Z,  225

Appendix A: Old Testament People and Ancestors of Jesus, 227
Appendix B: The Generations of Joseph (Ancestral Chart), 253
About the Author, 225

Sample Page

                                           NAMES THAT BEGIN WITH "C"

                                                           CAESAR
     (Note: The BD indicates there were five Caesars: (1) Augustus, 31 B.C. (see Caesar Augustus); (2) Tiberius, A.D. 14 (see Tiberius Caesar); (3) Caligula, A.D. 37 (see Gaius Caesar); (4) Claudius, A.D. (see Claudius Caesar); (5) Nero, A.D.54 (see Nero). (1) Augustus, prior to 27 B.C. was known as Octavian. His original Latin name was Gaius Octaviaus. His adopted name was Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, and was also known as Caesar Augustus. He was born Sept. 23, 63 B.C., and died Aug. 19, A.D. 14 (EB, vol. I, p. 650). (2) Tiberius, whose full name was Tiberius Claudius Nero Caesar Augustus, was born Nov. 16, 42 B.C, in Rome and died March 16, A.D. 37, in Capri (ibid., vol. IX, "Tiberius," p. 994). (3) Caligula's real name was Gaius Caesar. He was born Aug. 31, A.D. 12, in Antium, modern Anzio, Italy, and died Jan. 24, A.D. 41, in Rome. He was emperor from 37 to 41, following Tiberius (ibid., vol II, p. 459). (4) Claudius was originally named Tiberius Claudius Drusus Nero Germanicus. He was born Aug. 1, 10 B.C., in Lugdunum, now Lyon, and died Oct. 13, A.D. 54. He "ascended the throne suddenly in A.D. 41 when the reigning emperor was murdered and became a firm friend of the army. He was poisoned by his niece Agrippina, whom he had married" (ibid., p. 976). (5) Nero's original name was Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus. He was born Dec. 15, A.D. 37, in Rome, and died A.D. 68, in Rome. He put both his mother (in A.D. 59) and his wife Octavia (in A.D. 62) to death. He is "remembered for his unstable character and his cruelty" (ibid., vol. VII, p. 263).

                                     CAESAR AUGUSTUS (i.e., Caesar (1))
   Luke 2:1-6. CAESAR AUGUSTUS was the first Roman emperor and began his reign in 31 B.C. He issued a degree that all the world should be taxed. This required everyone to return to his own city to be taxed. Joseph and Mary, therefore, traveled to Bethlehem; and, thus, it was there that Jesus was born.

                                                       CAIAPHAS
   Matt. 26.3, 57-66; Mark 14:53-64; Luke 22:54. CAIAPHAS, son-in-law of Annas, was the high priest (A.D. 18 to A.D. 36) who plotted with the chief priests, scribes and elders of the people to take Jesus and kill him. After Jesus was betrayed by Judas Iscariot, he was taken before Caiaphas and the others and tried. After the chief priests and elders found false witnesses to testify against Christ, Caiaphas found Jesus guilty of blasphemy and sentenced him to die.
     Luke 3:2-3. Caiaphas and Annas (A.D. 7 to A.D. 14) were the high priests when Tiberius Caesar was in the fifteenth year of his reign, Pontius Pilate was governor of Judaea, Herod was tetrarch of Galilee, and John the Baptist came into the country about Jordan preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.
     John 11:49 (47-53). When the chief priests and Pharisees met in council to decide what to do regarding Jesus, fearing that if they left Jesus alone all men would believe on him and then the Romans would come and take away their station and their nation, . . .

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