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• Simon the Zealot

  Simon was one of the twelve apostles of Jesus. Matthew and Mark call him "Simon the Cananaean," while Luke and Acts call him "Simon the Zealot." Both epithets are understood to mean "Zealot" or "one who is zealous."

• Alexander (Son of Simon)

  Alexander was a son of Simon of Cyrene, the man who carried Jesus' cross, and the brother of Rufus. He is mentioned by name only once, in Mark 15:21.

• Rufus

  Rufus appears in the Gospel of Mark as a son of Simon of Cyrene, the man who carried the cross of Jesus. Scholars differ on whether he is the same Rufus whom Paul greets in Romans 16.

• Zealots

  The Zealots were Jewish groups in first-century Judea under Roman rule who resisted foreign domination in the name of "zeal" for God and the Law. In the Bible the term appears as "Zelotes," the epithet of Simon, one of the twelve disciples.

• Brothers of Jesus

  A collective term for James, Joseph (Joses), Simon, and Judas, who are called the "brothers" of Jesus in the New Testament, together with his unnamed sisters. Christian traditions differ in their understanding of how these individuals were related to Jesus.

• Cyrene

  Cyrene was a Greek city on the northeastern coast of present-day Libya in North Africa. In the New Testament it appears as the hometown of Simon, who carried the cross of Jesus, and as the place of origin of early Christian evangelists who preached the gospel to Gentiles in Antioch.

• Bar Kokhba Revolt

  The Bar Kokhba Revolt was the last major uprising of the Jews of Judea against the Roman Empire, lasting from 132 to about 135. Its leader, Simon, was hailed as the Messiah, but the revolt failed, and he is often cited as a leading example of a "false messiah."

• Luke 7

  Luke 7 is the chapter in which Jesus heals a centurion's servant in Capernaum, raises a widow's son at Nain, answers a question from John the Baptist, and forgives the sins of a sinful woman in the house of Simon the Pharisee.

• Acts 8

  Acts 8 describes the great persecution that followed the martyrdom of Stephen and the scattered believers who preached the gospel wherever they went. It recounts Philip's preaching in Samaria and on the desert road to Gaza, including the accounts of Simon the sorcerer and the Ethiopian eunuch.

• Basilides

  Basilides was a Christian Gnostic teacher who taught in Alexandria, Egypt, in the first half of the second century. The Church Fathers treated him as a leading representative of heresy, and they attribute to him the claim that Simon of Cyrene was crucified in place of Jesus.

• James (Brother of the Lord)

  James is a New Testament figure identified as "the Lord's brother" and was a leader of the early church in Jerusalem. Tradition holds that he wrote the Epistle of James.

• Judas Iscariot

  Judas Iscariot was one of the twelve disciples of Jesus Christ. He handed Jesus over to the chief priests for thirty pieces of silver. His actions and death are recorded in the Gospels and the Book of Acts.

• Alabaster Box

  An alabaster box (Korean okhap, 玉盒) is a small stone vessel for holding perfumed ointment. The term is best known from the Gospel accounts of a woman who poured costly ointment from an alabaster box on Jesus.

• Spikenard

  Spikenard, or nard, is a costly aromatic ointment made from a plant of the Himalayan region. It is best known as the ointment a woman of Bethany poured on Jesus, and it also appears in the Song of Solomon, where the KJV renders it "spikenard."

• James (Brother of Jesus)

  James is recorded as a brother of Jesus and became the leader of the church in Jerusalem after Jesus' resurrection. Church tradition identifies him as the author of the Epistle of James.

• Mark 1:15

  "The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel" is Jesus' first proclamation in the Gospel of Mark. It is regarded as a summary of Jesus' entire teaching, and scholars have long debated whether the kingdom of God has already come or is yet to come.

• Crucifixion of Jesus

  The crucifixion is the event in which Jesus Christ, sentenced by the Roman governor Pontius Pilate, was nailed to a cross and died at Golgotha outside the walls of Jerusalem. All four Gospels record this event.

• Denarius

  The denarius was a silver coin of the Roman Empire in the New Testament era. In the Gospels it appears as the standard of a laborer's daily wage, and in passages such as the feeding of the five thousand and the parable of the laborers in the vineyard it serves as a benchmark for gauging the size of a sum.

• Jude (Brother of the Lord)

  Jude is a figure named in the New Testament as a brother of Jesus. He is traditionally identified with "Jude, the brother of James," the author of the New Testament Epistle of Jude.

• Anointing at Bethany

  The anointing at Bethany is the event in which a woman poured costly ointment on Jesus in Bethany, near Jerusalem, a few days before his crucifixion. Jesus said that she had prepared beforehand for his burial.