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Groups in the New Testament

1. Pharisee (Matt 3) Pharisee is Hebrew for "Separated". They were members of the conservative Jewish religious party - not a political party. They conformed to the written Law of Moses in the first five books of the Old Testament, and the traditional oral interpretation of them

Men in the New Testament

1. Agabus (Acts 11) - Agabus was a prophet who prophesied that a three-year famine would occur in Judea and Jerusalem (Acts 11). Also prophesied the apostle Paul would be bound and arrested in Jerusalem (Acts 21). Re-appears 15 years later in c AD 58 at the home of Stephen the Evangelist in Caesarea. This time he warns Paul not to continue his journey to Jerusalem where he will be arrested and handed over to the Romans (Acts 21:10)
2. Agrippa I, See Herod family
3. Agrippa II, See Herod family
4. Alexander son of Simon of Cyrene who carried the cross of Jesus to Calvary;
5. Alexander (Acts 4) , a member of the Sanhedrin
6. Alexander, a Jew of Ephesus present during the silversmith's riot towards the end of the apostle Paul's stay there, c AD56 or 57. He was either trying to defend Paul's companions,Gaius and Aristarchus, or more likely disclaiming Jewish responsibility for Paul's teaching.
7. Alexander the false teacher expelled by Paul along with Hymenaeus from the church (probably at Ephesus, or Troas?), described in Paul's First Letter to Timothy (1:20), written c AD66. After the Ephesus riots, this Alexander the Jew could have become a Christian, but over the years turned against Paul. He may than have shared responsibility for Paul's arrest at Ephesus or Troas, where Paul left his cloak and books (2 Timothy 4:13)
8. Alexander the coppersmith, who in Paul's words as he awaits execution in Rome in c AD67 "did me a great deal of harm". Alexander may have been in Ephesus by then as Paul warns Timothy to be careful of him (2 Timothy 4:14). After the Ephesus riots, this Alexander the Jew could have become a Christian, but over the years turned against Paul. He may than have shared responsibility for Paul's arrest at Ephesus or Troas, where Paul left his cloak and books (2 Timothy 4:13)
9. Ananias (Acts 5), husband of Sapphira.
10. Ananias, the disciple who heals the blinded Saul (Paul) after his encounter with the risen Jesus on the road to Damascus, c AD34. Twenty five years later, when Paul defends himself before the Jewish crowds in Jerusalem, he describes how Ananias, a reverent and highly respected Jew had, at God's command, played an important part in his conversion (Acts 22:12)
11. Ananias, the high priest in Jerusalem at the time of Paul's arrest and later trial in Caesarea (c AD58). See also High Priest.
12. Andrew is the brother of Simon Peter. He was a fisherman and originally a disciple of John the Baptist. Fisherman who was one of the first two disciples Jesus choose to follow him and become an apostle. Brother of Simon Peter. Lived in Bethsaida when Jesus called him. After the death and resurrection of Jesus, claims are that Andrew preached in Achaia (southern Greece) and Scythia (Ukraine and southern Russia - St. Andrew is the patron saint of Russia), and was crucified at Patras in Achaia. A later tradition describes him as being crucified in a spread-eagled position - hence the St. Andrew's cross of Scotland.
13. Barnabas https://www.ccel.org/bible/phillips/CN720People.htm#b
14. Bartholomew
15. Caiaphas (Luke 3)
16. Christ
17. Devil
18. Gabriel
19. God
20. Jesus Christ also called Jesus
21. James a son of Zebedee and brother of John
22. James son of Alphaeus
23. John a son of Zebedee and brother of James http://www.wikichristian.org/index.php/Apostle_John
24. Joseph
25. Judas
26. Judas Iscariot
27. Judas the brother of James
28. Lazarus http://christiananswers.net/dictionary/lazarus.html
29. Luke
30. Mark
31. Messiah
32. Matthew the publican
33. Philip
34. Simon Peter is the brother of Andrew http://www.wikichristian.org/index.php/Apostle_Peter
35. Simon Zelotes
36. Simon the Canaanite
37. Simeon http://christiananswers.net/dictionary/simeon.html
38. Lebbaeus Thaddaeus
39. Thomas http://www.wikichristian.org/index.php/Apostle_Thomas
40. Zebedee father of James and John

Women in the New Testament

1. Anna http://christiananswers.net/dictionary/anna.html
2. Elizabeth http://christiananswers.net/dictionary/elisabeth.html
3. Eunice the mother of Timothy, a believing Jewess, but married to a Greek (Acts 16:1) http://christiananswers.net/dictionary/eunice.html
4. Herodias http://christiananswers.net/dictionary/herodias.html
5. Mary (mother of Jesus) http://christiananswers.net/dictionary/mary-motherofjesus.html
6. Mary Magdalene http://christiananswers.net/dictionary/mary.html#marymagdalene
7. Mary the sister of Lazarus http://christiananswers.net/dictionary/mary.html#lazarussister
8. Mary the wife of Cleopas http://christiananswers.net/dictionary/mary.html#cleopaswife
9. Mary the mother of John Mark http://christiananswers.net/dictionary/mary.html#motherofjohnmark
10. Mary the Christian in Rome http://christiananswers.net/dictionary/mary.html#christianinrome
11. Martha http://christiananswers.net/dictionary/martha.html
12. Samaritan Woman
13. Thyatira became the first in Europe who embraced Christianity. a “seller of purple,” who dwelt in Philippi (Acts 16:14, 15). She was not a Jewess but a proselyte. http://christiananswers.net/dictionary/lydia.html

References

1. People in the New Testament as listed by ccel.org.
2. People in the New Testament as listed by biblestudy.org.
3. People of the New Testament as listed by biblefaces.com.