entity_id,source_id,evidence_type,source_note
ENT_BAPTISM,SRC_NEW_TESTAMENT,direct attestation,Matthew 3:13-17; 28:19; Romans 6:3-4; Acts 2:38.
ENT_CHR_ABADDON,SRC_NEW_TESTAMENT,direct attestation,"Revelation 9:11 (Abaddon/Apollyon, the angel of the abyss)."
ENT_CHR_ANTICHRIST,SRC_NEW_TESTAMENT,direct attestation,"1 John 2:18, 22; 4:3; 2 John 7; 2 Thessalonians 2:1-12 (the man of lawlessness); Revelation 13."
ENT_CHR_APOLLYON,SRC_NEW_TESTAMENT,direct attestation,"Revelation 9:11 (Apollyon, the Greek name of the destroyer)."
ENT_CHR_BEAST,SRC_NEW_TESTAMENT,direct attestation,"Revelation 13:1-10: the seven-headed beast from the sea, with the number 666."
ENT_CHR_BEELZEBUL,SRC_NEW_TESTAMENT,direct attestation,"Mark 3:22; Matthew 12:24-27; Luke 11:15-19: Beelzebul, the prince of demons."
ENT_CHR_DEMONS,SRC_NEW_TESTAMENT,direct attestation,"The Gospel exorcisms, e.g. Mark 5:1-20; Matthew 8:28-34."
ENT_CHR_DEVIL,SRC_NEW_TESTAMENT,direct attestation,"Matthew 4:1-11; John 8:44; Revelation 12; 20:2 (Satan, the Devil)."
ENT_CHR_DRAGON_REVELATION,SRC_NEW_TESTAMENT,direct attestation,"Revelation 12-13; 20:2 (the great red dragon, identified with the Devil)."
ENT_CHR_FALSE_PROPHET,SRC_NEW_TESTAMENT,direct attestation,Revelation 13:11-18; 16:13; 19:20: the second beast / False Prophet.
ENT_CHR_FOUR_HORSEMEN,SRC_NEW_TESTAMENT,direct attestation,Revelation 6:1-8: the four riders of the first four seals.
ENT_CHR_GOD_FATHER,SRC_NEW_TESTAMENT,direct attestation,Matthew 6:9; John 17: the Father to whom Jesus prays and whom he reveals.
ENT_CHR_HOLY_SPIRIT,SRC_NEW_TESTAMENT,direct attestation,John 14:16-26; Acts 2: the Paraclete sent at Pentecost.
ENT_CHR_LEGION,SRC_NEW_TESTAMENT,direct attestation,Mark 5:1-20; Luke 8:26-39: the Gerasene demoniac and the demons named Legion.
ENT_CHR_LUCIFER,SRC_NEW_TESTAMENT,direct attestation,"Luke 10:18 (""I saw Satan fall like lightning""); Revelation 12 (the fall of the dragon)."
ENT_CHR_MAMMON,SRC_NEW_TESTAMENT,direct attestation,"Matthew 6:24; Luke 16:9-13: ""You cannot serve God and Mammon."""
ENT_CHR_STEPHEN,SRC_NEW_TESTAMENT,direct attestation,"Acts 6-7: Stephen, the first martyr, stoned after his vision of the Son of Man."
ENT_CHR_WHORE_BABYLON,SRC_NEW_TESTAMENT,direct attestation,"Revelation 17-18: Babylon the Great, the woman on the scarlet beast."
ENT_JESUS_CHRIST,SRC_NEW_TESTAMENT,direct attestation,"Named and described throughout the four canonical Gospels, Pauline epistles, Acts, and Revelation."
ENT_MISSION,SRC_NEW_TESTAMENT,direct attestation,Matthew 28:18-20 (the Great Commission); the Acts of the Apostles.
ENT_NT_AGABUS,SRC_NEW_TESTAMENT,primary text attestation,A Christian prophet who foretold a great famine (Acts 11:28) and predicted Paul's arrest in Jerusalem (Acts 21:10-11).
ENT_NT_ANANIAS_DAMASCUS,SRC_NEW_TESTAMENT,primary text attestation,"A disciple at Damascus sent in a vision to lay hands on Saul of Tarsus, restoring his sight and baptizing him (Acts 9:10-19)."
ENT_NT_ANDREW,SRC_NEW_TESTAMENT,primary text attestation,"A fisherman of Bethsaida and brother of Simon Peter, called by Jesus to be a fisher of men and numbered among the Twelve."
