65 .........Jesus ordains the Twelve Apostles after a Night of Prayer

{13} And he went up into a mountain, and called unto him whom he would: and they came to him. {14} And he ordained twelve, that they should be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach, {15} And to have power to heal sicknesses, and to cast out devils: {16} And Simon he surnamed Peter; {17} And James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and he surnamed them Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder: {18} And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Canaanite, {19} And Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him: Mark 3:13-19 .....................................................................................................
{12} And it came to pass in those days, that he went up into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God. {13} And when it was day, he called for his disciples: and out of them he chose Twelve, whom also he named Apostles; {14} Simon, (whom he also named Peter,) and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew, {15} Matthew and Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon called Zelotes, {16} And Judas the brother of James, and Judas Iscariot, who also was the traitor. Luke 6:12-19
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{2} Now the names of the Twelve Apostles are these; The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; {3} Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus; {4} Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him. Matthew 10:2-4
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SIMON PETER - and his brother, Andrew, were in the fishing business in partnership with James, John and their father, Zebedee. Peter was married and moved from Bethsaida to Capernaum. Jesus changed his real name, Simon to Peter or "Rock"
JAMES - and his brother, John, were nicknamed Boanerges, "sons of thunder". The family was wealthy for the father, Zebedee, had hired servants. James suffered martyrdom Acts 12:2
JOHN - was among the "inner circle," of those closest to Jesus. Along with Peter and James he was with Jesus in Gethsemene. After Jesus' crucifixion, John took care of Jesus' mother.
ANDREW - was at first a disciple of John the Baptist. He became Jesus' disciple and led his brother, Peter, to Jesus...John 1 :40-42. Andrew and Peter were sons of Jonah of Bethsaida.
PHILIP - was also from Bethsaida, NE of Capernaum, Philip brought Nathanael to Jesus.
BARTHOLOMEW ( NATHANAEL) - was found by Philip and brought to Jesus. Nathanael asked if any good thing came from Nazareth.
MATTHEW (LEVI)- was a tax collector along the busy trade route that led through Capernaum. Jesus called him to follow Him fulltime.
THOMAS (DIDYMUS OR TWIN) - displayed zeal ...John 11:16 but later was sceptical about Jesus' resurrection ...John 20: 24-25. This completely dissipated after his contact with the Messiah.
JAMES, SON OF ALPHAEUS - also known as James the Less or James the Younger and may have been shorter or younger than James, the son of Zebedee.
THADDAEUS - called Judas (not Iscariot) by Luke was surnamed Lebbaeus ...Matthew 10:13
SIMON THE ZEALOT - was a Cananean ...Matthew 10:4 had been a member of an extreme nationalist political party which wanted to overthrow the Roman rule.
JUDAS ISCARIOT - Judas is the Greek form of Judah. Greedy and ambitious, he chose to betray Jesus into the hands of His enemies for 30 pieces of silver. ..Matthew 26:14,47: - 27:5

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