The people of The Nazarene.

These are the people who walk through the four books of The Nazarene. Names marked In the Bible appear in Scripture. The short descriptions come from the novels, and some people belong to the novels alone. Where a name is linked, a page tells what the Gospels say about that person and how the novels tell their story.

The family at Nazareth

• Joseph, a carpenter of Nazareth, who dies while his children are still young In the Bible
• Mary, his wife, mother of nine In the Bible
• Yeshua, the firstborn, a carpenter who raises his brothers and sisters. Officials call him Jesus of Nazareth. In the Bible
• James, the second child, who carries the family when Yeshua leaves. He marries Esta. In the Bible
• Miriam, the third child and eldest daughter, who marries Jacob, the stonemason’s son
• Joseph, called Joseph Jr., the fourth child, who carves small animals and keeps the family shop In the Bible
• Simon, the fifth child, who works stone In the Bible
• Martha, the sixth child
• Jude, the seventh child, who fishes and brings home his share In the Bible
• Amos, the eighth child, taken by fever before he turned six
• Ruth, the ninth and youngest, born after her father’s death
• Elizabeth, Mary’s kinswoman In the Bible
• Zacharias, her husband, a priest In the Bible
• John, their son, who baptizes at the Jordan In the Bible
• Mary, the wife of Clopas, Mary’s sister In the Bible
• Uncle Simon, of Nazareth, who runs with the nationalists

Nazareth

• Rebecca, a girl of Nazareth, who loves Yeshua and learns her father’s trade
• Ezra, her father, a merchant
• Isaac, a moneylender, who offers to provide for the widow’s family

The far country

• Asok, a trader from India who speaks four languages of trade
• Vidar, his son, who keeps a book of what every land calls God
• Demas, Yeshua’s childhood friend in Alexandria
• Theron, a philosopher at Athens

The twelve

• Simon, called the Rock, a fisherman of Capernaum. Yeshua names him Peter. In the Bible
• Andrew, Peter’s brother, who keeps order among the twelve In the Bible
• James Zebedee, a fisherman, son of Zebedee the boatbuilder In the Bible
• John Zebedee, his younger brother In the Bible
• Philip, of Bethsaida, who feeds the company In the Bible
• Nathanael, of Cana In the Bible
• Thomas, of Tarichea, who plans the roads In the Bible
• Matthew Levi, a tax collector who leaves his customs table In the Bible
• Simon Zelotes, a merchant of the patriotic society In the Bible
• James Alphaeus, a twin In the Bible
• Judas Alphaeus, his twin brother In the Bible
• Judas Iscariot, a Judean, who keeps the common purse In the Bible

The women who travel with him

• Mary of Magdala, among the first of the women In the Bible
• Susanna, who tends the sick with her medicine cloth In the Bible
• Joanna, who carries the women’s purse In the Bible
• Martha, Peter’s elder sister
• Salome, wife of Zebedee, mother of James and John In the Bible
• Mary, mother of the Alphaeus twins In the Bible
• Peter’s wife, who brings the new workers up from Perea and checks every knot herself In the Bible

Friends and followers

• Lazarus, of Bethany, son of Joseph’s old friend Simon In the Bible
• Martha and Mary of Bethany, his sisters In the Bible
• Simon of Bethany, a leading man of the village, on whose ground the company camps In the Bible
• Zebedee, a boatbuilder of Capernaum In the Bible
• Joram Zebedee, his son, a fisherman, brother to James and John
• Abner, once John’s disciple, now a teacher among the followers
• Hiram, a physician
• Jairus, a ruler of the synagogue, father of a sick daughter In the Bible
• Amos, a man of Kheresa, across the lake
• Micah, a man of Jerusalem, born blind
• John Mark, a boy of Jerusalem who attaches himself to the company In the Bible
• Rhodon, a teacher from Alexandria who comes with questions and stays to write
• Cleopas, of Emmaus, who walks home with his brother Jacob In the Bible

The authorities

• Herod, king of Judea at the time of the birth In the Bible
• Herod Antipas, his son, ruler of Galilee and Perea In the Bible
• Caiaphas, the high priest In the Bible
• Annas, his father-in-law In the Bible
• Nicodemus, a member of the high council In the Bible
• Joseph of Arimathea, a member of the high council In the Bible
• Melchior, a young councilor of Jerusalem
• Pilate, Roman governor of Judea In the Bible

Others

• Simon of Cyrene, a pilgrim in the city for the feast, with his two sons In the Bible
• Barabbas, a rebel held by Rome In the Bible
• Zacchaeus, a chief tax collector of Jericho In the Bible