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Appendix: Galilean names in the first century CE

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 September 2009

Mark A. Chancey
Mark A. Chancey
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Southern Methodist University, Texas
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NAMES OF GALILEANS IN THE CANONICAL GOSPELS AND ACTS

Jesus and his Family (Mark 6:3/Matt. 13:55)

  1. Jesus of Nazareth

  2. Mary, mother

  3. Joseph, father

  4. James, brother (cf. Acts 12:17)

  5. Joses, brother

  6. Judas, brother

  7. Simon, brother

Disciples (Mark 3:14–19/Matt. 10:1–4/Luke 6:12–16, Acts 1:13, John 1:35–50)

  1. Andrew

  2. Bartholomew

  3. Boarneges, surname of James and John

  4. James, son of Alphaeus

  5. James, son of Zebedee

  6. John, son of Zebedee

  7. Judas Iscariot

  8. Judas, son of James

  9. Levi

  10. Matthew

  11. Matthias, appointed after the resurrection (Acts 1:23)

  12. Nathanael

  13. Philip

  14. Simon (Peter)

  15. Simon (the Canaanaean/Zealot)

  16. Thaddaeus

  17. Thomas

Parents of disciples

  1. Alphaeus, father of Levi (Mark 2:14)

  2. Alphaeus, father of James (Mark 3:18, Acts 1:13)

  3. James, father of Judas (Luke 6:16, Acts 1:13)

  4. Jonah, father of Simon (Matt. 16:17)

  5. Mary, mother of James (Luke 24:10)

  6. Simon Iscariot, father of Judas (John 6:71)

  7. Zebedee, father of James and John (Mark 3:17/Matt. 10:1–4)

Members of the Herodian family

  1. Herod (Antipas)

  2. Herodias (wife of Herod Philip and Herod Antipas) (Mark 6:17/Matt. 14:3; Luke 3:19)

Other Galileans

  1. Chuza, steward of Herod (Luke 8:3)

  2. Clopas, husband of Mary (John 19:25)

  3. Jairus, archisynagoge (Mark 5:22/ Luke 8:41)

  4. Joanna, wife of Chuza (Luke 8:3, 24:10)

  5. Joseph called Barsabbas, also called Justus (candidate for disciple) (Acts 1:23)

  6. Martha, sister of Mary (Luke 10:38)

  7. Mary from Magdala (Taricheae) (Mark 15:40/Matt. 27:56/Luke 24:10, Luke 8:2, John 19:25)

  8. Mary, mother of James and Joseph/Joses (Mark 15:40/Matt. 27:56)

  9. Mary, sister of Martha (Luke 10:39)

  10. Mary, wife of Clopas (John 19:25)

  11. Simon (Luke 7:40, 44)

  12. Salome (Mark 15:40)

  13. Susanna (Luke 8:3)

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Greco-Roman Culture and the Galilee of Jesus , pp. 230 - 235
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2005

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