Nabon

Nabon was a Greek Jew and the acknowledged leader of the foremost Mithraic mystery cult in Rome. He was a sophisticated religious thinker who initially sought to convert Jesus to Mithraism but instead found himself profoundly transformed by their extensive philosophical discussions. Jesus taught Nabon that "truth cannot be defined with words, only by living," and drew critical distinctions between knowledge (observed facts), wisdom (relationships), and truth (spiritual reality values).