One example of someone who wasn’t an Apostle but who laid his hands on someone and performed a miracle is Ananias: {17}…Ananias departed and entered the house. And laying his hands on him he said, “Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus who appeared to you on the road by which you came has sent me so [...]
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The first of the 12 apostles to follow Jesus were the two mentioned in John 1:35-40. The next day John was there again with two of his disciples. 36 When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God!” 37 When the two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus. 38 [...]
You are probably thinking of James and John who were called “Sons of Thunder”. [Jesus] appointed the twelve: Simon (to whom he gave the name Peter); James the son of Zebedee and John the brother of James (to whom he gave the name Boanerges, that is, Sons of Thunder); (Mark 3:16-17) Boanerges is based on [...]
