Luke 6:13

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

Literal Standard Version

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

12And it came to pass in those days, He went forth to the mountain to pray, and was passing the night in the prayer of God,

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

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Cross References

Matthew 9:36And having seen the multitudes, He was moved with compassion for them, that they were faint and cast aside, as sheep not having a shepherd;

Mark 3:13And He goes up to the mountain, and calls near whom He willed, and they went away to Him;

Mark 6:30And the apostles are gathered together to Jesus, and they told Him all, and how many things they did, and how many things they taught,

Luke 11:49because of this 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 came in, they went up into the upper room, where were abiding both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James, of Alphaeus, and Simon the Zealot, and Judas, of James;

Ephesians 4:11and He gave some [as] apostles, and some [as] prophets, and some [as] proclaimers of good news, and some [as] shepherds 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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