List of minor New Testament figures

This list contains persons named in the Bible in the New Testament of minor notability, about whom either nothing or very little is known, aside from any family connections.

[2] Alexander was a member of the Sanhedrin named in Acts 4:6 as part of a group before whom Peter and John were required to give an account of their healing power, following their arrest on the day of Pentecost.

Chloe was a member and ostensible head of a Christian household in Corinth and associate of Paul the Apostle.

See Heli Eliakim is the name of 2 different paternal ancestors of Saint Joseph: [6] Eliezer was the son of Jorim and the father of Jose according to Luke 3:29.

[8] Elmadam or Elmodam is the name of an ancestor of Saint Joseph, according to the genealogy found in the Gospel of Luke.

[9] The Peshitta calls him Elmodad, but the Encyclopaedia Biblica suggests the reading "Elmatham," a form of the name Elnathan.

Heli was the son of Matthat and the father of Saint Joseph only according to Luke; He was also the grandfather of Jesus Christ.

In the Gospel of Matthew, Jacob was the father of Saint Joseph instead of Heli and could possibly be the case of Levirate Marriage according to Sextus Julius Africanus.

A Hermogenes is briefly mentioned in 2 Timothy 1:15, where he, along with someone named Phygelus, are described as having "turned away" from Paul the Apostle.

[12] Jacob was the son of Matthan[13] and the father of Saint Joseph in the Genealogy of Jesus according to Sai Matthew.

According to Sextus Julius Africanus, Heli and Jacob were step-brothers, and Heli died without having children, and his widow married his brother Jacob and bore him a child according to the law of Levirate Marriage his brother was legally the father of Saint Joseph as well.

Here is a chart representing that Heli and Jacob are both the father of Joseph: Jannai was an ancestor of Jesus Christ according to the Gospel of Luke.

When he went blind at his conversion experience, Paul the Apostle stayed at the home of a man named Judas who lived on Straight Street in Damascus.

Julia was a Christian woman at Rome to whom Paul sent his salutations in Romans 16:15, supposed to be the wife (or sister) of Philologus.

[19] Mattatha is a figure who appears in the Genealogy of Jesus as the son of Nathan and the father of Menan, in the version found in the Gospel of Luke.

The son of Menan (or Menna) and father of Eliakim, he is briefly mentioned as an ancestor of Jesus (Luke 3:31).

Naggai (King James Version spelling Nagge) is the name of a figure found in the genealogy of Jesus according to the Gospel of Luke.

Nereus was a Christian mentioned with his unnamed sister in Romans 16:15 with other saints to whom Paul the Apostle sent greetings and salutations.

Phygelus or Phygellus is described in 2 Timothy 1:15 as an Asian citizen who along with Hermogenes turned away from the Apostle Paul from his ministry.

Tryphosa was a Christian mentioned in Romans 16:12 with other saints to whom Paul the apostle sent greetings and salutations.