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Jesus Chooses the Twelve Apostles

12 One day soon afterward Jesus went up on a mountain to pray, and he prayed to God all night. 13 At daybreak he called together all of his disciples and chose twelve of them to be apostles. Here are their names:

14 Simon (whom he named Peter),
Andrew (Peter’s brother),
James,
John,
Philip,
Bartholomew,
15 Matthew,
Thomas,
James (son of Alphaeus),
Simon (who was called the zealot),
16 Judas (son of James),
Judas Iscariot (who later betrayed him).

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12 It happened ginomai · de in en · ho those houtos days hēmera that Jesus autos went exerchomai out to eis the ho mountain oros to pray proseuchomai, and kai spent the whole night eimi in en · ho prayer proseuchē to ho God theos. 13 · kai When hote day hēmera came ginomai, he gathered prosphōneō · ho his autos disciples mathētēs and kai chose eklegomai from apo them autos twelve dōdeka, whom hos · kai he called onomazō apostles apostolos: 14 Simon Simōn ( whom hos · kai he called onomazō Peter Petros), and kai Andrew Andreas · ho his autos brother adelphos, and kai James Iakōbos, and kai John Iōannēs, and kai Philip Philippos, and kai Bartholomew Bartholomaios, 15 and kai Matthew, and kai Thomas Thōmas, and kai James Iakōbos son of Alphaeus Halphaios, and kai Simon Simōn who ho was called kaleō a Zealot zēlōtēs, 16 and kai Judas Ioudas son of James Iakōbos, and kai Judas Ioudas Iscariot Iskariōth, who hos became ginomai a traitor prodotēs.

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