Person Old and New Testament
Jesus
Also known as Jesus Christ, Jesus of Nazareth, Christ, Messiah, Son of God, Son of Man
Jesus of Nazareth is the center of the Christian faith and of FaithGraph. The Gospels present Him as the promised Messiah of Israel, the eternal Word made flesh, who taught, healed, was crucified under Pontius Pilate, rose bodily on the third day, and commissioned His followers to carry the good news to all nations.
Why it matters. Every thread in this graph runs toward Him. The Old Testament promises Him, the Gospels narrate Him, and the rest of the New Testament explains what His death and resurrection mean.
- Primary passages
- Dates
- 7 BC to AD 33 (approximate) (medium confidence, Conventional chronology anchored to Herod's death (4 BC) and Pilate's governorship (AD 26 to 36))
Birth is commonly placed between about 7 and 4 BC; the crucifixion is most often dated to AD 30 or AD 33. The span is given as a bounded range across eras because no single year is certain.
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
Connections
Jesus participates in Creation
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceJohn says all things were made through the Word who became flesh, and Paul says all things were created through and for the Son.
Evidence:The Passover and the exodus symbolizes Jesus
Historic Christian readingHigh confidenceThe New Testament repeatedly presents Jesus in Passover terms: John the Baptist calls Him the Lamb of God, Paul calls Him our Passover lamb, Jesus dies at Passover, and Luke calls His coming death an exodus. Christians have read the whole event as a pattern of the redemption He accomplished.
Other responsible views
- Pattern, not prediction: The exodus narrative is history, not prophecy about Jesus. The correspondence is drawn by the New Testament writers looking back, which is why this is labeled a historic Christian reading rather than explicit fulfillment.
Read this connectionFollow The Passover and the exodus in the graph
Jesus participates in The birth of Jesus
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceBoth birth narratives name the child Jesus as the one born in Bethlehem.
Evidence:Jesus participates in The presentation in the temple
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceThe infant Jesus is brought to the temple and taken up in Simeon's arms.
Evidence:Jesus participates in The visit of the magi
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceThe magi find the child with His mother and worship Him.
Evidence:Jesus participates in The flight to Egypt
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceThe child is carried to Egypt and brought back to the land of Israel.
Evidence:Jesus participates in The boy Jesus in the temple
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceThe twelve-year-old Jesus stays behind in the temple courts among the teachers.
Evidence:Jesus participates in The baptism of Jesus
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceJesus comes from Galilee to be baptized by John.
Evidence:Jesus participates in The temptation of Jesus
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceJesus is led by the Spirit into the wilderness and fasts forty days before the temptations.
Evidence:Jesus participates in The calling of the first disciples
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceNamed in the Gospel accounts of the call beside the Sea of Galilee.
Evidence:Jesus participates in The wedding at Cana
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceJesus, His mother, and His disciples are at the wedding, and Jesus turns the water into wine.
Evidence:Jesus participates in Nicodemus comes to Jesus at night
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceJesus receives Nicodemus and teaches him about the new birth.
Evidence:Jesus participates in The Samaritan woman at the well
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceJesus speaks with the Samaritan woman at Jacob's well and identifies Himself as the Messiah.
Evidence:Jesus participates in The rejection at Nazareth
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceJesus reads Isaiah in the Nazareth synagogue and is driven out of the town.
Evidence:Jesus participates in The Sermon on the Mount
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceJesus goes up the mountain, sits, and teaches; the crowds are astonished at His authority.
Evidence:Jesus participates in The healing of the paralytic
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceJesus forgives and heals the paralyzed man in Capernaum.
Evidence:Jesus participates in The parables of the Kingdom
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceJesus teaches the crowds in parables from the boat and explains them to His disciples.
Evidence:Jesus participates in The calming of the storm
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceJesus, asleep in the stern, wakes and rebukes the wind and the sea.
Evidence:Jesus participates in The raising of Jairus's daughter
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceJesus goes with Jairus, heals the woman on the way, and raises the girl.
Evidence:Jesus participates in The feeding of the five thousand
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceJesus blesses, breaks, and distributes the loaves and fish to the crowd.
Evidence:Jesus participates in Jesus walks on the water
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceJesus comes to the disciples walking on the sea and climbs into the boat.
