Who Am I?

By Janet Fawcett Higginson

See if you can identify each of these people from the New Testament. Check your answers by looking up the scripture references.

Before I was converted to the true Church, I persecuted those who believed in Jesus Christ. After seeing Jesus in a vision, I became His disciple. I traveled for many years as a missionary, preaching the gospel to the Jews and the Gentiles. My first missionary companion was Barnabas. Who am I? (See Acts 9:1–22; Acts 13:2, 9.) _______________

I was the first chief Apostle of Jesus Christ. My brother, Andrew, and I were fishermen. One of the names I am known by means “a stone.” Who am I? (See Matt. 4:18–20; John 1:40–42.) ______________________

Jesus cast seven devils out of me. I became His disciple, and I was the first person to see Him after His Resurrection. Who am I? (See Luke 8:2; Mark 16:9.) ____________________

I had a young daughter about 12 years old who became very ill and died. Jesus came to my home and raised her from the dead. Who am I? (See Luke 8:41–42, 49–56.) __________________________

Engravings by Gustave Doré (1832–1883)