Gospel Figures

Simon of Cyrene

Simon was from Cyrene, a city with a population close to 5,000 people. The Greeks made Cyrene a trade outpost in the seventh century B.C., and it lay in the region of Cyrenaica, a coastal town on the Mediterranean Sea.

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Stephen

In Acts, after the early church begins to convert thousands of people to the Christian faith in a matter of days, we meet for a brief time a man by the name of Stephen. He has a short introduction in Acts 6:5 and becomes the first martyr for the Christian faith just one chapter later.

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Characters

Many of the Bible's figures of importance appear in other sections of this site, (e.g. Biography >> Kings, Prophets, Apostles, etc.).

However, there is another group of important individuals who do not fit the other categories, and are therefore listed here. These include both Gospel writers and important characters portrayed in the scriptures.