Women in the Gospels

Women in Acts

Women in the Letters

Elizabeth

Luke 1:5–7, 24–25, 39–45, 57–63

Sapphira

Acts 5:1–2

Phoebe

Rom 16:1–2

Anna

Luke 2:36–39

Tabitha/Dorcas

Acts 9:36–41

Mary in Rome

Rom 16:6

Mary, mother of Jesus

Matt 1:16–20; 2:11; 13:55; Mark 3:32; 6:3; Luke 1:26–56; 2:1–20, 34; 8:19; John 2:1–5, 12; 19:25–27; Acts 1:14

The mother of John Mark

Acts 12:12

Junia

Rom 16:7

The mother-in-law of Simon Peter

Matt 8:14; Mark 1:30; Luke 4:38–39

Rhoda

Acts 12:12–17

Tryphaena

Rom 16:12

Herodias

Matt 14:3–11; Mark 6:17–29; Luke 3:19

Eunice, the mother of Timothy

Acts 16:1; called Eunice in 2 Tim 1:5

Tryphosa

Rom 16:12

Mary Magdalene

Matt 27:56, 61; 28:1; Mark 15:40, 47; 16:1, 9; Luke 8:2; 24:10; John 19:25; 20:1–18

Lydia

Acts 16:14

Persis

Rom 16:12

Mary the wife of Clopas

John 19:25; Acts 12:12

The Philippian slave girl

Acts 16:16–19

The mother of Rufus

Rom 16:13

Mary the mother of James and Joseph

Matt 27:56, 61; 28:1; Mark 15:40, 47; 16:1; Luke 24:10

Damaris

Acts 17:34

Julia

Rom 16:15

Salome

Mark 15:40; 16:1

Prisca, wife of Aquila

Acts 18:2–3, 26; Rom 16:3; 1 Cor 16:19; 2 Tim 4:19

A woman living with her son-in-law

1 Cor 5:1

Mary the sister of Martha and Lazarus

Luke 10:38–41; John 11:1–32; 12:3

Philip’s four daughters, prophetesses

Acts 21:9

Euodia

Phil 4:2

Martha

Luke 10:38–41; John 11:1–5, 19–39; 12:2

Drusilla

Acts 24:24

Syntyche

Phil 4:2

Joanna

Luke 8:3; 24:10

Women members of the church community

Acts 1:14; 5:14; 8:3, 12; 9:2; 22:4

Lois

2 Tim 1:5

Susanna

Luke 8:3

Widows in the church

Acts 6:1

Eunice

2 Tim 1:5

A woman who anoints Jesus

Matt 26:6–13; Mark 14:3–9; Luke 7:37–50

Prominent Greek women

Acts 17:4, 12

The “Elect Lady”, the addressee of 2 John

2 John 1:1

A widow from Nain

Luke 7:11–15

The women of Philippi

Acts 16:13

The poor widow

Mark 12:42–44; Luke 21:2–3

Women involved in the persecution of Paul and Barnabas

Acts 13:50

A woman taken in adultery

John 8:1–11

Bernice

Acts 25:13, 23; 26:30

The Samaritan woman

John 4:1–42

The woman suffering from a hemorrhage

Matt 9:20–22; Mark 5:25–33; Luke 8:43–48

A Canaanite woman’s daughter

Matt 15:22–28; Mark 7:24–30

The daughter of Jairus

Matt 9:18–19, 23–26; Mark 5:21–24, 35–43; Luke 8:40–42, 49–56

A woman with a disabling spirit

Luke 13:11–16

A woman in the crowd

Luke 11:27–28

A servant girl who accuses Peter

Matt 26:69; Mark 14:66–67; Luke 22:56; John 18:17