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Antichrist

imposter, anti-messiah, and enemy of Christ

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Antiochus III the Great

Inter-testament

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Antiochus IV Epiphanes

Inter-testament

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Antonius Felix

New Testament

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Apelles of Heraklion

Christian saint in Romans 16:10, one of the seventy disciples

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Apollos

New Testament

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Aram

biblical figure (Genesis 10)

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Araunah

male human biblical figure in 2 Samuel 24 and 1 Chronicles 21

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Arba

male human biblical character in Joshua 14:15; in Joshua 15:13, father of Anak

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Archippus

Ancient Roman saint in Colossians 4:17 and Philemon 1:2

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Arioch

biblical king (Book of Genesis)

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Aristarchus of Thessalonica

Ancient Roman saint

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The Bible is replete with complex and interesting characters. They have their place in Judeo-Christian history, in the lessons of the bible, and in greater western literature, where references to them are numerous.

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