Thematic Bible: Disciple


Thematic Bible



Greet Ampliatus, my dear friend in the Lord.


Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, was one of the two who heard John and followed Jesus.


Greet Apelles, who has been approved by the Messiah. Greet those who belong to the family of Aristobulus.


2to Apphia our sister, to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church in your house.



Greet Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas, and the brothers who are with them.


Do your best to come to me before winter. Eubulus sends you greetings, as do Pudens, Linus, Claudia, and all the brothers.


Yes, I also ask you, my true partner, to help these women. They have worked hard with me to advance the gospel, along with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the Book of Life.


The one whose name was Cleopas answered him, "Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who doesn't know what happened there in the past few days?"





When Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside and told them as they were walking along,

When Saul arrived in Jerusalem, he tried to join the disciples, but they all were afraid of him because they wouldn't believe he was a disciple.


So we located some disciples and stayed there for seven days. Through the Spirit, they kept telling Paul not to go to Jerusalem,




After this, the Lord appointed 70 other disciples and was about to send them ahead of him in pairs to every town and place that he intended to go.




The Lord told him, "Get up, go to the street called Straight, and in the home of Judas look for a man from Tarsus named Saul. At this very moment he's praying.


So they nominated two men Joseph called Barsabbas, who also was called Justus, and Matthias.


When Barnabas and Saul had fulfilled their mission, they returned from Jerusalem, bringing with them John who was also called Mark.

Arriving in Salamis, they began to preach God's word in the Jewish synagogues. They also had John to help them.

When Peter realized what had happened, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John who was also called Mark, where a large number of people had gathered and were praying.

Then Paul and his men set sail from Paphos and arrived in Perga in Pamphylia, where John left them and went back to Jerusalem.


Greet Philologus and Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas and all the saints who are with them.


Greet Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas, and the brothers who are with them.


Greet Prisca and Aquila and the family of Onesiphorus.


He began to speak boldly in the synagogue, but when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him home and explained God's way to him more accurately.

After this, Paul left Athens and went to Corinth. There he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome. Paul went to visit them, and because they had the same trade he stayed with them. They worked together because they were tentmakers by trade.

After staying there for quite a while longer, Paul said goodbye to the brothers and sailed for Syria, accompanied by Priscilla and Aquila. He had his hair cut in Cenchrea, since he was under a vow. When they arrived in Ephesus, he left Priscilla and Aquila there. Then he went into the synagogue and had a discussion with the Jews.

Greet Prisca and Aquila, who work with me for the Messiah Jesus, and who risked their necks for my life. I am thankful to them, and so are all the churches among the gentiles.

Greet Prisca and Aquila and the family of Onesiphorus.

The churches in Asia greet you. Aquila and Prisca and the church in their house greet you warmly in union with the Lord.


Now Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius from Cyrene, Manaen, who grew up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul were prophets and teachers in the church at Antioch.


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