Luke 6:13

And when the day dawned, he called his disciples, and selected from them twelve, whom he named Legates:

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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 in those days, Jesus retired to a mountain to pray; and he passed the night there, in prayer to God.

14Simon whom he named Cephas, and Andrew his brother, and James, and John, and Philip, and Bartholomew,

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Cross References

Matthew 9:36And when Jesus looked on the multitudes, he pitied them; because they were wearied and dispersed, like sheep that have no shepherd.

Mark 3:13And he ascended a mountain, and called whom he pleased; and they came to him.

Mark 6:30And the legates assembled before Jesus, and told him all they had done, and all they had taught.

Luke 11:49Therefore hath wisdom said: Lo, I will send to them prophets and legates; and some of them they will persecute and slay;

Acts 1:13And when they had entered, they went to an upper chamber; where were Peter, and John, and James, and Andrew, and Philip, and Thomas, and Matthew, and Bartholomew, and James the son of Alpheus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas the son of James.

Ephesians 4:11And he gave some, legates; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, 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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