'Named' in the Bible

There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.

And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,

to a virgin engaged to a man named Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin’s name was Mary.

He will be great, and will be named the Son of the Most High: and the Lord God will give him the kingdom of David, his father:

And the angel in answer said to her, The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will come to rest on you, and so that which will come to birth will be named holy, Son of God.

but his mother said, "Absolutely not! He must be named John."

So they made signs to his father [asking] what he wanted him to be named,

And you, child, will be named the prophet of the Most High: you will go before the face of the Lord, to make ready his ways;

And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, his name was called JESUS, which was so named of the angel before he was conceived in the womb.

Now a man named Simeon was in Jerusalem. This man was righteous and devout. He was waiting for the one who would comfort Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

Now it came about that while the people came pushing to be near him, and to have knowledge of the word of God, he was by a wide stretch of water named Gennesaret;

And after these things he went forth, and saw a publican, named Levi, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he said unto him, Follow me.

And when it was day, he called unto him his disciples: and of them he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles;

Simon, (whom he also named Peter,) and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew,

And Matthew and Thomas and James, the son of Alphaeus, and Simon, who was named the Zealot,

And it came about, after a little time, that he went to a town named Nain; and his disciples went with him, and a great number of people.

And certain women who had been made free from evil spirits and diseases, Mary named Magdalene, from whom seven evil spirits had gone out,

And, behold, there came a man named Jairus, and he was a ruler of the synagogue: and he fell down at Jesus' feet, and besought him that he would come into his house:

And the twelve, when they came back, gave him an account of what they had done. And he took them with him and went away from the people to a town named Beth-saida.

Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house.

She had a sister named Mary, who also sat at the Lord’s feet and was listening to what He said.

I am no longer good enough to be named your son: make me like one of your servants.

And his son said to him, Father, I have done wrong, against heaven and in your eyes: I am no longer good enough to be named your son.

And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,

And, behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus, which was the chief among the publicans, and he was rich.

And it came about that when he got near Beth-phage and Bethany by the mountain which is named the Mountain of Olives, he sent two of the disciples,

And every day he was teaching in the Temple and every night he went out to the mountain which is named the Mountain of Olives to take his rest.

While He was still speaking, suddenly a mob was there, and one of the Twelve named Judas was leading them. He came near Jesus to kiss Him,

But Pilate, having heard Galilee named, demanded if the man were a Galilaean;

And when they came to the place which is named Golgotha, they put him on the cross, and the evil-doers, one on the right side, and the other on the left.

And, behold, there was a man named Joseph, a counseller; and he was a good man, and a just:

And behold, two of them were going that very day to a village named Emmaus, which was about seven miles from Jerusalem.

The one named Cleopas answered Him, “Are You the only visitor in Jerusalem who doesn’t know the things that happened there in these days?”