Reference: Disciples
Hastings
In the ancient world every teacher had his company of disciples or learners. The Greek philosophers and the Jewish Rabbis had theirs, and John the Baptist had his (Mr 2:18 'the disciples of John and the disciples of the Pharisees'; cf. Joh 1:35; Mt 14:12). In like manner Jesus had His disciples. The term had two applications, a wider and a narrower. It denoted (1) all who believed in Him, though they remained where He had found them, pursuing their former avocations, yet rendering no small service to His cause by confessing their allegiance and testifying to His grace (cf. Lu 6:13; 19:37; Joh 4:1; 6:60,66-67). (2) The inner circle of the Twelve, whom He called 'Apostles,' and whom He required to forsake their old lives and follow Him whithersoever He went, not merely that they might strengthen Him by their sympathy (cf. Lu 22:28), but that they might aid Him in His ministry (Mt 9:37; 10:1,5), and, above all, that they might be trained by dally intercourse and discipline to carry forward the work after He was gone. These were 'the disciples' par excellence (Mt 10:1; 12:1,49; 15:23,32; Mr 8:27; Lu 8:9; Joh 11:7; 12:4; 16:17,29). See also Apostles.
David Smith.
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Jesus said to his disciples: The harvest is abundant, but the laborers are few.
He called his twelve disciples. He gave them power to cast out unclean spirits and to heal all kinds of disease and sickness.
He called his twelve disciples. He gave them power to cast out unclean spirits and to heal all kinds of disease and sickness.
Jesus sent the twelve. He gave them orders not to go to the people of the nations and not to go to the Samaritans.
Jesus' disciples were hungry. It was Sabbath day and yet Jesus and his disciples went through the grain fields plucking ears and eating them.
He stretched out his hand towards his disciples, and said: Behold, my mother and my brothers!
John the Baptist's disciples took the corpse and buried him, and then came and told Jesus.
He did not answer her. His disciples said to him: Send her away; she keeps shouting at us.
Jesus called his disciples and said: I feel compassion for the people, because they have remained with me now three days and have nothing to eat. I do not want to send them away hungry, for they might faint on the way.
John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. They came to him and asked: Why do John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast but your disciples do not?
Jesus and his disciples went into the villages of Caesarea Philippi. On the way he asked his disciples: Who do men say I am?
The next day he called his disciples to choose from them twelve, whom he named apostles (ambassadors) (messengers):
His disciples asked him what this illustration means.
He was near the descent of the Mount of Olives. The entire crowd of disciples rejoiced and praised God with a loud voice for all the mighty works they had seen.
You have continued with me in my temptations.
The next day John was standing with two of his disciples.
The Lord was aware that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John.
When they heard this many of his disciples said: This is a hard saying; who can listen to it?
After this many of his disciples returned to their old ways. They did not walk with him anymore. Jesus asked the twelve: Will you also go away?
After this he said to the disciples: Let us go to Judea again.
Judas Iscariot, the disciple who would betray him said:
Some of his disciples said to one another: What is this he says, a little while, and you see me no more and again a little while and you will see me because I go to the Father?
His disciples said: See now you speak plainly and use no figurative language.