A title distinguishing the twelve disciples, whom Jesus selected to be intimately associated with Himself
Luke 6:13
Names
Matthew 10:2-4; Mark 3:16-19; Luke 6:13-16; Acts 1:13,26
Selection
Matthew 4:18-22; 9:9,10; 10:2-4; Mark 3:13-19; Luke 6:13-16; John 1:43
Commission
Matthew 10; 28:19,20; Mark 3:14,15; 6:7-11; 16:15; Luke 9:1-5; 22:28-30; John 20:23; 21:15-19; Acts 1; 2; 10:42
Unlearned
Matthew 11:25; Acts 4:13
Miraculous power given
Matthew 10:1; Mark 3:15; 6:7; 16:17; Luke 9:1,2; 10:9,17; Acts 2:4,43; 5:12-16; 1 Corinthians 14:18; 2 Corinthians 12:12
Authority
Matthew 16:19; 18:18; 19:28
Inspiration
Matthew 10:27; 16:17-19; Luke 24:45; Acts 1:2; 13:9
Duties
Luke 24:48; John 15:27; Acts 1:8,21,22; 2:32; 3:15; 4:33; 5:32; 10:39-41; 13:31; 2 Peter 1:16,18; 1 John 1:1-3
Moral state of the apostles, before Pentecost
Matthew 17:17; 18:3; 20:22; Luke 9:54,55
Slow to receive Jesus, as Messiah
Matthew 14:33
Forsake Jesus
Mark 14:50
Fail to comprehend the nature and mission of Jesus and the nature of the kingdom he came to establish
Matthew 8:25-27; 15:23; 16:8-12,21,22; 19:25; Mark 4:13; 6:51,52; 8:17,18; 9:9,10,31,32; 10:13,14; Luke 9:44,45; 18:34; 24:19,21; John 4:32,33; 10:6; 11:12,13; 12:16; 13:6-8; 14:5-9,22; 16:6,17,18,32; 20:9; 21:12; Acts 1:6
False Apostles
2 Corinthians 11:13; Revelation 2:2
