Choosing the Twelve

12 Now it was [a]at this time that He went off to (A)the mountain to (B)pray, and He spent the whole night in prayer with God. 13 And when day came, (C)He called His disciples to Him and chose twelve of them, whom He also named as (D)apostles: 14 Simon, whom He also named Peter, and his brother Andrew; and [b]James and John; and Philip and Bartholomew; 15 and (E)Matthew and Thomas; James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon who was called the Zealot; 16 Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 6:12 Lit in these days
  2. Luke 6:14 Or Jacob, also vv 15 and 16

12 And it came to pass in these days, that he went out into the mountain to pray; and he continued all night in prayer to God. 13 And when it was day, he called his disciples; and he chose from them twelve, whom also he named apostles: 14 Simon, whom he also named Peter, and Andrew his brother, and [a]James and John, and Philip and Bartholomew, 15 and Matthew and Thomas, and [b]James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon who was called the Zealot, 16 and Judas the [c]son of [d]James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor;

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 6:14 Or, Jacob
  2. Luke 6:15 Or, Jacob
  3. Luke 6:16 Or, brother. See Jude 1.
  4. Luke 6:16 Or, Jacob