ENT_NT_APOLLOS,SRC_NEW_TESTAMENT,primary text attestation,"An eloquent Alexandrian Jew 'mighty in the Scriptures,' instructed more fully by Priscilla and Aquila, then a powerful coworker at Corinth whom Paul names as a fellow planter."
ENT_NT_AQUILA,SRC_NEW_TESTAMENT,primary text attestation,"Aquila, a Jew of Pontus and tentmaker, with his wife Priscilla a close coworker of Paul who instructed Apollos and hosted house churches at Ephesus and Rome."
ENT_NT_BARNABAS,SRC_NEW_TESTAMENT,primary text attestation,A Levite of Cyprus surnamed Barnabas ('son of encouragement') who introduced Paul to the apostles and traveled with him as a missionary.
ENT_NT_BARTHOLOMEW,SRC_NEW_TESTAMENT,primary text attestation,Listed among the Twelve as Bartholomew and commonly identified with the Nathanael whom Jesus praised as guileless in John's Gospel.
ENT_NT_CAIAPHAS,SRC_NEW_TESTAMENT,primary text attestation,"Joseph Caiaphas, high priest who convened the Sanhedrin against Jesus and counseled that one man should die for the people; son-in-law of Annas, plausibly attested by the inscribed ossuary found in Jerusalem."
ENT_NT_CORNELIUS,SRC_NEW_TESTAMENT,primary text attestation,"A God-fearing centurion at Caesarea who, after a vision, was baptized by Peter and became the first Gentile convert (Acts 10)."
ENT_NT_EPAPHRAS,SRC_NEW_TESTAMENT,primary text attestation,A fellow servant who brought the gospel to Colossae and is named as Paul's fellow prisoner (Colossians 1:7; 4:12).
ENT_NT_ETHIOPIAN_EUNUCH,SRC_NEW_TESTAMENT,primary text attestation,"The treasurer of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was reading Isaiah when Philip explained the Scripture and baptized him (Acts 8:26-39)."
ENT_NT_FOUR_EVANGELISTS,SRC_NEW_TESTAMENT,primary text attestation,"Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John — the traditional authors of the four canonical Gospels."
ENT_NT_GAMALIEL,SRC_NEW_TESTAMENT,primary text attestation,A respected Pharisee who counseled restraint toward the apostles (Acts 5:34) and at whose feet Paul was educated (Acts 22:3).
ENT_NT_HEROD_ANTIPAS,SRC_NEW_TESTAMENT,primary text attestation,"Tetrarch of Galilee and Perea, son of Herod the Great, who imprisoned and beheaded John the Baptist and to whom Pilate sent Jesus during the trial."
ENT_NT_HEROD_GREAT,SRC_NEW_TESTAMENT,primary text attestation,"Rome's client king of Judaea, the Herod of the Nativity who, alarmed by the Magi, ordered the killing of the infants of Bethlehem; abundantly attested by Josephus."
ENT_NT_JAMES_ALPHAEUS,SRC_NEW_TESTAMENT,primary text attestation,"An apostle named in all four lists of the Twelve as the son of Alphaeus, distinct from James the son of Zebedee."
ENT_NT_JAMES_JUST,SRC_NEW_TESTAMENT,primary text attestation,"James 'the Lord's brother' (Gal 1:19), distinct from the apostolic Jameses, who presided over the Jerusalem church and the council of Acts 15 and is the traditional author of the Epistle of James."
ENT_NT_JOHN_APOSTLE,SRC_NEW_TESTAMENT,primary text attestation,"Son of Zebedee and brother of James the Greater, traditionally identified with the Beloved Disciple and reckoned both apostle and evangelist."
ENT_NT_JOSEPH_ARIMATHEA,SRC_NEW_TESTAMENT,primary text attestation,A rich and respected councillor and secret disciple who asked Pilate for the body of Jesus and laid it in his own new rock-cut tomb; present in all four Gospels.
ENT_NT_JUDAS_ISCARIOT,SRC_NEW_TESTAMENT,primary text attestation,"The apostle who betrayed Jesus for thirty pieces of silver and afterward died, his place among the Twelve filled by Matthias."
ENT_NT_JUDE,SRC_NEW_TESTAMENT,primary text attestation,"Jude (Judas), named among the brothers of the Lord and identified in his epistle as 'brother of James'; traditional author of the canonical Epistle of Jude, distinguished here from the apostle Jude Thaddaeus."
ENT_NT_JUDE_THADDAEUS,SRC_NEW_TESTAMENT,primary text attestation,An apostle listed as Thaddaeus in Matthew and Mark and as Judas son (or brother) of James in Luke and Acts.
