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Also Known As Saint John the Divine • Saint John the Evangelist
Flourished c.1 - c.100
Notable Works Gospel According to John • Revelation to John • Letters of John

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Thomas Ball: Saint John the Evangelist
Plaque with St. John the Evangelist
Lindisfarne Gospels
manuscript illumination
St. John the Apostle
Taddeo Gaddi
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Christian martyr
Caravaggio: The Conversion of St. Paul (second version)
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Christian Apostle
St. Luke
St. Luke
biblical author
Nebuchadnezzar II
king of Babylonia
Sir Flinders Petrie, detail of an oil painting by George Frederic Watts, 1900; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
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British archaeologist
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Ehud Olmert
prime minister of Israel
Melchizedek
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biblical figure
James the Greater
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copy of Donatello's Saint Mark
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St. Matthew
apostle
Valentinus
Gnostic philosopher
St. Silas
Christian prophet
Teddy Kollek
Israeli politician
Eliezer Sukenik
Israeli archaeologist
Fra Bartolommeo: God the Father with SS. Catherine of Siena and Mary Magdalene
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disciple of Jesus
St. Philip the Apostle, stained-glass window, 19th century; in St. Mary's Church, Bury St. Edmunds, Eng.
Saint Philip the Apostle
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Lazarus
New Testament parable figure
Justus of Ghent: Saint Augustine
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Medina, Saudi Arabia: Prophet's Mosque
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