Luke 6:13
And when it was day, He called his disciples to Him: and chose out twelve from among them, whom He also named his apostles:
1770 John Worsley NT
In The King James Version
In Context
12And in those days He went out to a mountain to pray, and He continued all night in prayer to God.
14(to wit, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew,
Cross References
Matthew 9:36And when He saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion towards them; because they were dispersed and scattered like sheep that have no shepherd:
Mark 3:13Then going up into a mountain, He calleth for such as He saw fit, and they came to Him:
Mark 6:30And the apostles came together to Jesus, and told Him all things, both what they had done, and what they had taught.
Luke 11:49And therefore the wisdom of God hath said, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will kill and persecute:
Acts 1:13And when they were come in to the city, they went up into an upper room, where Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alpheus, and Simon the zealot, and Jude the brother of James, usually abode.
Ephesians 4:11And therefore He gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers; to qualify holy men for the work of the ministry,
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 →