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Bible in Basic English

Now the names of the twelve are these: The first, Simon, who is named Peter, and Andrew, his brother; James, the son of Zebedee, and John, his brother;

New American Standard Bible

Now the names of the twelve apostles are these: The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; and James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;

King James Version

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;

Holman Bible

These are the names of the 12 apostles:

First, Simon, who is called Peter,
and Andrew his brother;
James the son of Zebedee,
and John his brother;

International Standard Version

These are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon (who is called Peter) and his brother Andrew; James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John;

A Conservative Version

Now the names of the twelve apostles are these: First, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother,

American Standard Version

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;

Amplified

Now these are the names of the twelve apostles (special messengers, personally chosen representatives): first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew, his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;

An Understandable Version

Now the names of the twelve apostles were: First, Simon, also called Peter, Andrew, his brother, James and John, sons of Zebedee,

Anderson New Testament

Now these are the names of the twelve apostles: the first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;

Common New Testament

The names of the twelve apostles are these: first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;

Daniel Mace New Testament

Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; the first is Simon, who is called Peter, then Andrew his brother,

Darby Translation

Now the names of the twelve apostles are these: first, Simon, who was called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;

Godbey New Testament

And these are the names of the apostles: first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;

Goodspeed New Testament

These are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon, who was called Peter, and his brother Andrew, and James the son of Zebedee and his brother John,

John Wesley New Testament

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;

Julia Smith Translation

And the names of the twelve sent are these: first, Simon, called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James, he of Zebedee and John his brother;

King James 2000

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;

Lexham Expanded Bible

Now these are the names of the twelve apostles: first Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, James the [son] of Zebedee, and John his brother,

Modern King James verseion

And the names of the twelve apostles are these: First, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee and John his brother;

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon which is called also Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;

Moffatt New Testament

These are the names of the twelve apostles: first Simon (who is called Peter) and Andrew his brother, James the son of Zebedaeus and John his brother,

Montgomery New Testament

These are the names of the apostles (missionaries). First, Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew, his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John, his brother;

NET Bible

Now these are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon (called Peter), and Andrew his brother; James son of Zebedee and John his brother;

New Heart English Bible

Now the names of the twelve apostles are these. The first, Simon, who is called Peter; and Andrew his brother; and James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;

Noyes New Testament

Now the names of the twelve apostles are these: first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, and James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;

Sawyer New Testament

And the names of the twelve apostles are these; First, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James, the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;

The Emphasized Bible

Now, the twelve apostles' names, are these: - first Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, - and James, the son of Zebedee, and John, his brother;

Thomas Haweis New Testament

Now these are the names of the twelve apostles; The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James son of Zebedee, and John his brother;

Twentieth Century New Testament

The names of the twelve Apostles are these: First Simon, also known as Peter, and his brother Andrew; James the son of Zebediah, and his brother John;

Webster

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;

Weymouth New Testament

Now the names of the twelve Apostles were these: first, Simon called Peter, and his brother Andrew; James the son of Zabdi, and his brother John;

Williams New Testament

Here are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon, who was named Peter, and his brother Andrew, James the son of Zebedee and his brother John,

World English Bible

Now the names of the twelve apostles are these. The first, Simon, who is called Peter; Andrew, his brother; James the son of Zebedee; John, his brother;

Worrell New Testament

Now the names of the twelve apostles are these: first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;

Worsley New Testament

Now these are the names of the twelve apostles: first Simon, called Peter, and Andrew his brother; Philip, and Bartholomew;

Youngs Literal Translation

And of the twelve apostles the names are these: first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James of Zebedee, and John his brother;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Now
δέ 
De 
but, and, now, then, also, yet, yea, so, moreover, nevertheless, for, even, , not tr
Usage: 2184

the names
ὄνομα 
Onoma 
name, named, called, surname , named , not tr
Usage: 162

of the
ἀπόστολος 
Apostolos 
Usage: 78

δώδεκα 
Dodeka 
Usage: 65

ἀπόστολος 
Apostolos 
Usage: 78

are
ἐστί 
Esti 
is, are, was, be, have, not tr, , vr is
Usage: 585

ταῦτα 
Tauta 
Usage: 188

πρῶτος 
Protos 
Usage: 67

Σίμων 
Simon 
Usage: 65

who is called
λέγω 
Lego 
Usage: 1045

Πέτρος 
Petros 
Usage: 160

and



and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0
Usage: 0

Ἀνδρέας 
Andreas 
Usage: 13

his



Usage: 0
Usage: 0

G80
ἀδελφός 
Adelphos 
Usage: 302

Ἰάκωβος 
Iakobos 
Usage: 41

the son of Zebedee
Ζεβεδαῖος 
Zebedaios 
Usage: 12

Ἰωάννης 
Ioannes 
John , John , John , John
Usage: 116

Context Readings

The Twelve Commissioned And Sent Out

1 And he got together his twelve disciples and gave them the power of driving out unclean spirits, and of making well all sorts of disease and pain. 2 Now the names of the twelve are these: The first, Simon, who is named Peter, and Andrew, his brother; James, the son of Zebedee, and John, his brother; 3 Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew, the tax-farmer; James, the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;

Cross References

Matthew 4:18

And when he was walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon, whose other name was Peter, and Andrew, his brother, who were putting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen.

