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Book of Acts

People in Acts: Early Church Figures & Bible Quiz

Acts introduces apostles, coworkers, community members and people who encounter the early church. Paul, Barnabas and Silas form missionary connections, while Stephen, Cornelius and Gamaliel have different narrative roles. These entries connect each name with an action and setting.

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11 current accepted entries · names & aliases

Names, context & references

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Paul

Originally Saul of Tarsus; transformed on the Damascus road to become the primary missionary to the Gentiles.

Other accepted names: Saul of Tarsus

Reference/context: Acts 7:58, 9–28 (KJV text)

Stephen

One of the first seven deacons and the first recorded Christian martyr.

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Reference/context: Acts 6–7 (KJV text)

Barnabas

Levite from Cyprus named Joseph, nicknamed Barnabas ("Son of Encouragement"), mentor to Paul and Mark.

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Reference/context: Acts 4:36, 11–15 (KJV text)

Timothy

Young coworker from Lystra of mixed Jewish-Greek heritage, closely mentored by Paul.

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Reference/context: Acts 16:1–3; 1–2 Timothy (KJV text)

Luke

Physician and historian traditionally credited with authoring both Luke and Acts.

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Reference/context: Acts 16:10; Colossians 4:14 (KJV text)

Cornelius

Roman centurion at Caesarea whose household became the pivotal Gentile conversion in Acts 10.

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Reference/context: Acts 10 (KJV text)

Apollos

Eloquent Jewish scholar from Alexandria who became a prominent teacher in Ephesus and Corinth.

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Reference/context: Acts 18:24–28; 1 Corinthians 3:6 (KJV text)

Silas

Jerusalem church envoy who sang hymns with Paul at midnight in the Philippian jail.

Other accepted names: Silvanus

Reference/context: Acts 15:22, 16:19–34 (KJV text)

Gamaliel

Renowned Pharisaic sage who counselled restraint before the Sanhedrin and taught young Saul.

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Reference/context: Acts 5:34–39, 22:3 (KJV text)

Aquila

Jewish tentmaker from Pontus who left Rome under Claudius’s edict and partnered with Paul in Corinth.

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Reference/context: Acts 18:2, 18, 26 (KJV text)

Priscilla

Tentmaker and missionary partner with her husband Aquila who instructed Apollos in Ephesus.

Other accepted names: Prisca

Reference/context: Acts 18:2, 26; Romans 16:3 (KJV text)

Turn the list into recall

  1. Build place–person links around Jerusalem, Antioch and the missionary journeys.
  2. Use partnerships such as Barnabas/Paul, Silas/Paul and Priscilla/Aquila to create additional recall cues.
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Content review date: 2026-11-14 · current-4fbee918-104866 · Sources & corrections