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Social Status of Individuals in MARK'S (56 out of 70)

ELITE SLAVES

Emperor (12:17) slave girl of high priest (14:66) Herodian family: Herod (Antipas) (6:14) slave of high priest (14:47) Philip (6:17) man with water jar (slave) (14:13)? (6:17) her daughter (6:22) THE POOR

Roman governor: Pilate (15:2) poor widow (12:42) High priest (14:53) woman with hemorrhage, impoverished (5:25) elite: , member of council (15:43) Disabled and chronically sick poor (beggars?): owner of house with large demoniac (1:23)? guest room paralytic (2:3) (14:14)? man with withered hand (3:1) Simon "the leper" (14:3) deaf and dumb man (7:32) woman with expensive blind man (8:22) ointment (14:3) Bartimaeus, blind beggar (10:46) Local elite: Jairus, a "ruler of the " (5:22) his wife (5:40) OUTCASTS his daughter (5:23) rich man (10:17) Bandits: (15:7) 2 crucified with (15:28) RETAINERS Others: Gerasene demoniac (5:2) leper (1:40) Roman centurion (15:39) Ethnic/religious others: scribe (12:28)? Syro-Phoenician woman (7:25) Levi, toll collector (2:14) her daughter, a demoniac (7:25) bodyguard to Herod (6:27)

THE COMMON PEOPLE (freehold/tenant farmers and equivalent status)

Village artisan: Jesus, woodworker (+ stonemason?) Fishermen: Peter (1:16) Andrew (1:16) James (1:19) John (1:19) (1:20) Farm worker : (15:21) Others: Peter's mother-in-law (1:30) Mary, Jesus' mother (6:3) James, Jesus' brother (6:3) , Jesus' brother (6:3) Judas, Jesus' brother (6:3) Simon, Jesus' brother (6:3) 4 friends of paralytic (2:3) epileptic boy (9:17)? his father (9:17) young man in Gethsemane (14:51)?

Social Status of Individuals in JOHN'S GOSPEL (43 out of 54)

ELITE Emperor (19:12) Roman governor: Pilate (18:28) Chief priests: (18:13) (11:49) Jerusalem elite: (3:1) Joseph of Arimathea (19:38) Lazarus (11:1) Mary (11:1) (11:1) Beloved (1:37; 13:23) disciple known to high priest (18:16), if not BD "a Jew" (3:25)? Tiberias elite: royal official (4:46) his son (4:46)

RETAINERS 4 soldiers at the cross (18:23)

THE COMMON PEOPLE (freehold/tenant farmers and equivalent status)

Village artisans: Jesus Joseph (6:42)? Fishermen: Peter (1:40; 21:3) Andrew (1:37) [2] sons of Zebedee (21:2) Priest: John (the Baptist) (1:6) Others: Nathanael (1:45) Jesus' mother (2:1) Jesus' [4] brothers (2:12) Mary wife of (19:25) boy with loaves and fish (6:9)

SLAVES chief steward (2:8) , slave of high priest (18:10) woman guard at high priest's house (18:16) another slave of high priest (18:26)

THE POOR Disabled poor: lame man (5:5) blind man (9:1), probably beggar

OUTCASTS Bandits: Barabbas (18:40) 2 crucified with Jesus (18:18) Ethnic/religious other: Samaritan woman (4:7)

Social Status of Individuals in LUKE'S GOSPEL (85 out of 103 + 70)

ELITE THE COMMON PEOPLE (continued)

