Luke 6:13
When day came, He called His disciples and selected twelve of them, whom He also named
Mark 6:7
And He called the twelve [disciples] and began to send them out [as His special messengers] two by two, and gave them authority and power over the unclean spirits.
Mark 6:30
The apostles [who had been sent out on a mission] gathered together with Jesus and told Him everything that they had done and taught.
Matthew 9:36-4
When He saw the crowds, He was moved with compassion and pity for them, because they were dispirited and distressed, like sheep without a shepherd.
Matthew 19:28
Jesus said to them,
Mark 3:13-19
He went up on the hillside and called those whom He Himself wanted and chose; and they came to Him.
Luke 9:1-2
Now Jesus called together the twelve [disciples] and gave them [the right to exercise] power and authority over all the demons and to heal diseases.
Luke 11:49
Luke 22:30
Acts 1:13
When they had entered the city, they went upstairs to the upper room where they were staying [indefinitely]; that is, Peter, and John and [his brother] James, and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew (Nathanael) and Matthew,
Ephesians 2:20
having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the [chief] Cornerstone,
Ephesians 4:11
And [His gifts to the church were varied and] He Himself appointed some as apostles [special messengers, representatives], some as prophets [who speak a new message from God to the people], some as evangelists [who spread the good news of salvation], and some as pastors and teachers [to shepherd and guide and instruct],
Hebrews 3:1
Therefore,
2 Peter 3:2
that you should remember the words spoken in the past [about the future] by the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord and Savior given by your apostles [His personally chosen representatives].
Revelation 12:1
And a great sign [warning of an ominous and frightening future event] appeared in heaven: a
Revelation 18:20
Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you saints (God’s people) and apostles and prophets [who were martyred], because God has executed vengeance for you [through righteous judgment] upon her.”
Revelation 21:14
And the wall of the city had twelve foundation stones, and on them the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb (Christ).