Isópsychon

4. An 84-year-old anchorite prophet in Jerusalem who predicted the arrival of Jesus.
5. Bishop of Ephesus, missionary to Thessalonica, and recipient of two of Paul’s letters.
6. Protodeacon and early martyr. Saul (later Paul) was with the crowd that stoned him to death.
10. Spoke so eloquently in Corinth that some of his followers, acting against his own wishes, split off from Paul.
11. Sold his land to pay for missions. Paul’s key mentor and early traveling companion. Vouched for Paul in Jerusalem, and later vouched for Mark to Paul.
12. Prophet. The first human being to preach the Resurrection, and thereby arguably the first Christian.

1. Honorary mother of Paul, and literal mother of Rufus.
2. Canonically and dogmatically, the greatest human being outside of Jesus who has ever lived or will ever live. Symbol of the Church, God-bearer, and initiator of Jesus’ first miracle.
3. Bishop of Crete, and recipient of a letter from Paul. Reconciled Paul with Corinth.
7. Together with her husband Aquila, she risked her life to hide Paul from the authorities during a time of intense persecution.
8. Paul vouched for her leadership skills in Romans 16:1.
9. Traveled with Paul and Timothy to Thessalonica. Kept the peace between gentile Christians in Antioch and Jewish Christians in Jerusalem.