ENT_NT_JUNIA,SRC_NEW_TESTAMENT,primary text attestation,"A kinswoman and fellow prisoner of Paul, greeted in Romans 16:7 as outstanding among the apostles."
ENT_NT_LAZARUS_BETHANY,SRC_NEW_TESTAMENT,primary text attestation,"The brother of Martha and Mary of Bethany, whom Jesus raised from the dead after four days in the tomb."
ENT_NT_LUKE,SRC_NEW_TESTAMENT,primary text attestation,"A physician and companion of Paul, traditionally credited with the Third Gospel and the Acts of the Apostles."
ENT_NT_LYDIA,SRC_NEW_TESTAMENT,primary text attestation,"A God-fearing dealer in purple goods from Thyatira at Philippi whose heart 'the Lord opened'; the first named convert in Europe, whose home became the base of the Philippian church."
ENT_NT_MARK,SRC_NEW_TESTAMENT,primary text attestation,"John Mark, a companion of Paul, Barnabas, and Peter, traditionally identified as the author of the Second Gospel."
ENT_NT_MARTHA,SRC_NEW_TESTAMENT,primary text attestation,"A sister of Lazarus and Mary who served Jesus at Bethany and confessed him as the Christ, the Son of God."
ENT_NT_MARY_BETHANY,SRC_NEW_TESTAMENT,primary text attestation,"Sister of Martha and Lazarus, who sat at Jesus' feet to learn (Luke 10) and anointed his feet with costly nard before the Passion (John 12); distinct from Mary Magdalene."
ENT_NT_MARY_OF_JAMES,SRC_NEW_TESTAMENT,primary text attestation,"Mary the mother of James the younger and Joses, one of the Galilean women at the cross and among the myrrh-bearers who found the empty tomb ('the other Mary')."
ENT_NT_MATTHEW,SRC_NEW_TESTAMENT,primary text attestation,"A tax collector (the Levi of Mark and Luke) called by Jesus, numbered among the Twelve and traditionally credited with the First Gospel."
ENT_NT_MATTHIAS,SRC_NEW_TESTAMENT,primary text attestation,A disciple who had followed Jesus from his baptism and was chosen by lot to take the place of Judas Iscariot among the Twelve.
ENT_NT_MYRRHBEARERS,SRC_NEW_TESTAMENT,primary text attestation,The Myrrh-Bearing Women (Myrophoroi) who brought spices to anoint Jesus' body and became the first witnesses of the Resurrection; commemorated as a group in Eastern tradition.
ENT_NT_NICANOR,SRC_NEW_TESTAMENT,primary text attestation,"One of the seven deacons named in Acts 6:5, set apart by the apostles with prayer and the laying on of hands."
ENT_NT_NICODEMUS,SRC_NEW_TESTAMENT,primary text attestation,A Pharisee and member of the Sanhedrin who came to Jesus by night and later helped Joseph of Arimathea bury him.
ENT_NT_NICOLAUS,SRC_NEW_TESTAMENT,primary text attestation,"The last-named of the seven deacons in Acts 6:5, identified as a proselyte from Antioch."
ENT_NT_ONESIMUS,SRC_NEW_TESTAMENT,primary text attestation,"The slave of Philemon who, converted by Paul in prison, was sent back as a beloved brother (Philemon 10-16)."
ENT_NT_ONESIPHORUS,SRC_NEW_TESTAMENT,primary text attestation,"A supporter who often refreshed Paul and, unashamed of his chains, diligently sought him out in Rome (2 Timothy 1:16-18)."
ENT_NT_PARMENAS,SRC_NEW_TESTAMENT,primary text attestation,One of the seven deacons named in Acts 6:5 among those chosen to administer the church's daily distribution.
ENT_NT_PAULINE_CIRCLE,SRC_NEW_TESTAMENT,primary text attestation,"The missionary companions and coworkers of the apostle Paul named in Acts and the epistles — Barnabas, Mark, Luke, Timothy, and Titus."
ENT_NT_PHILEMON,SRC_NEW_TESTAMENT,primary text attestation,"A Christian of Colossae and host of a house church, addressed by Paul in the Epistle to Philemon on behalf of his slave Onesimus."
ENT_NT_PHILIP,SRC_NEW_TESTAMENT,primary text attestation,"A native of Bethsaida who, on being called by Jesus, sought out Nathanael with the words 'Come and see.'"
ENT_NT_PHILIP_EVANGELIST,SRC_NEW_TESTAMENT,primary text attestation,"One of the Seven chosen in Acts 6:5, later evangelizing Samaria and baptizing the Ethiopian eunuch; Acts 21:8 calls him 'the evangelist, one of the seven,' distinguishing him from the apostle Philip."
