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Jesus the Mary of

† He has miraculous † He was the cousin of † She was a young teen power over sickness, demons, and the son of Zechariah who married the carpenter. nature, and death. and Elizabeth. † An appeared to her saying that without

† He attracted a group of close friends and followers. † He lived in the desert and ate locusts and wild losing her virginity, she would give birth to the Son honey. of God. † He was a powerful preacher who taught about the

Kingdom of God. † He baptized repentant people in the . † She said yes to God’s plan for her.

† Through his suffering, death, and Resurrection, he † His preaching prepared the way for Jesus. † At the end of her life, she was taken directly into opened the gates of heaven. heaven. † He was beheaded for calling the king a sinner.

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Mary Magdalene Paul Peter

† Jesus drove out † He was a Jewish Pharisee † He was a fisherman seven demons from her. who persecuted the first Christians. and the brother of Andrew.

† She has been wrongly thought of as having been † He had a dramatic conversion when Jesus spoke to † He was the first to say that Jesus was the Messiah. a prostitute. him from a blinding light. † He denied Jesus three times.

† She stood at the foot of Jesus’ cross with Mary † He traveled throughout the Roman Empire and and John. spread to the Gentiles, the non-Jews. † He became the leader of the first Christians: the first .

† In John’s , she is the first person to see the † He wrote many letters to the churches he started. risen Christ, and he sent her to tell the . † He preached the Good News, was jailed, and was crucified upside down.

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Priscilla and Aquila Timothy

† They were a married † He was a young couple who were tent makers Christian from Asia Minor. by trade. † His mother, , and grandmother, , raised

† They moved from to Corinth because all the him in the faith. Jews were ordered to leave Rome. † He traveled and did missionary work with Paul,

† They became dedicated Christians who were , and others. missionaries with Paul. † Paul sent him to churches in Thessalonica and

† They established a church in that met in Corinth, and he led the church in their house. Ephesus. Actual posters are 11 X 17 inches each.

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