Evidence:Jesus participates in Peter's confession at Caesarea Philippi
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceJesus asks the question, blesses Peter's answer, and predicts His suffering.
Evidence:Jesus participates in The transfiguration
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceJesus takes Peter, James, and John up the mountain and is transfigured before them.
Evidence:Jesus participates in The parables of the lost sheep, coin, and son
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceJesus tells the three parables in answer to the Pharisees' complaint that He welcomes sinners.
Evidence:Follow The parables of the lost sheep, coin, and son in the graph
Jesus participates in The raising of Lazarus
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceJesus comes to Bethany, weeps, and calls Lazarus out of the tomb.
Evidence:Jesus participates in Jesus sets out for Jerusalem
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceLuke records Jesus setting out for Jerusalem and telling the Twelve what awaits Him there.
Evidence:Jesus participates in Zacchaeus receives Jesus
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceJesus calls Zacchaeus down from the tree and stays at his house.
Evidence:Jesus participates in Jesus heals blind Bartimaeus
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceJesus stops, calls the blind man, and restores his sight.
Evidence:Jesus participates in The anointing at Bethany
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceJesus is the one anointed and He interprets the act as preparation for His burial.
Jesus participates in The triumphal entry
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceJesus sends for the colt and rides into Jerusalem.
Evidence:Jesus participates in Jesus weeps over Jerusalem
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceJesus weeps over the city as He approaches it.
Evidence:Jesus participates in The cleansing of the temple
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceJesus drives out the sellers and overturns the money changers' tables.
Evidence:Jesus participates in The controversies in the temple
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceJesus is the one questioned in the temple courts and the one who answers.
Evidence:Jesus participates in The Olivet discourse
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceJesus delivers the discourse seated on the Mount of Olives.
Evidence:Jesus participates in Jesus washes the disciples' feet
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceJesus washes the disciples' feet.
Evidence:Jesus participates in The farewell discourse
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceJesus speaks the discourse and prays the prayer of John 17.
Evidence:Jesus participates in Gethsemane
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceJesus prays in the garden that the cup might pass and submits to the Father's will.
Evidence:Jesus participates in The arrest of Jesus
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceJesus is arrested and bound in the garden.
Evidence:Jesus participates in The trial before the Sanhedrin
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceJesus is questioned under oath and condemned.
Evidence:Jesus participates in Peter denies Jesus
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceLuke records the Lord turning to look at Peter as the rooster crowed.
Evidence:Jesus participates in The trial before Pilate
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceJesus stands before the governor and answers his question about kingship.
Evidence:Jesus participates in The crucifixion of Jesus
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceThe passion narratives in all four Gospels record the crucifixion of Jesus.
Evidence:Jesus participates in The burial of Jesus
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceThe body of Jesus is taken down, wrapped, and laid in the tomb.
Evidence:Jesus participates in Jesus appears to Mary Magdalene
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceThe text names Jesus in this event at the cited verses.
Evidence:Jesus participates in The road to Emmaus
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceThe text names Jesus in this event at the cited verses.
Evidence:Jesus participates in Jesus appears to the gathered disciples
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceThe text names Jesus in this event at the cited verses.
Evidence:Jesus participates in Jesus appears to Thomas
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceThe text names Jesus in this event at the cited verses.
Evidence:Jesus participates in Jesus appears by the Sea of Galilee
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceThe text names Jesus in this event at the cited verses.
Evidence:Jesus participates in Jesus appears to more than five hundred
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceThe text names Jesus in this event at the cited verses.
Evidence:Jesus participates in The Great Commission
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceThe risen Jesus speaks the commission to the disciples.
Evidence:Jesus participates in The conversion of Paul
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceThe text names Jesus in this event at the cited verses.
Evidence:Jesus participates in The promise of His return
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceThe text names Jesus in this event at the cited verses.
Evidence:Jesus is descended from Abraham
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceLineage: Matthew 1Matthew's opening line calls Jesus the son of Abraham and begins the genealogy with him.
Evidence:Jesus is descended from David
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceLineage: Luke 3Luke's genealogy traces Jesus's descent to David through Nathan, and on to Adam.