Matthew 4:21

And going on from there he saw two other brothers, James, the son of Zebedee, and John, his brother, in the boat with their father, stitching up their nets; and he said, Come.

Acts 1:13

And when they came in, they went up into the room where they were living; Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James, the son of Alphaeus, and Simon the Zealot, and Judas, the son of James.

Matthew 16:16-18

And Simon Peter made answer and said, You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.

Matthew 17:1

And after six days Jesus takes with him Peter, and James, and John, his brother, and makes them go up with him into a high mountain by themselves.

Matthew 20:20

Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, giving him worship and making a request of him.

Matthew 26:37

And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and became sad and very troubled.

Mark 1:16-17

And going by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon, and Andrew, the brother of Simon, putting a net into the sea: for they were fishermen.

Mark 1:29

And when they came out of the Synagogue, they went into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John.

Mark 3:16-19

To Simon he gave the second name of Peter;

Mark 13:3

And while he was seated on the Mountain of Olives opposite the Temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew said to him privately,

Luke 5:10

And so were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were working with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, Have no fear; from this time forward you will be a fisher of men.

Luke 6:13-16

And the day came and, turning to his disciples, he made a selection from among them of twelve, to whom he gave the name of Apostles;

Luke 9:10

And the twelve, when they came back, gave him an account of what they had done. And he took them with him and went away from the people to a town named Beth-saida.

Luke 11:49

For this reason the wisdom of God has said, I will send them prophets and teachers, and to some of them they will give death and cruel pains;

Luke 22:8

And Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, Go and make the Passover ready for us, so that we may take it.

Luke 22:14

And when the time had come, he took his seat, and the Apostles with him.

John 1:40-42

Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, was one of the two men who, hearing what John said, went after Jesus.

John 6:8

One of his disciples, Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, said to Jesus,

John 12:22

Philip went and gave word of it to Andrew; and Andrew went with Philip to Jesus.

John 13:23

There was at table one of his disciples, the one dear to Jesus, resting his head on Jesus' breast.

John 20:2

Then she went running to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple who was loved by Jesus, and said to them, They have taken away the Lord out of the place of the dead and we have no knowledge where they have put him.

John 21:2

Simon Peter, Thomas named Didymus, Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples were all together.

John 21:20

Then Peter, turning round, saw the disciple who was dear to Jesus coming after them--the disciple who was resting on his breast at the last meal, and said, Lord, who is it who will be false to you?

John 21:24

This is the disciple who gives witness about these things and who put them in writing: and we have knowledge that his witness is true.

Acts 1:26

And they put it to the decision of chance, and the decision was given for Matthias, and he was numbered with the eleven Apostles.

Acts 3:1

Now Peter and John were going up to the Temple at the ninth hour, the hour of prayer;

Acts 12:2

And he put James, the brother of John, to death with the sword.

1 Corinthians 15:7

Then he was seen by James; then by all the Apostles.

Ephesians 4:11

And he gave some as Apostles, and some, prophets; and some, preachers of the good news; and some to give care and teaching;

Hebrews 3:1

For this reason, holy brothers, marked out to have a part in heaven, give thought to Jesus the representative and high priest of our faith;

1 Peter 1:1

Peter, an Apostle of Jesus Christ, to the saints who are living in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,

2 Peter 1:1

Simon Peter, a servant and Apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who with us have a part in the same holy faith in the righteousness of our God and Saviour Jesus Christ:

1 John 1:3-4

We give you word of all we have seen and everything which has come to our ears, so that you may be united with us; and we are united with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ:

2 John 1:1

I, a ruler in the church, send word to the noble sister who is of God's selection, and to her children, for whom I have true love; and not only I, but all who have knowledge of what is true;

3 John 1:1

I, a ruler in the church, send word to the well loved Gaius, for whom I have true love.

Revelation 1:1

The Revelation of Jesus Christ which God gave him so that his servants might have knowledge of the things which will quickly take place: and he sent and made it clear by his angel to his servant John;

Revelation 1:9

I, John, your brother, who have a part with you in the trouble and the kingdom and the quiet strength of Jesus, was in the island which is named Patmos, for the word of God and the witness of Jesus.

Revelation 18:20

Be glad over her, heaven, and you saints, and Apostles, and prophets; because she has been judged by God on your account.

Revelation 22:8

And I, John, am he who saw these things and to whose ears they came. And when I had seen and given ear, I went down on my face to give worship at the feet of the angel who made these things clear to me.

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