1. Harry Potter Series Analysis
By: Christine Morgan, Caroline Wetherbee, and Luke Miller
Quote Totals( 21 from Bible, 24 from Books)
1. Peter Pettigrew
Parallels with Judas
a. Matthew 26:14-16:14 Then one of the Twelve—the one called Judas Iscariot—went to the chief
priests 15 and asked, “What are you willing to give me if I deliver him over to you?” So they
counted out for him thirty pieces of silver. 16 From then on Judas watched for an opportunity to
hand him over.
(Pettigrew to Judas)
“Worthless and traitorous as you are, you helped me..and Lord Voldemort rewards his
helpers…” Voldemort raised his wand again and whirled it through the air. A streak of what
looked like molten silver hung shining in the wand’s wake… then [the silver] formed itself into
a gleaming replica of a human hand… [Wormtail] raised his head and stared in disbelief at the
silver hand, now attached seamlessly to his arm...”
-Pg 649 Book IV
b. Matthew 27: 3-5: 3 When Judas, who had betrayed him, saw that Jesus was condemned, he was
seized with remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the
elders. 4 “I have sinned,” he said, “for I have betrayed innocent blood.”
“What is that to us?” they replied. “That’s your responsibility.”
5
So Judas threw the money into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself.
“He saw the rat-like man’s small watery eyes widen with fear and surprise” He seemed just as
shocked as Harry at what his hand had done.”
“Wandless, helpless, Pettigrew’s pupils dilated in terror.. His own silver fingers were moving
inexorably toward his own throat.”
“The silver tool that Voldemort had given his most cowardly servant had turned upon its
disarmed and useless owner; Pettigrew was reaping his reward for his hesitation, his moment
of pity; he was strangled before their eyes.”
-Pg 470-471 Book VII

2. c. Matthew 26:50-54: Then the men stepped forward, seized Jesus and arrested him. 51 With that,
one of Jesus’ companions reached for his sword, drew it out and struck the servant of the high
priest, cutting off his ear.
52
“Put your sword back in its place,” Jesus said to him, “for all who draw the sword will die by
the sword. 53 Do you think I cannot call on my Father, and he will at once put at my disposal
more than twelve legions of angels? 54 But how then would the Scriptures be fulfilled that say it
must happen in this way?”
(when Pettigrew’s life was spared)
“NO!” Harry yelled. He ran forward, placing himself in front Pettigrew, facing the wands. “You
can’t kill him,” he said breathlessly. “You can’t”
-Pg. 375 Book III
d. Matthew 26: 47-52: 47 While he was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, arrived. With him
was a large crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent from the chief priests and the elders of
the people. 48 Now the betrayer had arranged a signal with them: “The one I kiss is the man;
arrest him.” 49 Going at once to Jesus, Judas said, “Greetings, Rabbi!” and kissed him.
50
Jesus replied, “Do what you came for, friend.”[a]
Then the men stepped forward, seized Jesus and arrested him. 51 With that, one of Jesus’
companions reached for his sword, drew it out and struck the servant of the high priest, cutting
off his ear.
52
“Put your sword back in its place,” Jesus said to him, “for all who draw the sword will die by
the sword.
“Voldemort went to the Potters’ on your information… and Voldemort met his downfall
there.”
“Lily and James only made you Secret-Keeper because I suggested it,” Black hissed, so
venomously that Pettigrew took a step backward. “I thought it was the perfect plan… a bluff…
Voldemort would be sure to come after me, would never dream they’d use a weak, talentless
thing like you…. It must have been the finest moment of your miserable life, telling Voldemort
you could hand him the Potters.”
-Pg 368-369 Book III

3. 2. NevilleLongbottom
Parallels with John the Baptist
a. Matthew 3:4: 4 John’s clothes were made of camel’s hair, and he had a leather belt around his
waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.
“And out of it, his hair overgrown, his face cut, his robes ripped, clambered the real Neville
Longbottom..”
-pg 570 Book VII
b. Luke 3:15: 15 The people were waiting expectantly and were all wondering in their hearts if John
might possibly be the Messiah.
“The odd thing is, Harry,” he said softly, “that it may not have meant you at all. Sibyll’s
prophecy could have applied to two wizard boys, both born at the end of July that year, both
of whom had parents in the Order of the Phoenix, both sets of parents having narrowly
escaped Voldemort three times. One, of course, was you. The other was Neville Longbottom.”
-Pg 842 Book V
c. John 1:29: 29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God,
who takes away the sin of the world!
“As Harry followed, he heard Neville call out to unseen people: ‘Look who it is! Didn’t I tell
you?’”
-pg 576 Book VII

