Jesus the Christ John the Baptist Mary of Nazareth
† He has miraculous † He was the cousin of † She was a young teen power over sickness, demons, Jesus and the son of Zechariah who married Joseph the carpenter. nature, and death. and Elizabeth. † An angel 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 Jordan River. † 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 Christianity to the Gentiles, the non-Jews. † He became the leader of the first Christians: the first Pope.
† In John’s Gospel, 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 Apostles. † 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, Eunice, and grandmother, Lois, raised
† They moved from Rome 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 Silas, and others. missionaries with Paul. † Paul sent him to churches in Thessalonica and
† They established a church in Ephesus 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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