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The term "disciple" represents the Koine Greek word mathētḗs (μαθητής), [3] which generally means "one who engages in learning through instruction from another, pupil, apprentice" [4] or in religious contexts such as the Bible, "one who is rather constantly associated with someone who has a pedagogical reputation or a particular set of views, disciple, adherent."
Disciple (Christianity), a student of Jesus Christ Twelve Apostles of Jesus, sometimes called the Twelve Disciples; Seventy disciples in the Gospel of Luke; Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), a mainline Protestant denomination in the United States and Canada with roots in the Restoration Movement often referred to as "the Disciples"
Some of the Twelve Apostles.Mosaic in the Euphrasian Basilica.. An apostle (/ ə ˈ p ɒ s əl /), in its literal sense, is an emissary.The word is derived from Ancient Greek ἀπόστολος (apóstolos), literally "one who is sent off", itself derived from the verb ἀποστέλλειν (apostéllein), "to send off".
Using the original Greek words, both titles are descriptive, as an apostle is one sent on a mission (the Greek uses the verb form: apesteilen) whereas a disciple is a student, but the two traditions differ on the scope of the words apostle and disciple.
Words may also take on different functions in Christianese as part of functional shift, including the formation of the noun fellowshipping and the verb to disciple. [ 12 ] In politics
Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion, professing that Jesus was raised from the dead and is the Son of God, [7] [8] [9] [note 2] whose coming as the Messiah was prophesied in the Hebrew Bible (called the Old Testament in Christianity) and chronicled in the New Testament.
"one disciple" or "the other disciple", so in the singular, but also without a proper name or other identification. The only exceptions are in John (by far the most), Acts (4), and one in Matthew. John is the most generous in this regard. In Acts, all 4 references are to otherwise unknown disciples.
The phrase "the disciple whom Jesus loved" (Ancient Greek: ὁ μαθητὴς ὃν ἠγάπα ὁ Ἰησοῦς, romanized: ho mathētēs hon ēgapā ho Iēsous) or, in John 20:2; "the other disciple whom Jesus loved" (τὸν ἄλλον μαθητὴν ὃν ἐφίλει ὁ Ἰησοῦς, ton allon mathētēn hon ephilei ho Iēsous), is used six times in the Gospel of John, [1] but in ...