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The calling of the disciples is a key episode in the life of Jesus in the New Testament. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It appears in Matthew 4 :18–22, Mark 1 :16-20 and Luke 5 :1–11 on the Sea of Galilee . John 1 :35–51 reports the first encounter with two of the disciples a little earlier in the presence of John the Baptist .
The "seventy disciples" or "seventy-two disciples" (known in the Eastern Christian traditions as the "Seventy Apostles") were early emissaries of Jesus mentioned in the Gospel of Luke. [61] According to Luke, the only gospel in which they appear, Jesus appointed them and sent them out in pairs on a specific mission which is detailed in the text.
Verses 1-11 report the call of Jesus' first disciples.Jesus arrives at the Lake of Gennesaret, or Sea of Galilee.Biblical scholar William Smith suggests that "there was a beautiful and fertile plain called 'Gennesaret'" at the northwestern angle of the Sea of Galilee, and "from that was derived the name of 'Lake of Gennesaret'" used by Luke in Luke 5:1. [3]
James is described as one of the first disciples to join Jesus. The Synoptic Gospels state that James and John were preparing to fish with their father by the seashore when Jesus called them to follow him. [3] James, along with his brother John, and Peter, formed an informal triumvirate among the Twelve Apostles.
Disciples and brothers: 1 Corinthians 15:5 states that Paul knew that Jesus had 12 disciples, and considers Peter as one of them. [7] [159] [161] 1 Corinthians 1:12 further indicates that Peter was known in Corinth before the writing of 1 Corinthians, for it assumes that they were familiar with Cephas/Peter.
The accounts of Mark 16:9, John 20:15 indicate that Jesus appeared to the Magdalene first, and Luke 16:9 states that she was among the Myrrhbearers who informed the disciples about the resurrection. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 160 ] In Matthew 28:11–15 , to explain the empty tomb, the Jewish elders bribe the soldiers who had guarded the tomb to spread the ...
The commissioning of the Twelve Apostles is an episode in the ministry of Jesus that appears in all three Synoptic Gospels: Matthew 10:1–4, Mark 3:13–19 and Luke 6:12–16. It relates the initial selection of the Twelve Apostles among the disciples of Jesus. [1] [2]
The New Testament records that as a disciple, Matthew followed Jesus. After Jesus' ascension, the disciples withdrew to an upper room (Acts 1:10–14) [13] (traditionally the Cenacle) in Jerusalem. [14] The disciples remained in and about Jerusalem and proclaimed that Jesus was the promised Messiah.