Evidence:Jesus is descended from David
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceLineage: Matthew 1Matthew's genealogy traces Jesus's legal descent through Joseph to David. Luke's genealogy also reaches David by a different line; FaithGraph records the two lists separately and never merges them.
Evidence:Other responsible views
- Luke's genealogy: Luke 3:23-38 traces descent from David through Nathan rather than Solomon. The relationship between the two lists is discussed in the Lineage section.
Jesus parallels Jonah
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceJesus explicitly sets His burial and rising alongside Jonah's three days in the fish, and His preaching alongside Jonah's preaching at Nineveh.
Evidence:Jesus is descended from Judah
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceLineage: Matthew 1Matthew's genealogy names Judah in its second line, and Hebrews says it is clear that our Lord descended from Judah.
Jesus is descended from Solomon
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceLineage: Matthew 1Matthew's genealogy runs from David through Solomon and the kings of Judah to Joseph. Luke's list runs through Nathan instead; FaithGraph keeps the two separate.
Evidence:Other responsible views
- Luke's genealogy: Luke 3:31 traces the line from David through Nathan, not Solomon.
Jesus travels to Egypt
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceMatthew records the child's journey to Egypt and return.
Evidence:Jesus travels to Nazareth
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceLuke records the family returning to Nazareth after the birth, and Jesus later coming to Nazareth, where He had been brought up.
Evidence:Jesus teaches Resurrection
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceJesus names Himself the resurrection and the life and foretells His own rising on the third day.
Evidence:Jesus teaches The Holy Spirit
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceIn the farewell discourse Jesus promises the Advocate and describes His work.
Evidence:Jesus teaches The Kingdom of God
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceMark summarizes the whole of Jesus's preaching as the announcement of the Kingdom of God.
Evidence:Jesus bears the title King of the Jews
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidencePilate questions Jesus under this title and has it written on the cross.
Evidence:Jesus bears the title Lamb of God
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceJohn the Baptist twice points to Jesus as the Lamb of God, once adding that He takes away the sin of the world.
Jesus bears the title Son of David
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceThe crowds at the entry hail Jesus as Son of David, Bartimaeus addresses Him so, and Matthew opens with the title.
Evidence:Jesus bears the title Son of Man
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceJesus calls Himself the Son of Man when He forgives the paralytic and when He predicts His suffering, and He asks the disciples who people say the Son of Man is.
Evidence:Jesus explicitly fulfills 2 Samuel 7:12-16
Explicit fulfillmentHigh confidenceGabriel tells Mary that her son will receive the throne of His father David and reign forever, language drawn from God's promise to David. Peter says David foresaw the resurrection of the promised heir, and Paul says God brought Israel a Savior from David's offspring "as He promised". These are explicit claims of fulfillment, not later inference.
Jesus explicitly fulfills Deuteronomy 18:15-19
Explicit fulfillmentHigh confidencePeter applies Moses' promise directly to Jesus, and Stephen cites the same verse in his defense.
Evidence:Jesus explicitly fulfills Genesis 12:3
Explicit fulfillmentHigh confidencePaul writes that the Scripture announced the Gospel in advance to Abraham with the words "all nations will be blessed through you", and identifies Christ as Abraham's offspring.
Jesus is read as fulfilling Genesis 22:1-18
Historic Christian readingMedium confidenceAbraham's words that God Himself will provide the lamb, the beloved only son carried up the mountain, and the ram given in his place have been read since the early church as a foreshadowing of the Father giving His Son. Hebrews and Paul echo the scene without stating the typology outright.
Other responsible views
- A test of faith in its own right: Genesis presents the binding of Isaac as the testing of Abraham's faith and the confirmation of the covenant oath. The Christological reading is an added layer, held widely but not stated by Genesis itself.
Jesus is read as fulfilling Genesis 3:15
Historic Christian readingMedium confidenceGenesis 3:15 says the offspring of the woman will crush the serpent's head. From the early church onward, Christians have read this as the first promise of Christ's victory over evil. The New Testament alludes to it (Romans 16:20) without quoting it directly, so this is labeled a historic Christian reading.
Other responsible views
- General promise of human victory over evil: Some interpreters read the verse as a broader statement about humanity and the serpent, with Christ as its climactic instance.
