The Canonical gospels give varying names of the twelve apostles. The list in the Gospel of Luke differs from Matthew and Mark at two points. It lists "Judas the son of James" instead of "Thaddeus".
In the Synoptic Gospels, Jesus selected Peter, James, and John to witness his transfiguration and to be near him when he prayed at Gethsemane. In Mark, the twelve are obtuse, failing to understand the importance of Jesus' miracles and parables.
Unlike the Synoptic Gospels, the Gospel of John does not offer a formal list of apostles. Although it refers to "the Twelve" (John 6:67-71), the gospel does not present any elaboration of who these twelve actually were and the author of the Gospel of John only mentioned a few of them by name. There is also no separation of the terms "apostles" and "disciples" in John.
Those "whom he also named apostles" were:
| Gospel of Matthew [Mt 10:1–4] | Gospel of Mark [Mk 3:13–19] | Gospel of Luke [Lk 6:12–16] | Gospel of John |
|---|---|---|---|
| Simon ("who is called Peter") | Simon ("to whom he gave the name Peter") | Simon ("whom he named Peter") | Simon Peter / Cephas |
| Andrew ("his [Peter's] brother") | Andrew | Andrew ("his brother") | Andrew ("brother of Simon Peter") |
| James ("son of Zebedee") | James ("son of Zebedee") / one of the "Boanerges" | James | one of the "sons of Zebedee" |
| John ("his [James's] brother") | John ("brother of James") / one of the "Boanerges" | John | one of the "sons of Zebedee" / thought to be the "disciple whom Jesus loved"[13:23] [20:2] |
| Philip | Philip | Philip | Philip |
| Bartholomew | Bartholomew | Bartholomew | Nathanael |
| Thomas | Thomas | Thomas | Thomas ("also called Didymus")[11:16] [20:24] [21:2] |
| Matthew ("the tax collector") | Levi | Levi | not mentioned |
| James ("son of Alphaeus") | James ("son of Alphaeus") | James ("son of Alphaeus") | not mentioned |
| Thaddaeus | Thaddaeus | Jude ("son of James") | Jude ("not Iscariot")[14:22] |
| Simon ("the Cananean") | Simon ("the Cananean") | Simon ("who was called theZealot") | not mentioned |
| Judas Iscariot | Judas Iscariot | Judas Iscariot | Judas ("son of Simon Iscariot") |
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Ne'eman
GREAT INFORMATION
Thank you Apostle T. for this special teaching of the twelve Apostles. What a blessing and privilege. Amen!
Peace and Love:
Prophetess Carolyn A. Bighum
amen
Wonderful information.
Ne'eman
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