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Twelve Disciples Chosen

Data

(1a) Mark 3:13-19a = Matt 10:2-4 = Luke 6:12-16
(1b) GEbi 1 (= ch 2 in some editions)
(1c) Acts 1:13b

 

Texts

(1a) Mark 3:13-19a = Matt 10:2-4 = Luke 6:12-16

/3:13/ He went up the mountain and called to him those whom he wanted, and they came to him. /3:14/ And he appointed twelve, whom he also named apostles, to be with him, and to be sent out to proclaim the message, /3:15/ and to have authority to cast out demons. /3:16/ So he appointed the twelve: Simon (to whom he gave the name Peter); /3:17/ James son of Zebedee and John the brother of James (to whom he gave the name Boanerges, that is, Sons of Thunder); /3:18/ and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Cananaean, /3:19/ and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.

= Matt 10:2-4
/10:2/ These are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon, also known as 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 Cananaean, and Judas Iscariot, the one who betrayed him.

= Luke 6:12-16
/6:12/ Now during those days he went out to the mountain to pray; and he spent the night in prayer to God. /6:13/ And when day came, he called his disciples and chose twelve of them, whom he also named apostles: /6:14/ Simon, whom he named Peter, and his brother Andrew, and James, and John, and Philip, and Bartholomew, /6:15/ and Matthew, and Thomas, and James son of Alphaeus, and Simon, who was called the Zealot, /6:16/ and Judas son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.

(1b) GEbi 1 (= ch 2 in some editions)

At any rate, in the gospel that they call "According to Matthew," which is not complete but adulterated and mutilated---they call it the "Hebrew" gospel---is found the following:

/1/There was this man named Jesus, who was about thirty years old, who chose us. /2/And when he came to Capernaum, he entered the house of Simon, who was nicknamed Peter. He then began to speak as follows:
/3/"As I was walking along by the lake of Tiberias, I chose John and James, sons of Zebedee, and Simon and Andrew and Thaddeus and Simon the Zealot and Judas the Iscariot. /4/Then I summoned you, Matthew, while you were sitting at the toll booth, and you followed me. /5/Therefore, I want you to be twelve apostles, to symbolize Israel."
(Epiphanius, Haer. 30.13.2f) [Complete Gospels]

(1c) Acts 1:13b

/1:13b/ Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James, son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James.

 

Notes

John Dominic Crossan

Item: 224
Stratum: II (60-80 CE)
Attestation:
Single
Historicity: -
Common Sayings Tradition: No

 
 

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