12 Disciples
This Disciple was "The Rock" on which Jesus built his church.
Peter (Matthew 16:18)
This prophet called down a curse on a bunch of teenagers who insulted his lack of hair. As a result, 42 of them were mauled by bears.
Elisha
2 Kings 2:23-24
(Moral of the story: Respect your elders, and don’t make fun of bald pastors!!)
This woman became Queen of Persia in place of Vashti.
Esther
(Esther 1:1-2:18)
This hero once killed a guy and—later on in his life—flat out told God, “No…send someone else!” when asked to fulfill a task.
Moses
(Exodus 2:11-15, 4:13)
This engaged couple were each told separately by the angel, Gabriel, that they would have a son.
Mary and Joseph
(Luke 1:31, Matthew 1:21)
This disciple was slow to believe in Jesus and the Resurrection, and wanted to stick his hand into Jesus' wound.
Thomas (a.k.a Doubting Thomas).
(John 20:25)
This prophet had a conversation with his donkey.
Balaam
Numbers 22:21-39
This woman told her husband to “curse God and die”.
Job’s Wife
(Job 2:9)
This hero was falsely arrested and brutally tortured. While he was close to death, he showed compassion to those murdering him and asked God to forgive them.
Jesus
(Luke 23:34)
This husband and wife were fleeing from the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah when the wife looked back and was incinerated into a pillar of salt.
Lot and Lot’s Wife
(Genesis 19:26)
This disciple identified Jesus with a kiss.
Judas Iscariot
(Luke 22:48)
This prophet named his children “Unloved” and “Not-My-People”.
Hosea
Hosea 1:6-9
This woman said to Samson, “Tell me what makes you so strong and how you can be subdued and humiliated”.
Delilah
(Judges 16:6)
By faith, this hero was taken to Heaven by God, without first having died.
Enoch
(Hebrews 11:5)
A child was born to this couple—as God had promised—when the husband was 100-years old and the wife was 90-years old.
Abraham and Sarah
(Genesis 21:2)
He was the only one of Jesus' 12 disciples not to abandon Jesus when He was arrested, tortured, and crucified.
John
(John 18:15, 19:26)
This King was so fat that when he was stabbed in the stomach, his rolls of blubber enveloped the entire sword.
King Eglon
(Judges 3:21-22)
She was the first woman to be evicted in the Bible.
Eve
(Genesis 3:22-23)
This hero used to be an enemy to Christians before He encountered Jesus in a dramatic way. He would go on to write much of the New Testament and be considered the greatest missionary of all time.
The Apostle Paul
(Acts 9:1-22)
This husband and wife sold a piece of property, kept some of the profit for themselves, and laid the rest at the disciples feet—But Peter called them out on not giving all of it and then they both died.
Ananias and Sapphira
(Acts 5:5, 5:10)
This disciple was crucified on an X-shaped cross.
Andrew
(Not recorded biblically, but Christian history/tradition agrees)
This guy faked a mental illness because he feared a king.
David
(1 Samuel 21:13)
She gave birth to “the greatest of all men”.
Elizabeth: Mother of John the Baptist
(Luke 1:56-66; Matthew 11:11)
This hero said, “You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good!”
Joseph
(Genesis 50:20)
This husband and wife weren’t always husband and wife. They became husband and wife after the man—a military ruler—saw the woman bathing on her rooftop, had her husband—his lead general—killed, and then took her to be his own wife.
David and Bathsheba
(2 Samuel 11:27)