ENT_NT_PHOEBE,SRC_NEW_TESTAMENT,primary text attestation,A deacon (diakonos) of the church at Cenchreae whom Paul commends as a benefactor and entrusts to the Roman church (Romans 16:1-2).
ENT_NT_PILATE,SRC_NEW_TESTAMENT,primary text attestation,The Roman prefect of Judaea who tried Jesus and ordered the crucifixion; named in the creeds and confirmed epigraphically by the Pilate Stone.
ENT_NT_PRISCILLA,SRC_NEW_TESTAMENT,primary text attestation,"Priscilla (Prisca), wife of Aquila and his constant ministry partner; together they instructed Apollos and hosted a house church, she frequently named first."
ENT_NT_PROCHORUS,SRC_NEW_TESTAMENT,primary text attestation,One of the seven men of good repute appointed in Acts 6:5 to oversee the daily distribution to the Hellenist widows.
ENT_NT_SALOME,SRC_NEW_TESTAMENT,primary text attestation,"One of the Galilean women who followed Jesus, present at the crucifixion and among those who came to the tomb with spices; often identified with the mother of the sons of Zebedee, and distinct from Salome daughter of Herodias."
ENT_NT_SEVEN_DEACONS,SRC_NEW_TESTAMENT,primary text attestation,"The Seven chosen in Acts 6 to oversee the daily distribution to widows, traditionally regarded as the first deacons; named members include Stephen the protomartyr and Philip the Evangelist."
ENT_NT_SILAS,SRC_NEW_TESTAMENT,primary text attestation,"Silas (Silvanus), a leading man and prophet of the Jerusalem church, chosen by Paul for the second journey and imprisoned with him at Philippi; co-sender of 1-2 Thessalonians."
ENT_NT_SIMON_ZEALOT,SRC_NEW_TESTAMENT,primary text attestation,An apostle of the Twelve called the Zealot (or Cananaean) to distinguish him from Simon Peter.
ENT_NT_TABITHA,SRC_NEW_TESTAMENT,primary text attestation,A disciple of Joppa known for charity and garment-making who was raised from the dead by Peter (Acts 9:36-42).
ENT_NT_THOMAS,SRC_NEW_TESTAMENT,primary text attestation,"An apostle called Didymus who doubted the resurrection until he saw the risen Christ, then confessed him as 'My Lord and my God.'"
ENT_NT_TIMON,SRC_NEW_TESTAMENT,primary text attestation,One of the seven deacons listed in Acts 6:5 to relieve the apostles of the daily ministration.
ENT_NT_TIMOTHY,SRC_NEW_TESTAMENT,primary text attestation,"A disciple of Lystra, son of a Jewish mother and Greek father, who became Paul's close coworker and the recipient of two epistles."
ENT_NT_TITUS,SRC_NEW_TESTAMENT,primary text attestation,"A Greek coworker of Paul, sent to Corinth and left in Crete to set its churches in order, and the recipient of the Epistle to Titus."
ENT_NT_TWELVE_APOSTLES,SRC_NEW_TESTAMENT,primary text attestation,"The twelve disciples chosen by Jesus as his closest followers and witnesses, the foundation of the apostolic Church."
ENT_NT_ZACCHAEUS,SRC_NEW_TESTAMENT,primary text attestation,"A wealthy chief tax collector at Jericho who climbed a sycamore to see Jesus, received him, and pledged half his goods to the poor and fourfold restitution."
ENT_SAINT_JOHN_BAPTIST,SRC_NEW_TESTAMENT,direct attestation,"Matthew 3; Mark 1:1-11; Luke 1, 3; John 1:6-34."
ENT_SAINT_JOSEPH,SRC_NEW_TESTAMENT,direct attestation,Matthew 1-2; Luke 1-2 (the husband of Mary).
ENT_SAINT_MARY,SRC_NEW_TESTAMENT,direct attestation,Luke 1-2; Matthew 1-2; John 2:1-11; 19:25-27.
ENT_SAINT_MARY_MAGDALENE,SRC_NEW_TESTAMENT,direct attestation,Luke 8:1-3; Matthew 27-28; John 20:1-18 (first witness of the resurrection).
ENT_SAINT_PAUL,SRC_NEW_TESTAMENT,direct attestation,"Acts 9, 13-28; the Pauline Epistles."
ENT_SAINT_PETER,SRC_NEW_TESTAMENT,direct attestation,Matthew 16:13-19; the Gospels and Acts; 1-2 Peter.