4. 3. RonWeasley
Parallels with Simon Peter and John the Baptist
a. Luke 22:31-34: “Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift all of you as wheat. 32 But I have prayed
for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your
brothers.”
33
But he replied, “Lord, I am ready to go with you to prison and to death.”
34
Jesus answered, “I tell you, Peter, before the rooster crows today, you will deny three times
that you know me.”
(Ron is Peter)
“Least loved, always, by the mother who craved a daughter… Least loved now by the girl who
prefers your friend… Second best, always, eternally overshadowed…”
“Riddle’s eyes were gone, and the stained silk lining of the locket was smoking slightly. The
thing that had lived in the Horcrux had vanished; torturing Ron had been its final act”
-Pg 375-378 Book VII
b. Matthew 3:13-17: 13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptized by John. 14 But
John tried to deter him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?”
15
Jesus replied, “Let it be so now; it is proper for us to do this to fulfill all righteousness.” Then John
consented.
16
As soon as Jesus was baptized, he went up out of the water. At that moment heaven was opened,
and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on him. 17 And a voice from heaven
said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.”
(Ron Silver Doe Chapter as John the Baptist)
“..and the arms that closed around his chest were surely death… someone had cut him free.”
“There stood before him Ron, fully dressed but drenched to the skin, his hair plastered to his face,
the sword of Gryffindor in one hand and the Horcrux dangling from its broken chain in the other.”
-Pg 372 &pg 377 Book VII

5. d. Matthew 26:69: 69 Now Peter was sitting out in the courtyard, and a servant girl came to him.
“You also were with Jesus of Galilee,” she said.
70
But he denied it before them all. “I don’t know what you’re talking about,” he said.
71
Then he went out to the gateway, where another servant girl saw him and said to the people
there, “This fellow was with Jesus of Nazareth.”
72
He denied it again, with an oath: “I don’t know the man!”
73
After a little while, those standing there went up to Peter and said, “Surely you are
one of them; your accent gives you away.”
74
Then he began to call down curses, and he swore to them, “I don’t know the man!”
Immediately a rooster crowed. 75 Then Peter remembered the word Jesus had
spoken: “Before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times.” And he went outside and
wept bitterly.
(Ron to Peter about his betrayal)
“He’s gone, Harry told himself. He’s gone. He had to keep thinking it as he washed and
dressed, as though reputation would dull the shock of it. He’s gone and he’s not coming back.
And that was the simple truth of it, Harry knew, because their protective enchantments
meant that it would be impossible, once they vacated this spot, for Ron to find them
again.”
-Pg 311 Book VII
e. Luke 18:28: Peter said to him, “We have left all we had to follow you!”
(Harry you didn’t have to leave anything.. and we left everything)
“Didn’t you hear what they said about my sister? But you don’t give a rat’s fart, do you,
it’s only the Forbidden Forest, Harry I’ve-Faced-Worsedoesn’t care what happened to her
in here…”…. “Yeah, I get it, you don’t care! And what about the rest of my family, ‘the
Weasleys don’t need another kid injured,’ did you hear that?”
“Oh, you’re sure, are you? Right then, well, I won’t bother myself about them. It’s all right
for you two, isn’t it, with your parents safely out of the way—“
-Pg 308-309 Book VII

6. 4. Severus Snape
Parallels with the Pharisees and Angels
a. Luke 23:5
5
But they insisted, “He stirs up the people all over Judea by his teaching. He started in Galilee and has
come all the way here.”
(Snape talking bad about Harry- Talking bad about jesus)
“—mediocre, arrogant as his father, a determined rule-breaker delighted to find himself famous,
attention seeking and impertinent—“
“You see what you expect to see, Severus. Other teachers report that the boy is modest, likable, and
reasonably talented. Personally, I find him an engaging child.”
-Pg 679 Book VII
b. Matthew 2:13:13 When they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up,”
he said, “take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going
to search for the child to kill him.”
“He thinks it means her son, he is going to hunt her down—kill them all—“
-Pg 677 Book VII
c. Luke 11:53: 53 When Jesus went outside, the Pharisees and the teachers of the law began to oppose
him fiercely and to besiege him with questions
(Gives Harry a lot of Questions)
“’Potter!’ said Snape suddenly. ‘What would I get if I added powdered root of asphodel to an infusion
of wormwood?’…. ‘Let’s try again. Potter, where would you look if I told you to find me a bezoar?’…
‘What is the difference, Potter, between monkshood and wolfsbane?’”
-Pg 137-138 Book I

