#The Twelve Apostles

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The Great Ocean Road in Victoria, Australia

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Leonardo da Vinci - The Last Supper (1495-1498)

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You shall not turn away the needy, but shall share everything with your brother, and shall not say that it is your own, for if you are sharers in the imperishable, how much more in the things which perish?

οὐκ ἀποστραφήσῃ τὸν ἐνδεόμενον, συγκοινωνήσεις δὲ πάντα τῷ ἀδελφῷ σοῦ καὶ οὐκ ἐρεῖς ἴδια εἶναι· εἰ γὰρ ἐν τῷ ἀθανάτῳ κοινωνοί ἐστε, πόσῳ μᾶλλον ἐν τοῖς θνητοῖς;

— Didache or The Teaching of the Twelve Apostles (Διδαχὴ Κυρίου διὰ τῶν δώδεκα ἀποστόλων τοῖς ἔθνεσιν) (ca 120-170 CE). The Didache is of equal antiquity with the earliest texts later assembled into the New Testament, of which early church fathers considered it a part. It provides an excellent glimpse into the thinking of the leaders of the early church, and it directly contradicts the "prosperity gospel" of modern American white Evangelicals on virtually every issue.

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The Twelve Apostles

1-4 Jesus called his twelve disciples to him and gave them authority to expel evil spirits and heal all kinds of disease and infirmity. The names of the twelve apostles were: First, Simon, called Peter, with his brother Andrew; James, and his brother John, sons of Zebedee; Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas, and Matthew the tax-collector, James, the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, Simon the Patriot, and Judas Iscariot, who later turned traitor.

5-8 These were the twelve whom Jesus sent out, with the instructions: “Don’t turn off into any of the heathen roads, and don’t go into any Samaritan town. Concentrate on the lost sheep of the house of Israel. As you go proclaim that the kingdom of Heaven has arrived. Heal the sick, raise the dead, cure the lepers, drive out devils—give, as you have received, without any charge whatever.

9-10 “Don’t take any gold or silver or even coppers to put in your purse; nor a knapsack for the journey, nor even a change of clothes, or sandals or a staff—the workman is worth his keep!

11-13 “Wherever you go, whether it is into a town or a village, find out someone who is respected, and stay with him until you leave. As you enter his house give it your blessing. If the house deserves it, the peace of your blessing will come to it. But if it doesn’t, your peace will return to you.

14-15 “And if no one will welcome you or even listen to what you have to say, leave that house or town, and once outside it shake off the dust of that place from your feet. Believe me, Sodom and Gomorrah will fare better in the day of judgment than that town.”

He warns them of troubles that lie ahead

16-18 “Here I am sending you out like sheep with wolves all round you; so be as wise as serpents and yet as harmless as doves. But be on your guard against men. For they will take you to the court and flog you in their synagogues. You will be brought into the presence of governors and kings because of me—to give your witness to them and to the heathen.

19-20 “But when they do arrest you, never worry about how you are to speak or what you are to say. You will be told at the time what you are to say. For it will not be really you who are speaking but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.

21-22 “Brothers are going to betray their brothers to death, and fathers their children. Children are going to betray their parents and have them executed. You yourselves will be universally hated because of my name. But the man who endures to the very end will be safe and sound.

23-27 “But when they persecute you in one town make your escape to the next. Believe me, you will not have covered the towns of Israel before the Son of Man arrives. The disciple is not superior to his teacher any more than the servant is superior to his master, for what is good enough for the teacher is good enough for the disciple as well, and the servant will not fare better than his master. If men call the master of the household the ‘Prince of Evil’, what sort of names will they give to his Servants? But never let them frighten you, for there is nothing covered up which is not going to be exposed nor anything private which will not be made public. The things I tell you in the dark you must say in the daylight, and the things you hear in your private ear you must proclaim from the house-tops.

They should reverence God but have no fear of man

28 “Never be afraid of those who can kill the body but are powerless to kill the soul! Far better to stand in awe of the one who has the power to destroy body and soul in the fires of destruction!

29-31 “Two sparrows sell for a farthing, don’t they? Yet not a single sparrow falls to the ground without your Father’s knowledge. The very hairs of your head are all numbered. Never be afraid, then—you are far more valuable than sparrows.

32-33 “Every man who publicly acknowledges me I shall acknowledge in the presence of my Father in Heaven, but the man who disowns me before men I shall disown before my Father in Heaven.

The Prince of Peace comes to bring division

34-36 “Never think I have come to bring peace upon the earth. No, I have not come to bring peace but a sword! For I have come to set a man against his own father, a daughter against her own mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. A man’s enemies will be those who live in his own house.

37-39 “Anyone who puts his love for father or mother above his love for me does not deserve to be mine, and he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me, and neither is the man who refuses to take up his cross and follow my way. The man who has found his own life will lose it, but the man who has lost it for my sake will find it.

40 “Whoever welcomes you, welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me is welcoming the one who sent me.

