Now the names of the twelve apostles are these: The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and his brother Andrew; and James the son of Zebedee, and his brother John;

The apostles *gathered together with Jesus; and they reported to Him all that they had done and taught.

And when day came, He called His disciples to Him and chose twelve of them, whom He also named as apostles:

When the apostles returned, they gave an account to Him of all that they had done. And taking them with Him, He withdrew privately to a city called Bethsaida.

For this reason also, the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will kill, and some they will persecute,

The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!”

The Lord’s Supper

When the hour came, He reclined at the table, and the apostles with Him.

Now these women were Mary Magdalene, Joanna, and Mary the mother of James; also the other women with them were telling these things to the apostles.

until the day when He was taken up to heaven, after He had given orders by the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom He had chosen.

to occupy this ministry and apostleship from which Judas turned aside to go to his own place.”

And they drew lots for them, and the lot fell to Matthias; and he was added to the eleven apostles.

Now when they heard this, they were pierced to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brothers, what are we to do?”

They were continually devoting themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.

Everyone kept feeling a sense of awe; and many wonders and signs were taking place through the apostles.

And with great power the apostles were giving testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and abundant grace was upon them all.

and lay them at the apostles’ feet, and they would be distributed to each to the extent that any had need.

Now Joseph, a Levite of Cyprian birth, who was also called Barnabas by the apostles (which translated means Son of Encouragement),

owned a tract of land. So he sold it, and brought the money and laid it at the apostles’ feet.

and kept back some of the proceeds for himself, with his wife’s full knowledge, and bringing a portion of it, he laid it at the apostles’ feet.

At the hands of the apostles many signs and wonders were taking place among the people; and they were all together in Solomon’s portico.

They laid hands on the apostles and put them in a public prison.

But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men.

They followed his advice; and after calling the apostles in, they flogged them and ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and then released them.

And they brought these men before the apostles; and after praying, they laid their hands on them.

Saul Persecutes the Church

Now Saul approved of putting Stephen to death. And on that day a great persecution began against the church in Jerusalem, and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except for the apostles.