Bible Question: How many Apostles are there? I think 12 and Paul... my pastors says there are 16! HELP |
Bible Answer: I find 17 all total. 12) Original 12.Matthias was selected and was thereafter “reckoned along with the eleven apostles.” (Ac 1:23-26) He is thus included among “the twelve” who settled the problem concerning the Greek-speaking disciples (Ac 6:1, 2), and evidently Paul includes him in referring to “the twelve” when speaking of Jesus’ postresurrection appearances at 1 Corinthians 15:4-8. 13) “A slave is not greater than his master, nor is one that is sent forth [a·po´sto·los] greater than the one that sent him.” (Joh 13:16) In this sense the word also applies to Christ Jesus as “the apostle and high priest whom we confess.” Heb 3:1 14) Matthias was selected to replace Judas Iscariot and was thereafter “reckoned along with the eleven apostles.” (Ac 1:23-26) 15) The apostle Paul and 16) Paul speaks of Epaphroditus as “your envoy [a·po´sto·lon] (same Greek word for apostle) and private servant for my need.” -Php 2:25 17) Galatians 1:19, Paul states that he visited with Peter and adds: “But I saw no one else of the apostles, only James the brother of the Lord.” James (not the original apostle James the son of Zebedee nor James the son of Alphaeus, but the half brother of Jesus) was evidently viewed as an “apostle” in the wider sense, namely, as “one sent forth” by the Jerusalem congregation Truthfinder |