Abraham of Jerusalem
Uncle of Samuel, Annaleah's fiancé, who takes refuge at his house after breaking up with his fiancée. He helplessly witnesses a brawl between Samuel and a relative of Annaleah who came to scold him, whom he knocks out with an axe after drinking too much.
He is the one who comes to warn Jesus and ask for his help, to avoid a double tragedy: the death of Annaleah's relative and that of Samuel, following his condemnation for murder by the Law.[1]
"I am old, my sister [Samuel's mother] is old, the servant and the maid are also old. What could the four of us and the two girls, Samuel’s sisters, do? [...] His relatives will be looking for him tomorrow, perhaps earlier. And they will come to us, because they certainly know that he came. And they will find him dead… And Samuel, according to the Law, will be killed… Lord! Lord! Disgrace is already on top of us… We don’t want that! For the sake of my sister, Lord, have mercy on us! He cursed You… But his mother loves You…"[1]
Jesus will heal the dying man, then will convince him to forgive Samuel and not to denounce him.[2]
His name
Abram means in Hebrew "he is noble through his father." Reference to the father of the believers. The suffix "raham" given to Abraham by God does not change the meaning of the name.