The Twelve
Simon, whom he named Peter James, son of Zebedee and John the brother of James, whom he named Boanerges, that is, sons of thunder Andrew Philip Bartholomew Matthew Thomas James the son of Alphaeus Thaddeus Simon the Cananean Judas Iscariot who betrayed him
| Mt 10:2-4 | Mk 3:16-19 | Lk 6:14-16 | Jn | Paul |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simon called Peter | Simon, whom he named Peter | Simon, whom he named Peter | Peter | |
| his brother Andrew | James, son of Zebedee | Andrew his [Peter's] brother | Andrew (identified as Peter's brother) | |
| James, the son of Zebedee | and John the brother of James, whom he named Boanerges, that is, sons of thunder | James | "sons of Zebedee" | |
| his brother John | Andrew | John | "sons of Zebedee" | |
| Philip | Philip | Philip | Philip | |
| Bartholomew | Bartholomew | Bartholomew | Nathanael | |
| Thomas | Matthew | Matthew | Not named. | |
| Matthew the tax collector | Thomas | Thomas | Thomas | |
| James, the son of Alphaeus | James the son of Alphaeus | James the son of Alphaeus | Not named. | |
| Thaddeus | Thaddeus | Simon who was called a Zealot | Not named. | |
| Simon the Cananean | Simon the Cananean | Judas the son of James | Judas (not Iscariot) | |
| Judas Iscariot who betrayed him | Judas Iscariot who betrayed him | Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor. | Judas Iscariot | |
| Matthias, elected in Acts 1:23-26 | ||||
NAB Note on the Twelve Apostles
- Footnote to Lk 6:12:
- He chose Twelve: the identification of this group as the Twelve is a part of early Christian tradition (see 1 Cor 15:5), and in Matthew and Luke, the Twelve are associated with the twelve tribes of Israel (Lk 22:29–30; Mt 19:28). After the fall of Judas from his position among the Twelve, the need is felt on the part of the early community to reconstitute this group before the Christian mission begins at Pentecost (Acts 1:15–26). From Luke’s perspective, they are an important group who because of their association with Jesus from the time of his baptism to his ascension (Acts 1:21–22) provide the continuity between the historical Jesus and the church of Luke’s day and who as the original eyewitnesses guarantee the fidelity of the church’s beliefs and practices to the teachings of Jesus (Lk 1:1–4). Whom he also named apostles: only Luke among the gospel writers attributes to Jesus the bestowal of the name apostles upon the Twelve. See note on Mt 10:2–4. “Apostle†becomes a technical term in early Christianity for a missionary sent out to preach the word of God. Although Luke seems to want to restrict the title to the Twelve (only in Acts 4:4, 14 are Paul and Barnabas termed apostles), other places in the New Testament show an awareness that the term was more widely applied (1 Cor 15:5–7; Gal 1:19; 1 Cor 1:1; 9:1; Rom 16:7).
Were the apostles baptized by Jesus?
John's gospel, Last Supper: Jesus says that the apostles are clean and do not need to take a bath (or be Baptized?); they only need to have their feet washed. Either He baptized them, which seems doubtful, or the relationship that He had with them cleansed them. That seems more likely to me.
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