Jesus is read as fulfilling Genesis 49:10
Historic Christian readingMedium confidenceJacob's blessing promises that the scepter will not depart from Judah until the one to whom it belongs comes and the nations obey him. Revelation's Lion of the tribe of Judah and Hebrews' note that Jesus descended from Judah show the New Testament drawing on Judah's royal line, though neither quotes this verse.
Other responsible views
- Fulfilled in David's dynasty: Many read the blessing as fulfilled in the kingship of David's house, with the messianic sense as its fullest reach; the Hebrew of the phrase often rendered until Shiloh comes is itself uncertain.
Jesus explicitly fulfills Isaiah 42:1-4
Explicit fulfillmentHigh confidenceMatthew introduces the quotation with the formula that this was to fulfill what was spoken through Isaiah.
Evidence:Jesus is read as fulfilling Numbers 24:17
Historic Christian readingMedium confidenceBalaam's oracle of a star from Jacob and a scepter from Israel has been read by Christians since the early centuries as pointing to the Messiah, and Matthew's star over Bethlehem is often connected to it. The New Testament does not quote the verse, so this is labeled a historic reading.
Other responsible views
- David as the nearer referent: Many interpreters see the oracle fulfilled first in David, who conquered Moab and Edom, with a messianic sense developing later in Jewish and Christian reading.
Family
Family links from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0). Where the dataset marks an identification as uncertain, the mark is kept. Matthew and Luke give different genealogies for Jesus; see the Lineage page, which never merges them.
Appears in Scripture
Named in 1157 verses across 27 books. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.
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Isaiah (2 verses)
Matthew (166 verses)
1:11:161:171:181:211:231:252:12:43:133:153:164:14:74:104:124:174:184:237:288:38:48:108:138:148:188:208:228:349:29:49:99:109:159:199:229:239:279:289:309:3510:511:111:211:411:711:2512:112:1512:2513:113:3413:5313:5714:114:1214:1314:1614:2714:2914:3115:115:1615:2115:2815:2915:3215:3416:616:816:1316:1616:1716:2016:2116:2417:117:417:717:817:917:1717:1817:1917:2217:2517:2618:118:2219:119:1419:1819:2119:2319:2619:2820:1720:2220:2520:3020:3220:3421:121:621:1121:1221:1621:2121:2421:2721:3121:4222:122:1822:2922:4122:4223:123:1024:124:224:424:524:2326:126:426:626:1026:1726:1926:2626:3126:3426:3626:4926:5026:5126:5226:5526:5726:5926:6326:6426:6826:6926:7126:7527:127:1127:1727:2027:2227:2627:2727:3727:4627:5027:5427:5527:5727:5828:528:928:1028:1628:18
Mark (88 verses)
1:11:91:141:171:241:252:52:82:152:172:193:75:65:75:155:205:215:275:305:366:46:306:347:278:18:178:278:299:29:49:59:89:239:259:279:399:4110:510:1410:1810:2110:2310:2410:2710:2910:3210:3810:3910:4210:4710:4910:5010:5110:5211:611:711:2211:2911:3312:1712:2412:2912:3412:3513:213:513:2114:614:1814:2214:2714:3014:4814:5314:5514:6014:6114:6214:6714:7215:115:515:1515:3215:3415:3715:4316:6
Luke (101 verses)
1:312:112:212:262:272:432:523:153:213:234:14:44:84:124:144:344:354:415:85:105:125:195:225:316:36:96:117:37:47:67:97:227:408:288:308:358:388:398:408:418:458:468:509:209:339:369:419:429:439:479:509:589:609:6210:2110:2910:3010:3713:1213:1414:317:1317:1718:1618:1918:2218:2418:3718:3818:4018:4219:319:519:919:3520:820:3420:4122:4722:4822:5122:5222:6723:223:823:2023:2523:2623:2823:3423:3523:3923:4223:4623:5224:324:1524:1924:2624:3624:46