Emperors: (2:1) Others: Joseph (1:27) (3:1) Mary (1:27) Roman governor (Syria): (2:2) Jesus (1:31) Roman governor (): (3:1) (2:25) Tetrarch of : (3:1) Anna (2:36) Herodian family: Herod (the Great) (1:5) Peter's mother-in-law (4:38) Herod the tetrarch (3:1) widow of Nain (7:12) (3:1) her son (7:12) Herodias (3:19) 2 of John's disciples (7:18) Chief priests: Annas (3:2) woman in crowd (11:27) Caiaphas (3:2) synagogue attendant (4:20) Jerusalem elite: Joseph of Arimathea 3 would-be disciples (9:57. 59. 61) (23:50) epileptic boy (9:38)? owner of house with his father (9:38) guest room (22:11)? Tiberias elite: Joanna wife of Chuza SLAVES centurion’s slave (7:2) (8:3) slave of high priest (22:50) Local elite: Simon a Pharisee (7:36) slave girl of high priest (22:56) Jairus, a "ruler of the 2 other slaves of high priest synagogue" (8:41) (22:58, 29) his daughter (8:42) man carrying water jar (22:10)? his wife (8:51) a "ruler of the THE POOR poor widow (21:2) synagogue" (13:14) woman with hemorrhage, a Pharisee (11:37) impoverished (8:43) a "leader of the Disabled and demoniac (4:33)? " chronically paralytic (5:18) (14:1) sick poor man with withered hand (6:6) rich ruler (18:18) (beggars?): dumb man (11:14) crippled woman (13:11) RETAINERS man with dropsy (14:2) blind beggar (18:35) , chief toll collector (19:1) centurion who built synagogue (7:2) OUTCASTS Levi, toll collector (5:27) Roman centurion (23:47) Revolutionary: Barabbas (23:18) lawyer (10:25)? Criminals: 1st crucified with Jesus (23:32) one of lawyers (11:45)? 2nd crucified with Jesus (23:32) Others: woman known as a sinner THE COMMON PEOPLE (7:32) (freehold/tenant farmers and equivalent status) , demoniac (8:2)? Fishermen: Simon Peter (4:38) Gerasene demoniac (8:27) James (5:10) leper (5:12) John (5:10) 10 lepers, one of them Farmer: Simon of Cyrene (23:26) Samaritan (17:12) Priests (ordinary): Zechariah (1:5) Elizabeth (1:5) John (the Baptist) (1:13)

Social Status of Individuals in MATTHEW’S GOSPEL (61 out of 75)

ELITE SLAVES

Emperor (22:1) centurion’s slave (8:6) Herodian family: Herod (the Great) (2:1) slave of high priest (26:51) Archelaus (2:22) slave girl (of high priest) (26:69) Herod the tetrarch (14:1) another slave girl (of high priest) (26:71) Philip (14:3) Herodias (14:3) THE POOR her daughter (14:6) Roman governor: Pilate (27:2) Disabled and chronically sick poor (beggars?): his wife (27:19) paralytic (9:2) High priest: Caiaphas (26:3) man with withered hand (12:10) Jerusalem elite: Joseph of Arimathea (27:57) blind and dumb man (12:22) owner of house (26:18)? 2 blind men (9:27) Simon "the leper" (26:6) dumb man (9:32) woman with expensive 2 blind men (20:30) ointment (26:7) Local elite: ruler of the synagogue (9:18) OUTCASTS his daughter (9:18) rich man (19:16) Criminal: Barabbas (27:16) Bandits: 2 crucified with Jesus (27:38) RETAINERS Others: 2 Gadarene demoniacs (8:28) leper (8:2) centurion (8:5) Ethnic/religious others: Matthew, toll collector (9:9) Canaanite woman (15:22) scribe (8:19)? her daughter, a demoniac lawyer (of Pharisees) (22:35)? (15:22) Roman centurion (27:54)

THE COMMON PEOPLE (freehold/tenant farmers and equivalent status)

Village artisans: Joseph, woodworker (+ stonemason?) (1:16) Mary (1:16) Jesus (1:16)? Fishermen: Peter (3:18) Andrew (3:18) James (3:21) John (3:21) Zebedee (3:21) his wife (20:20) Others: Peter's mother-in-law (8:14) James, Jesus' brother (13:55) Joseph, Jesus' brother (13:55) Judas, Jesus' brother (13:55) Simon, Jesus' brother (13:55) epileptic boy (17:15)? his father (17:14) one of the disciples (8:21) woman with hemorrhage (9:20)? Simon of Cyrene (27:32)?