Mark 3:13-19 - The Selection Of The Twelve Apostles

¹³ He then went up into the mountain and summoned those He wanted to come to Him and they came. ¹⁴ He appointed twelve apostles to travel with Him, whom He could send out to preach ¹⁵ and have authority to drive out evil spirits.

¹⁶ These apostles were: Simon, to whom He gave the added name Peter, ¹⁷ James and his brother John, the sons of Zebedee, to whom He gave the added name Boanerges, which means "Sons of Thunder," ¹⁸ Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew [i.e., the same as Nathaniel. See John 1:45], Matthew [i.e., the same as Levi. See Mark 2:14], Thomas [i.e., the same as Didymus. See John 11:16], James, the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus [i.e., the same as Judas, the son of James. See Luke 6:16], Simon the Canaanean [i.e., the same as the Zealot. See Luke 6:15], ¹⁹ and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed Him. Then Jesus went into a house.

¹² And it happened during that time that Jesus went out to the mountain [i.e., probably a hillside near Capernaum] to pray, and continued praying to God all night. ¹³ And when it was daylight, He called His disciples and chose from among them twelve, whom He also called apostles.

¹⁴ [They were] Simon, also called Peter, and his brother Andrew, James and John [also brothers], Philip, Bartholomew [i.e., the same as Nathaniel. See John 1:45], ¹⁵ Matthew [i.e., the same as Levi. See Mark 2:14], Thomas [i.e., the same as Didymus. See John 11:16], James, the son of Alphaeus, Simon, called the Zealot [i.e., the same as the Cananean. See Matt. 10:4], ¹⁶ Judas, the son of James [i.e., the same as Thaddaeus. See Matt. 10:3] and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor [to Jesus].