THE APOSTLES

Luke 6:12-16
Holy Bible. New Living Translation copyright © 1996, 2004 by Tyndale Charitable Trust.

Jesus Chooses the Twelve Apostles

12 One day soon afterward Jesus went up on a mountain to pray, and he prayed to God all night. 13 At daybreak he called together all of his disciples and chose twelve of them to be apostles. Here are their names:

14 Simon (whom he named Peter), Andrew (Peter’s brother), James, John, Philip, Bartholomew,

15 Matthew, Thomas, James (son of Alphaeus), Simon (who was called the zealot),

16 Judas (son of James), Judas Iscariot (who later betrayed him).


I have heard this title, apostle, tossed around more casually than it ought to be. Jesus had (has) many followers (disciples). I pray, that’s you and me. From among His first disciples, He specifically called The Apostles.

An apostle is one called by the living Christ, who walked with Him … was trained by Him, and was sent by Jesus with a mission given by Him.

To this list of apostles, only Judas Iscariot is missing and only Paul (because of his Damascus Road experience) can be added.