'Named' in the Bible

and Jacob begat Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was begotten Jesus, who is named Christ.

but did not know her intimately until she gave birth to a son. And he named Him Jesus.

and coming, he dwelt in a city named Nazareth, that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through the prophets, that 'A Nazarene he shall be called.'

And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brothers, Simon named Peter and Andrew his brother, casting a drag into the sea -- for they were fishers --

Happy are the peacemakers: for they will be named sons of God.

Whoever then goes against the smallest of these laws, teaching men to do the same, will be named least in the kingdom of heaven; but he who keeps the laws, teaching others to keep them, will be named great in the kingdom of heaven.

And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.

Now the names of the twelve are these: The first, Simon, who is named Peter, and Andrew, his brother; James, the son of Zebedee, and John, his brother;

This is the builder's son, isn't it? His mother is named Mary, isn't she? His brothers are James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas, aren't they?

And he said to them, It is in the Writings, My house is to be named a house of prayer, but you are making it a hole of thieves.

And words of respect in the market-places, and to be named by men, Teacher.

But you may not be named Teacher: for one is your teacher, and you are all brothers.

And you may not be named guides: because one is your Guide, even Christ.

Then the high priests and the elders of the people assembled in the courtyard of the high priest, who was named Caiaphas.

Then one of the twelve, named Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests

Then comes Jesus with them to a place named Gethsemane, and says to his disciples, Be seated here, while I go over there for prayer.

For this cause that field was named, The field of blood, to this day.

At that time they were holding a notorious prisoner named Barabbas.

So when they came together, Pilate said to them, Whom will you have? Barabbas, or Jesus, who is named Christ?

Pilate says to them, What, then, am I to do with Jesus, who is named Christ? They all say, Let him be put to death on the cross.

As they were going out, they found a Cyrenian man named Simon. They forced this man to carry His cross.

And when they came to the place named Golgotha, that is to say, Dead Man's Head,

When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple:

He also appointed 12—He also named them apostles—to be with Him, to send them out to preach,

He appointed the Twelve: Simon (whom he named Peter),

Zebedee's sons James and his brother John (whom he named Boanerges, that is, Sons of Thunder),

One of the synagogue leaders, named Jairus, came, and when he saw Jesus, he fell at His feet

Then they came to Jericho. As Jesus, his disciples, and a large crowd were leaving Jericho, a blind beggar named Bartimaeus (that is, the son of Timaeus) was sitting by the road.

And he gave them teaching, and said to them, Is it not in the Writings, My house is to be named a house of prayer for all the nations? but you have made it a hole of thieves.

And they came to a place which was named Gethsemane: and he saith to his disciples, Sit ye here, while I shall pray.

And there was one named Barabbas, which lay bound with them that had made insurrection with him, who had committed murder in the insurrection.

They forced a certain passer-by named Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus, who happened to be coming in from the country, to carry Jesus' cross.

And they took him to the place named Golgotha, which is, Dead Man's Head.

There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.

And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,

to a virgin engaged to a man named Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin’s name was Mary.

He will be great, and will be named the Son of the Most High: and the Lord God will give him the kingdom of David, his father:

And the angel in answer said to her, The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will come to rest on you, and so that which will come to birth will be named holy, Son of God.

but his mother said, "Absolutely not! He must be named John."

So they made signs to his father [asking] what he wanted him to be named,

And you, child, will be named the prophet of the Most High: you will go before the face of the Lord, to make ready his ways;

And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, his name was called JESUS, which was so named of the angel before he was conceived in the womb.

Now a man named Simeon was in Jerusalem. This man was righteous and devout. He was waiting for the one who would comfort Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

Now it came about that while the people came pushing to be near him, and to have knowledge of the word of God, he was by a wide stretch of water named Gennesaret;

And after these things he went forth, and saw a publican, named Levi, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he said unto him, Follow me.

And when it was day, he called unto him his disciples: and of them he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles;

Simon, (whom he also named Peter,) and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew,

And Matthew and Thomas and James, the son of Alphaeus, and Simon, who was named the Zealot,

And it came about, after a little time, that he went to a town named Nain; and his disciples went with him, and a great number of people.

And certain women who had been made free from evil spirits and diseases, Mary named Magdalene, from whom seven evil spirits had gone out,

And, behold, there came a man named Jairus, and he was a ruler of the synagogue: and he fell down at Jesus' feet, and besought him that he would come into his house:

And the twelve, when they came back, gave him an account of what they had done. And he took them with him and went away from the people to a town named Beth-saida.

Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house.

She had a sister named Mary, who also sat at the Lord’s feet and was listening to what He said.

I am no longer good enough to be named your son: make me like one of your servants.

And his son said to him, Father, I have done wrong, against heaven and in your eyes: I am no longer good enough to be named your son.

And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,

And, behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus, which was the chief among the publicans, and he was rich.

And it came about that when he got near Beth-phage and Bethany by the mountain which is named the Mountain of Olives, he sent two of the disciples,

And every day he was teaching in the Temple and every night he went out to the mountain which is named the Mountain of Olives to take his rest.

While He was still speaking, suddenly a mob was there, and one of the Twelve named Judas was leading them. He came near Jesus to kiss Him,

But Pilate, having heard Galilee named, demanded if the man were a Galilaean;

And when they came to the place which is named Golgotha, they put him on the cross, and the evil-doers, one on the right side, and the other on the left.

And, behold, there was a man named Joseph, a counseller; and he was a good man, and a just:

And behold, two of them were going that very day to a village named Emmaus, which was about seven miles from Jerusalem.

The one named Cleopas answered Him, “Are You the only visitor in Jerusalem who doesn’t know the things that happened there in these days?”

There was a man named Johnwho was sent from God.

There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:

So he came to a town of Samaria which was named Sychar, near to the bit of land which Jacob gave to his son Joseph:

The woman said to him, I am certain that the Messiah, who is named Christ, is coming; when he comes he will make all things clear to us.

Now in Jerusalem near the sheep-market there is a public bath which in Hebrew is named Beth-zatha. It has five doorways.

He said, "The man named Jesus made some mud, spread it on my eyes, and told me, "Go to Siloam and wash.' So off I went and washed, and I received my sight."

Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.

Then Thomas, who was named Didymus, said to the other disciples, Let us go so that we may be with him in death.

And one of them, named Caiaphas, being the high priest that same year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all,

So Jesus no longer went about publicly among the Jews, but went from there into the country near to the waste land, to a town named Ephraim, where he was for some time with the disciples.

So when these words came to Pilate's ear, he took Jesus out, seating himself in the judge's seat in a place named in Hebrew, Gabbatha, or the Stone Floor.

And he went out with his cross on him to the place which is named Dead Man's Head (in Hebrew, Golgotha):

Now Thomas, one of the twelve, named Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.

Simon Peter, Thomas named Didymus, Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples were all together.

Then they went back to Jerusalem from the mountain named Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day's journey away.

And this came to the knowledge of all those who were living in Jerusalem, so that the field was named in their language, Akel-dama, or, The field of blood.)

And they made selection of two, Joseph, named Barsabbas, whose other name was Justus, and Matthias.

And a certain man who from birth had had no power in his legs, was taken there every day, and put down at the door of the Temple which is named Beautiful, requesting money from those who went into the Temple;

And while he kept his hands on Peter and John, all the people came running together to the covered way which is named Solomon's, full of wonder.

Joseph, a Levite and a Cypriot by birth, the one the apostles called Barnabas, which is translated Son of Encouragement,

But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,

Then stood there up one in the council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in reputation among all the people, and commanded to put the apostles forth a little space;

But some of those who were of the Synagogue named that of the Libertines, and some of the men of Cyrene and of Alexandria and those from Cilicia and Asia, had arguments with Stephen.

They threw him out of the city and began to stone him. And the witnesses laid their robes at the feet of a young man named Saul.

A man named Simon had previously practiced sorcery in that city and astounded the Samaritan people, while claiming to be somebody great.

To whom they all gave attention, from the smallest to the greatest, saying, This man is that power of God which is named Great.

And there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias; and to him said the Lord in a vision, Ananias. And he said, Behold, I am here, Lord.

“Get up and go to the street called Straight,” the Lord said to him, “to the house of Judas, and ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul, since he is praying there.

And hath seen in a vision a man named Ananias coming in, and putting his hand on him, that he might receive his sight.

And there he found a certain man named AEneas, which had kept his bed eight years, and was sick of the palsy.

Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which by interpretation is called Dorcas: this woman was full of good works and almsdeeds which she did.

So Peter stayed many days in Joppa with a man named Simon, a tanner.

There was a man in Caesarea named Cornelius, a centurion of what was called the Italian Regiment.

Now send men to Joppa and call for Simon, who is also named Peter.