Famous Figures
King of kings, Lord of lords, son of God.
Jesus Christ
The first miracle that Jesus performed
Turning water to wine
The number of days and nights Jesus was tempted in the wilderness
Forty days and nights
"I don't know," he replied. "Am I my brother's keeper?"
Cain
"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life."
John 3
The apostle that was a tax collector before meeting Jesus
Matthew
Jesus' last performed miracle
Raising himself from the dead
The number of disciples - and of the tribes of Israel
Twelve
“After me comes the one more powerful than I, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie."
John the Baptist
"The LORD is my shepherd, I lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures,
he leads me beside quiet waters, he refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths
for his name’s sake."
Psalm 23
The prisoner released as Jesus was sentenced to cricifixion.
Barabbas
The question that Jesus asked the man at the pool of Bethesda before healing him.
“Do you want to get well?”
The number of plagues God sent on Egypt
Ten
Paul
"Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind."
Romans 12
Replaced Judas as the 12th apostle.
Matthias
Israel marched around this city for seven days, and on the seventh the walls fell.
In Matthew 18, Peter askes if he should forgive this amount of times.
Jesus responds, no, but this number instead.
Seventy times seven
“Look,” he said, “I see heaven open and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.”
Stephen
The reading of the 10 Commandments
Deuteronomy 5
On Mount Carmel, this prophet faced 450 prophets of Baal. God answered his prayer with fire from heaven.
Elijah
The amount of distinct miracles Jesus performed throughout the Gospels
38
In Revelation, the number of those who were sealed from all the tribes of Israel
144,000 (12,000 x 12 tribes of Israel)
Jesus is
“‘the stone you builders rejected,
which has become the cornerstone"
Peter
"Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last. I am the Living One; I was dead, and now look, I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades."
Revelation 1