Apostles Chosen
Life of Jesus · Draft · BSB
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Date: Ministry in Galilee. A guided comparison of Gospel accounts, not a measured calendar or a claim that every parallel follows the same sequence.
Jesus chooses twelve disciples as apostles. Luke places the choice after a night of prayer; Mark emphasizes being with Jesus and being sent to preach, and the lists include Judas Iscariot.
Matthew’s list appears within the later commissioning discourse, while Mark and Luke narrate the selection. The mountain is unnamed, and list differences such as Thaddaeus and Judas son of James should remain visible.
Primary Scripture
10:2 These are the names of the twelve apostles: first Simon, called Peter, and his brother Andrew; James son of Zebedee, and his brother John;
10:3 Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;
10:4 Simon the Zealot, and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Jesus.
3:13 Then Jesus went up on the mountain and called for those He wanted, and they came to Him.
3:14 He appointed twelve of them, whom He designated as apostles, to accompany Him, to be sent out to preach,
3:15 and to have authority to drive out demons.
3:16 These are the twelve He appointed: Simon (whom He named Peter),
3:17 James son of Zebedee and his brother John (whom He named Boanerges, meaning “Sons of Thunder”),
3:18 Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot,
3:19 and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Jesus.
6:12 In those days Jesus went out to the mountain to pray, and He spent the night in prayer to God.
6:13 When daylight came, He called His disciples to Him and chose twelve of them, whom He also designated as apostles:
6:14 Simon, whom He named Peter, and his brother Andrew; James and John; Philip and Bartholomew;
6:15 Matthew and Thomas; James son of Alphaeus and Simon called the Zealot;
6:16 Judas son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.
Related Scripture
The twelve pillars representing Israel’s tribes offer background for considering the number twelve.
Location evidence
The mountain of selection is unnamed. The Galilean region is contextual orientation and does not identify a particular summit near Capernaum.
Event map marker: Approximate region; [longitude, latitude] = [35.35, 32.85]. This is a teaching marker, not an exact event venue.
Galilee: Approximate region. Coordinates [longitude, latitude]: [35.35, 32.85]. Classification source: editorial.
Illustrative regional extent: [[35.1,32.55],[35.68,33.15]]; not a measured confidence interval.
Gospel setting; extent is an editorial illustration, not a boundary
Gospel setting; extent is an editorial illustration, not a boundary
For the class
What is the relationship between being with Jesus and being sent by him?
Interpretation and reuse
Narrative order is a reading arrangement, not a proven chronology. Dates retain their stated uncertainty. An identified locality does not establish the exact venue or prove an event. Region extents and routes are illustrative, not surveyed boundaries or ancient roads. Draft material has not completed editorial review.
Record source: theographic (295)
Record source: editorial
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Place coordinates from OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, CC BY 4.0.
Teaching stops, summaries and regional extents are original editorial content of this atlas.
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