7. 4. Hermione Granger
a. John 20:24-31:24 Now Thomas (also known as Didymus[a]), one of the Twelve, was not with the
disciples when Jesus came. 25 So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord!”
But he said to them, “Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where the nails
were, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.”
26
A week later his disciples were in the house again, and Thomas was with them. Though the
doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!” 27 Then he
said to Thomas, “Put your finger here; see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side.
Stop doubting and believe.”
28
Thomas said to him, “My Lord and my God!”
29
Then Jesus told him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have
not seen and yet have believed.”
(Hermione not believing in the Deathly Hallows)
“But that’s—I’m sorry, but that’s completely ridiculous! How can I possibly prove it doesn’t
exist? Do you expect me to get hold of – of all the pebbles in the world and test them? I mean,
you could claim anything’s real if the only basis for believing in it is that nobody’s proved it
doesn’t exist!”
-Pg 411 Book VII
b. Luke 11:1: 1 One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said
to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.”
(Teach us your ways)
“No, I agree, we’ve gone past the stage where we can just learn things out of books,” said Hermione.
“We need a teacher, a proper one, who can show us how to use the spells and correct us if we’re
going wrong.”
-Pg 325-326 Book V

8. 5. Hagrid
Parallels with Simon of Cyrene
a. Matthew 27:32: 32 As they were going out, they met a man from Cyrene, named Simon, and
they forced him to carry the cross.
(simon and hagrid)
“No—Wait— You carry him,” Voldemort said. “He will be nice and visible in your arms, will he
not? Pick up your little friend, Hagrid. And the glasses—put on the glasses—he must be
recognizable—“
-Pg 727 Book VII
6. Slughorn
Parallels with Herod
a. Luke 23:8: 8 When Herod saw Jesus, he was greatly pleased, because for a long time he had
been wanting to see him. From what he had heard about him, he hoped to see him perform a
sign of some sort.
(Professor Slughorn was obsessed with Harry)
“Harry my boy. Come in. Come in. There are so many people I’d like you to meet.” -Slughorn
-Pg 315 Book VI

9. 7. Friends/Dumbledore’s Army
Parallels with the Disciples
a. John 15:13-17:Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s
friends. 14 You are my friends if you do what I command. 15 I no longer call you servants, because
a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything
that I learned from my Father I have made known to you. 16 You did not choose me, but I chose
you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last—and so that
whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you. 17 This is my command: Love each other.
- “How would you like to come to Slughorn’s party with me tonight?.. Yeah we’re supposed to
bring guests, so I thought you might like … I mean… just as friend, you know.”
-Pg 311 Book IV
-“.. Harry seized the basilisk fang on the floor next to him and plunged it straight into the heart
of the book… Then came a faint moan from the end of the Chamber. Ginny was stirring. As
Harry hurried toward her, she sat up.”
-Pg 322 Book II
“Yeah but you’re not coming,” said Ron.
“Excuse me but I care about what happens to Serious just as much as you do.”
“You’re too..” Harry began.
“I’m three years older than you when you fought You-Know-Who over the Sorcerer’s Stone,”
she said fiercely, “and it’s because of me Malfoy’s stuck back in Umbridge’s office with giant
flying Bogeys attacking him.”
-Pg 761 Book 5
-“That’s chess!” snapped Ron. “You’ve got to make some sacrifices! I take one step forward
and she’ll take me – that leaves you free to checkmate the king, Harry!”…”He stepped
forward, and the white queen pounced. She struck Ron hard across the head with her stone
arm, and he crashed to the floor..”
-pg 283 Book 1

10. 8. Dursley Family
Parallels with people of Jerusalem
a.
Luke 4:28-29:28 All the people in the synagogue were furious when they heard this. 29 They got
up, drove him out of the town, and took him to the brow of the hill on which the town was built,
in order to throw him off the cliff. 30
(Dursley family shunned Harry’s power and didn’t support it)
“Hestia looked outraged. Harry had met this attitude before: witches and wizards seemed
stunned that his closest living relatives took so little interest in the famous Harry Potter.”
-Pg 40 Book VII
9. Death Eaters
Parallels with Guards of Jesus
a. Luke 22:63: 63 The men who were guarding Jesus began mocking and beating him. 64 They
blindfolded him and demanded, “Prophesy! Who hit you?” 65 And they said many other insulting
things to him.
(thegaurds- mocking him)
“The Death Eaters were laughing again…
‘I said, bow, “ Voldemort said, raising his wand – and Harry felt his spine curve as though a
huge, invisible hand were bending him ruthlessly forward, and the Death Eaters laughed
harder than ever.’”
-Pg 660 Book IV