Mark 3:7-19a
Dear RTB’ers,
The naming of the twelve apostles. When we’ve read through the Bible using The Chronological Study Bible Jesus’ naming of His twelve apostles is reported sequentially in Mark and Luke (Lk. 6:13-16), then later for Matthew (Mt. 10:2-4). The three gospels agree on eleven of the names – Peter and Andrew, James and John, Philip, Bartholomew, Thomas, Matthew (Levi), Simon the Zealot, James the son of Alphaeus, and Judas Iscariot. For the twelfth apostle Matthew and Mark have Thaddeaus, while Luke has Judas the son of James. Luke also has the same eleven names listed in Acts 1:13. Finally, John’s gospel does not list all twelve, but he has Nathaniel instead of Bartholomew (John 1:45-49) listed in Jesus’ initial calling of His disciples. Incidentally, Judas Iscariot appears to be the only apostle who is not from Galilee. According to my Study Bible, he is likely from Kerioth-hezron, a town in the hill country of Judea, south of Jerusalem.
Blessings!
See also: February 2 (2021) / Matt. 12:15-21; Mark 3:7-19; Luke 6:12-19