Joseph of Arimathea
A rich Jewish man who was a member of the ruling council when Christ was crucified. He secretly believed in…
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Joseph, husband of Mary
A carpenter who lived in Nazareth. When Mary was pregnant, an angel told Joseph that the Holy Spirit was the…
Joseph, son of Jacob
Joseph’s father, Jacob, was ninety years old when Joseph was born, and Jacob favored Joseph over all his other sons.…
Joshua
Moses’s assistant and military commander through Israel’s forty years in the wilderness after the escape from Egypt. When Moses died…
Josiah
The sixteenth king of Judah and one of the godly kings in the Old Testament. He became king when he…
Judas Iscariot
The disciple who betrayed Jesus. He served as treasurer for the disciples. Although they trusted Judas, Jesus knew all along…
Jude
The half brother of Christ and the writer of the book of Jude—one of the shorter books of the New…
Judge
A government official who had different duties at different periods of history. In the time of Moses, judges settled arguments…