Who was the first Christian? I will choose the correct answer as the best!?

Answer 1

My guess would be Mary (mother, not Magdalene)

Answer 2

There wasn't one, first one. There were several first ones. However, scripturally the label "Christian" was given by the locals to describe the folks that were followers of "The Way". So assuming the term applied all the way back to those who witnessed a resurrected Christ and were later filled with the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost, there were at least 11 apostles and their allies which are estimated to be about 50.

Paul didn't become a follower of Christ until several months maybe even years after the resurrection. Remeber Paul was Saul who help persecute Christians, until his walk on the road to Damascus.

Answer 3

No christ no christianty.
IT was paul who spread the story of christ the maker of christianty.
The thing is paul was hateing the christians before he bacame one so how is he the first he can not be ....so it would have to be earlier then that. Okay this is easy it was verse about antioch....here it is!
acts 11:
26 and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they met with the church and taught a great many people. And in Antioch the disciples were first called Christians.
Acctualy the name was given to the folowers of paul teachings.
So realy there was no first christian, yet they started out with a group of christians who are also discelps.
There you go...there was no first christian but a group of them.

Answer 4

There were no Christians before the birth of Christ. Certainly no Christians from the days of the Old Testament.

So the question becomes who was the first person to realize Jesus was the Christ Child? The answer would have to be God because He was the one who knew first who Jesus was and was to become.

Answer 5

Christians denotes the follower of Christ.The name was unknown during the time of Jesus and early Christian era.It was only when a group of Jews fled Jerusalem and chose not to participate in the revolt against the Roman that they were called Christians.There was no record who comprised the group.

Answer 6

the first occurance of the word Christian in the Holy scriptures!

Acts 26:24 Now as he was saying these things in his defense, Festus said in a loud voice: “You are going mad, Paul! Great learning is driving you into madness!” 25 But Paul said: “I am not going mad, Your Excellency Festus, but I am uttering sayings of truth and of soundness of mind. 26 In reality, the king to whom I am speaking with freeness of speech well knows about these things; for I am persuaded that not one of these things escapes his notice, for this thing has not been done in a corner. 27 Do you, King A·grip´pa, believe the Prophets? I know you believe.” 28 But A·grip´pa said to Paul: “In a short time you would persuade me to become a Christian.” 29 At this Paul said: “I could wish to God that whether in a short time or in a long time not only you but also all those who hear me today would become men such as I also am, with the exception of these bonds.”

All verses containing the word Christian:
1 Acts 26:28
2 1 Peter 4:16

But all in all, if the definition of being a Christian is doing as Christ did(following his example so closely so as to be clearly identified as a Chistian, the answer truly would have to follow this logic.
Christ did not begin his ministry as THE CHRIST until immediately afterhis baptism when he RECEIVED Holy spirit from his father. It follows that the first true Christians would therefore had to be all those that had received Holy Spirit at Pentecost.
Acts2:2 Now while the day of the [festival of] Pentecost was in progress they were all together at the same place, 2 and suddenly there occurred from heaven a noise just like that of a rushing stiff breeze, and it filled the whole house in which they were sitting. 3 And tongues as if of fire became visible to them and were distributed about, and one sat upon each one of them, 4 and they all became filled with holy spirit and started to speak with different tongues, just as the spirit was granting them to make utterance.

Answer 7

That will be hard to answer. Christians were first called Christians at Antioch. It was supposed to be an insult or derrogatory term for any one who believed in Jesus Christ. The people who were at Antioch noticed that the believers of Christ acted just like Him, so they called them Christians.

Answer 8

define correct answer. the original followers of Jesus weren't called Christians, because they were Jews.... the word "christian" means "disciple of Christ" - it's a Greek word and it was originally used as a put down in a social environment when polytheism was the norm. and how ARE YOU going to figure out who called whom a christian first?

Answer 9

One would think the disciples of Jesus would be the first. But after Jesus' accession they fell into quarreling as to what Jesus said and meant.
the Gentiles were given the task of keeping Jesus' words true and unchanged until the Jewish nation comes to believe that Jesus"the Christ" was their true savior.
The Gentiles were anyone not of the Jewish religion or birth who believed that Jesus the Christ was the Son of God.

Answer 10

I imagine that this depends a good deal on your definition of "Christian", but I believe that John the Baptist was the first recorded person to recognize who and what Jesus was.

Answer 11

Mary Magdalene

The biblical definition of "Christian" is "follower of Christ", but the Christian congregation could not be established until after Jesus' impalement ended the validity of the Jewish system of worship. So who was the first person to "follow" Christ Jesus AFTER Jesus' impalement?

(John 20:1) Mary Magdalene came to the memorial tomb early, while there was still darkness, and she beheld the stone already taken away from the memorial tomb

(John 20:16-18) Jesus said to her: “Mary!” Upon turning around, she said to him, in Hebrew: “Rabboni!” (which means “Teacher!”) 17 Jesus said to her: “Stop clinging to me. For I have not yet ascended to the Father. But be on your way to my brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father and to my God and your God.’” 18 Mary Magdalene came and brought the news to the disciples: “I have seen the Lord!