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MJC -- Jesus of Nazareth

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John the Baptist
"A voice crying in the wilderness"; taught a baptism of repentance and prepared the way of the messiah
King Herod the Great
Roman appointed king of the Jews at the time of Jesus' birth; ordered the massacre of young male children around Bethlehem
Nicodemus
Pharisee and Sanhedrin member whom Jesus told to be born again; helped prepare Jesus' body for burial after the crucifixion
Lazarus
Follower of Jesus who lived in Bethany; Jesus raised him from the dead
Caiaphas
High Priest who presided over the Sanhedrin's trial of Jesus
Andrew
1st Follower of Jesus; brings his brother Simon Peter to him
Simeon
Prophet who stays by the Temple and recognizes the infant Jesus as the chosen one
Jesus
Son of God, Savior, Messiah; simultaneously fulfills the roles of prophet, priest, and king
Joseph
Carpenter, husband of Mary, and foster father to Jesus; died some time before Jesus started his ministry
Elizabeth
Wife of the priest Zechariah & mother of John the baptist; conceived her son miraculously as she was beyond child-bearing age
the Angel Gabriel
Messenger of God who appears 1) to Zechariah to announce the birth of his son John the Baptist, and 2) to Mary to announce the birth of her son Jesus
Mary Magdalane
A follower of Jesus; called the Apostle of the Apostles because she tells the 12 about Jesus' resurrection
Judas Iscariot
One of the 12 Apostles; betrayed Jesus for 30 pieces of silver and then hanged himself in a field
John the Apostle
Referred to in John's gospel as "the one whom Jesus loved"; according to early Christian writers he lived to be a very old man and died of natural causes
Mary
the theotokos (God-bearer); gives her fiat (yes) for God's plan of salvation
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