Luke 6:13

And when it became day, He summoned His disciples, and having chosen twelve from them, whom He also named apostles:

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

And when it was day, he called unto him his disciples: and of them he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles;

In Context

12Now it came to pass in those days that He went out to the mountain to pray, and He was spending the night in prayer to God.

14He chose Simon, whom He also named Peter, and Andrew his brother; James and John; Philip and Bartholomew;

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Cross References

Matthew 9:36But seeing the crowds, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and prostrated, like sheep having no shepherd.

Mark 3:13And He went up on the mountain and summoned those whom He wanted, and they came to Him.

Mark 6:30Then the apostles gathered to Jesus and they reported to Him all things, both everything they had done and everything they had taught.

Luke 11:49For this reason also the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send to them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will kill and persecute,’

Acts 1:13And when they had entered, they went up into the upper room where they were staying; both Peter and James and John and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot, and Judas the son of James.

Ephesians 4:11And He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers,

Matthew Henry on Luke 6:13-20

The Twelve Apostles Chosen. 12 And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God. 13 And when it was day, he called unto him his disciples: and of them he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles; 14 Simon, (whom he also named Peter,) and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew, 15 Matthew and Thomas, James the son of Alphæus, and Simon called Zelotes, 16 And Judas the brother of James, and Judas Iscariot, which also was the… Read the whole commentary →

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