John (253 verses)
1:171:201:251:291:361:371:381:411:421:431:451:471:481:502:12:22:32:42:72:112:132:192:222:243:23:33:53:103:223:284:14:24:64:74:104:134:164:174:214:254:264:294:344:444:474:484:504:534:545:15:65:85:135:145:155:165:175:196:16:36:56:106:116:156:176:196:226:246:266:296:326:356:426:436:536:616:646:676:707:17:67:147:167:217:267:277:287:317:337:377:397:417:428:18:68:98:108:118:128:148:198:258:288:318:348:398:428:498:548:588:599:39:119:149:229:359:379:399:4110:610:710:2310:2410:2510:3210:3411:411:511:911:1311:1411:1711:2011:2111:2311:2511:2711:3011:3211:3311:3511:3811:3911:4011:4111:4411:4611:5111:5411:5612:112:312:712:912:1112:1212:1412:1612:2112:2212:2312:3012:3412:3512:3612:4413:113:313:713:813:1013:2113:2313:2513:2613:2713:2913:3113:3613:3814:614:914:2316:1916:3117:117:318:118:218:418:518:718:818:1118:1218:1518:1918:2018:2218:2318:2818:3218:3318:3418:3618:3719:119:519:919:1119:1319:1619:1819:1919:2019:2319:2519:2619:2819:3019:3319:3819:3919:4019:4220:220:1220:1420:1520:1620:1720:1920:2120:2420:2620:2920:3020:3121:121:421:521:721:1021:1221:1321:1421:1521:1721:2021:2121:2221:2321:25
Acts (71 verses)
1:11:111:141:161:212:222:312:322:362:383:63:133:183:204:24:104:134:184:274:304:335:305:405:426:147:557:598:58:128:168:359:59:179:229:279:3410:3610:3811:1711:2011:2613:2313:3315:1115:2616:716:1816:3117:317:717:1818:518:2819:419:519:1319:1519:1720:2120:2420:3521:1322:824:2425:1926:926:1526:2326:2828:2328:31
Romans (70 verses)
1:11:41:61:71:82:163:223:243:264:245:15:65:85:115:155:175:216:36:46:86:96:116:237:47:258:18:28:98:108:118:178:348:358:399:19:39:510:410:610:710:910:1712:513:1414:914:1414:1514:1815:315:515:615:715:815:1615:1715:1815:1915:2015:2915:3016:316:516:716:916:1016:1616:1816:2016:2516:27
1 Corinthians (60 verses)
1:11:21:31:41:61:71:81:91:101:121:131:171:231:241:302:22:163:13:113:234:14:104:154:175:45:76:116:157:228:68:118:129:19:129:2110:410:910:1611:111:311:2312:312:1212:2715:315:1215:1315:1415:1515:1615:1715:1815:1915:2015:2215:2315:3115:5716:2316:24
2 Corinthians (51 verses)
1:11:21:31:51:141:191:212:102:122:142:152:173:33:43:144:44:54:64:104:114:145:105:145:165:175:185:195:206:158:98:239:1310:110:510:710:1411:211:311:411:1011:1311:2311:3112:212:912:1012:1913:313:513:1313:14
Galatians (34 verses)
1:11:31:61:71:101:121:222:42:162:172:202:213:13:133:143:163:223:243:263:273:283:294:144:195:15:25:45:65:246:26:126:146:176:18
Ephesians (43 verses)
1:11:21:31:51:121:151:171:202:52:62:72:102:122:132:203:13:43:63:83:113:173:193:214:74:124:134:154:204:214:325:25:55:145:205:215:235:245:255:326:56:66:236:24
Philippians (37 verses)
1:11:21:61:81:101:111:131:151:171:181:191:201:211:231:261:271:292:12:52:102:112:162:192:212:303:33:73:83:93:123:143:183:204:74:194:214:23
Colossians (24 verses)
1:11:21:31:41:71:241:271:282:22:52:62:82:112:172:203:13:33:43:113:163:173:244:34:12
1 Thessalonians (18 verses)
1:11:31:102:62:142:152:193:23:113:134:14:24:144:165:95:185:235:28
2 Thessalonians (12 verses)
1 Timothy (14 verses)
2 Timothy (12 verses)
Titus (4 verses)
Philemon (9 verses)
Hebrews (22 verses)
2:93:13:63:144:145:56:16:207:229:119:149:249:2810:1010:1911:2612:212:2413:813:1213:2013:21
James (2 verses)
1 Peter (20 verses)
1:11:21:31:71:111:131:192:52:213:163:183:214:14:114:134:144:165:15:105:14
2 Peter (8 verses)
1 John (12 verses)
2 John (3 verses)
Jude (6 verses)
Revelation (15 verses)
1:11:21:51:911:1512:1012:1714:1217:619:1020:420:622:1622:2022:21