Explaining The Bible on Instagram: "The twelve disciples, also called apostles, were personally chosen by Jesus to be his closest followers, learning from him and later sent out to preach the gospel. Their names, as listed in the Gospels, are: Simon (called Peter), Andrew his brother, James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, Philip, Bartholomew, Thomas, Matthew the tax collector, James the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus (also called Judas son of James or Jude), Simon the Cananaean (or Zealot),

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