41-42 “Whoever welcomes a prophet just because he is a prophet will get a prophet’s reward. And whoever welcomes a good man just because he is a good man will get a good man’s reward. Believe me, anyone who gives even a drink of water to one of these little ones, just because he is my disciple, will by no means lose his reward.” — Matthew 10 | J.B. Phillips New Testament (PHILLIPS) The New Testament in Modern English by J.B Phillips copyright © 1960, 1972 J. B. Phillips. Cross References: Genesis 3:1; Exodus 4:12; Numbers 18:7; Deuteronomy 33:9; 1 Samuel 2:29; 1 Samuel 14:45; 1 Samuel 17:28; 1 Samuel 17:40; 1 Samuel 25:6; 2 Samuel 14:11; 1 Kings 18:4; 2 Kings 1:2; 2 Kings 4:10; 2 Kings 17:24; Job 37:24; Psalm 35:13; Psalm 50:20; Psalm 119:46; Psalm 122:7-8; Proverbs 10:9; Proverbs 19:17; Proverbs 29:27; Isaiah 19:2; Isaiah 22:1; Isaiah 55:1; Isaiah 59:13; Jeremiah 26:21; Jeremiah 50:6; Ezekiel 16:48; Ezekiel 34:4; Ecclesiastes 11:1; Ecclesiastes 12:14; Micah 7:6; Matthew 3:3; Matthew 4:21; Matthew 4:23; Matthew 5:22; Matthew 5:26; Matthew 6:26; Matthew 7:8; Matthew 7:22; Matthew 9:9; Matthew 9:35; Matthew 12:12; Matthew 16:24-25; Matthew 18:5; Matthew 20:20; Matthew 24:17; Matthew 26:2; Matthew 26:14-15; Mark 6:7-8; Mark 8:34-35; Mark 8:38; Luke 6:40; Luke 9:2-3; Luke 10:7; Luke 10:11; Luke 12:8; Luke 12:51; Luke 15:10; Acts 13:51; Revelation 6:4

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Not me tearing up this morning when the pastor listed all the ways the Apostles are said to have been martyred when I’ve heard it a bunch of times before but now I don’t even want to think about Matthew being killed by arrows and Peter and Andrew being crucified and Thomas being speared to death 😭

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The Twelve Apostles, Victoria, Australia

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*Since Tumblr only has 10 options, I left out Judas. Also, there are two Jameses, so pick your favorite in your head.

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When Jesus, God Himself, was on Earth, He chose twelve men to do life with Him. They camped with Him, ate with Him, and saw what He looked like first thing in the morning when He got up. They saw the look in His eyes when He looked at the hurting, and they heard the inflection in His voice when He spoke. They saw the laugh lines around His eyes, knew what His smile looked like, and heard what His laugh sounded like. They knew what foods He liked to eat and how He cooked. When God Himself walked on Earth, He chose closeness. He chose community. Jesus could have gone around all alone. If there was any man who could have been an island, it was Jesus. But He wasn’t. Of all the ways God could have chosen to live on earth, this is what He chose: community. There’s something about closeness and community that’s beautiful and important. Life isn’t fully life without it. So, ask God for your community. Ask God for the group of people who you can be close and do life with. Closeness with people is the way God designed life and the way He chose to live it.

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Some more Homestuck Fankid sprites. Based of the 12 Apostles. Why because I felt like it. And plus their was going to be a bible arc at one point.

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And on this rock

And as he came out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him, “Look, Teacher, what wonderful stones and what wonderful buildings!” And Jesus said to him, “Do you see these great buildings? There will not be left here one stone upon another that will not be thrown down.” Mark 13:1-2 [13] The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. [14] In the temple he found those…

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The Sheep and the Harvest

9:35 And Jesus went about all the cities and the villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of disease and all manner of sickness.

36 But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion for them, because they were distressed and scattered, as sheep not having a shepherd. 37 Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few. 38 Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he send forth labourers into his harvest.

The Twelve Apostles (Mark 3:13-19; Luke 6:12-16)

10:1 And he called unto him his twelve disciples, and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of disease and all manner of sickness.

2 Now the names of the twelve apostles are these: The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; 3 Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; 4 Simon the Cananaean, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.

The Ministry of the Twelve (Mark 6:7-13; Luke 9:1-6)

5 These twelve Jesus sent forth, and charged them, saying, Go not into any way of the Gentiles, and enter not into any city of the Samaritans: 6 but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 7 And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand. 8 Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out devils: freely ye received, freely give. 9 Get you no gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses; 10 no wallet for your journey, neither two coats, nor shoes, nor staff: for the labourer is worthy of his food. 11 And into whatsoever city or village ye shall enter, search out who in it is worthy; and there abide till ye go forth. 12 And as ye enter into the house, salute it. 13 And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you. 14 And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, as ye go forth out of that house or that city, shake off the dust of your feet. 15 Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment, than for that city.

The Reward of Service (2 Kings 4:8-17)

10:40 He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me. 41 He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward. 42 And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only, in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward. — Matthew 9:35 - 10:15 and 40-42 | English Revised Version (ERVB) The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible is in the public domain.   Cross References: Numbers 18:7; Numbers 27:17; 1 Samuel 17:40; 1 Samuel 25:6; 1 Kings 18:4-5; 1 Kings 22:17; 2 Kings 17:24; Psalm 35:13; Proverbs 19:17; Jeremiah 50:6; Ezekiel 16:48; Matthew 3:2; Matthew 4:23; Matthew 7:8; Matthew 9:9; Matthew 11:1; Matthew 20:20; Matthew 26:2; Mark 6:7-8; Luke 9:3; Luke 10:2; John 4:35; Acts 13:51; James 5:4

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pretty sure this painting is of the twelve apostles!

artist: miranda sofroniou

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The Twelve Apostles, Victoria, Australia

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do any of the twelve apostles count??? i submit all of them

the boys are all in and I am beginning to realize that I may need to make a couple polls for diff time periods