Yes they appear to have. Jesus’ great commission: Acts 1:8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” Mark 16:15-20 And he said to them, “Go into all the [...]
Answers about apostles
We are largely dependent on non-biblical sources for the records of the martyrdoms of twelve. This is not surprising when we consider that most of the NT books were written before 70 AD. Acts 12:2 records the death of James, son of Zebedee, who was executed by Herod. In 2 Tim 4:6 Paul refers to [...]
There have been, and still are, many people who claim to be a prophet or an apostle. Obviously most, and possibly all, of these claims are false since their claims conflict with each other. So how can we tell? For a start we would need to look very carefully, even suspiciously, at the evidence for [...]
In many ways the 12 disciples were Jesus’ closest friends. Yet, they were also appointed to do specific tasks, as recorded in Mark 3: 13 And he went up on the mountain and called to him those whom he desired, and they came to him. 14 And he appointed twelve (whom he also named apostles) [...]
Luke 10:4 Carry no moneybag, no knapsack, no sandals, and greet no one on the road. Jesus probably told the disciples to greet no one on the road, because the job they had to do was urgent and the time was short. There is a similar instruction given by Elisha to Gehazi in 2Kings 4:29 He [...]
Jesus called his disciples, who are later called apostles. Mat 4:21 And going on from there he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets, and he called them. When Judas Iscariot was replaced as apostle, God selected him from [...]
“Apostle” means an ambassador or messenger. In the New Testament it is only used of a select few ambassadors for Christ. Jesus chose the twelve apostles (Matthew 10:2-4). When Judas died, he was replaced by Matthias (Acts 1:26). The only other people to be called an “apostle” in scripture are Paul (Romans 1:1), Jesus (Hebrews [...]
In Mark 3:14-15, we are told why Jesus chose the 12 apostles: And he appointed twelve (whom he also named apostles) so that they might be with him and he might send them out to preach and have authority to cast out demons. However, they didn’t do all these things immediately. Some training was necessary [...]
The main reward in the Kingdom is simply to be there. The concept of being rewarded with crowns is only found as part of allegory in the Bible. For example, Paul said I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Henceforth there is laid up for me the [...]
We know Peter was married as he had a mother-in-law (Luke 4:38). The only other information we have in the Bible about the marriage-state of the apostles is given in Paul’s words in 1 Corinthians 9:5: “Do we not have the right to take along a believing wife, as do the other apostles and the brothers [...]
