Biblical people
People of the Bible
Follow a person through Scripture: every event in their story, the passages that record it, the people around them, and the later books that remember them. The Bible text is shown in the version you choose.
20 people
- JacobSon of Isaac, renamed Israel; father of the twelve sons from whom the tribes of Israel came.
- James, son of Alphaeus Not James son of Zebedee or James the brother of Jesus.One of the twelve apostles, named in each list of the twelve.
- James, son of Zebedee Brother of John. Not James son of Alphaeus or James the brother of Jesus.Fisherman and apostle, brother of John, one of the three closest to Jesus; the first apostle martyred.
- JeremiahProphet called as a youth who warned Judah of judgment before Babylon destroyed Jerusalem, and spoke of a new covenant.
- JesusJesus of Nazareth, whose birth, ministry, death and resurrection are told in the four Gospels.
- JethroPriest of Midian and father-in-law of Moses, who advised him to share the work of judging.
- JezebelQueen of Israel, wife of Ahab, who promoted Baal worship and persecuted the LORD's prophets.
- JobUpright man of Uz who lost everything, wrestled with God in his suffering, and was restored.
- John Mark Also called Mark. Not John the apostle.Believer from Jerusalem who travelled with Barnabas and Paul and later with Peter; traditionally the author of Mark's Gospel.
- John the apostle Son of Zebedee. Not John the Baptist or John Mark.Fisherman and apostle, son of Zebedee and brother of James, a leader of the early church in Jerusalem.
- John the Baptist The Baptist, son of Zechariah. Not John the apostle.Prophet who prepared the way for Jesus, preached repentance, baptized in the Jordan and was beheaded by Herod Antipas.
- JonahProphet who fled from God's call to Nineveh, was swallowed by a great fish, and saw Nineveh repent.
- Jonathan Son of King Saul.Son of King Saul and faithful friend of David.
- Joseph Son of Jacob (Genesis). Not Joseph the husband of Mary.Son of Jacob, sold into slavery by his brothers, who rose to rule Egypt and saved his family in famine.
- Joseph of Arimathea Not Joseph son of Jacob or Joseph the husband of Mary.Council member and secret disciple who asked Pilate for Jesus' body and laid it in a tomb.
- Joseph of Nazareth Husband of Mary. Not Joseph son of Jacob or Joseph of Arimathea.Carpenter of Nazareth, descendant of David, husband of Mary, who raised Jesus.
- JoshuaMoses' assistant and successor, who led Israel across the Jordan into the promised land.
- JosiahKing of Judah who found the Book of the Law and led a great reform.
- Judas Iscariot The betrayer. Not Judas son of James or Judas the brother of Jesus.One of the twelve, who betrayed Jesus to the chief priests.
- Judas, son of James Not Judas Iscariot.One of the twelve apostles, not Iscariot.