Twelve Apostles

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The Twelve Apostles, (somebody sent forth/sent out) ^[1] were men who, according to the Synoptic Gospels and Christian tradition, were chosen from among the disciples (students) of Jesus Christ for a mission. Judaism had an office known as apostle (שליח)". ^[2]

The Gospel of Mark states that Jesus Christ initially sent out these twelve in pairs,^[3] to towns in Galilee.

1. ↑ (Ἀπόστολος, apostolic, Liddell & Scott, Strong's G652 Archived 2012-12-21 at Archive.today
2. ↑ The Bauer lexicon, Walter Bauer's Greek-English Lexicon of the NT: "...
3. ↑ (Mark 6:7–13, cf. Matthew 10:5–42,Luke 9:1–6)