'Disciples' in the Bible

Again the next day John was standing with two of his disciples,

The two disciples heard him say this, and they followed Jesus.

and both Jesus and His disciples were invited to the wedding.

This, the first of His signs (attesting miracles), Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and revealed His glory [displaying His deity and His great power openly], and His disciples believed [confidently] in Him [as the Messiah—they adhered to, trusted in, and relied on Him].

After this He went down to Capernaum, He and His mother and brothers and His disciples; and they stayed there a few days.

His disciples remembered that it is written [in the Scriptures], “Zeal (love, concern) for Your house [and its honor] will consume Me.”

So when He had risen from the dead, His disciples remembered what He had said. And they believed and trusted in and relied on the Scripture and the words that Jesus had spoken.

After these things Jesus and His disciples went into the land of Judea, and there He spent time with them and baptized.

Therefore there arose a controversy between John’s disciples and a Jew in regard to purification (ceremonial washing).

So when the Lord learned that the Pharisees had been told that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John

(although Jesus Himself was not baptizing, but His disciples were),

For His disciples had gone off into the city to buy food—

Just then His disciples came, and they were surprised to find Him talking with a woman. However, no one said, “What are You asking about?” or, “Why are You talking to her?”

Meanwhile, the disciples were urging Jesus [to have a meal], saying, “Rabbi (Teacher), eat.”

So the disciples said to one another, “Has anyone brought Him something to eat?”

And Jesus went up on the mountainside and sat down there with His disciples.

One of His disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to Him,

Then Jesus took the loaves, and when He had given thanks, He distributed them to those who were seated; the same also with the fish, as much as they wanted.

When they had eaten enough, He said to His disciples, “Gather up the leftover pieces so that nothing will be lost.”

When evening came, His disciples went down to the sea,

The next day the crowd that stood on the other side of the sea realized that there had been only one small boat there, and that Jesus had not boarded the boat with His disciples, but that His disciples had gone away alone.

So when the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor His disciples were there, they boarded the small boats themselves and came to Capernaum looking for Jesus.

When many of His disciples heard this, they said, “This is a difficult and harsh and offensive statement. Who can [be expected to] listen to it?”

But Jesus, aware that His disciples were complaining about it, asked them, “Does this cause you to stumble and take offense?

As a result of this many of His disciples abandoned Him, and no longer walked with Him.

So His brothers said to Him, “Leave here and go to Judea, so that Your disciples [there] may also see the works that You do.

So Jesus was saying to the Jews who had believed Him, “If you abide in My word [continually obeying My teachings and living in accordance with them, then] you are truly My disciples.

His disciples asked Him, “Rabbi (Teacher), who sinned, this man or his parents, that he would be born blind?”

He answered, “I already told you and you did not listen. Why do you want to hear it again and again? Do you want to become His disciples, too?”

And [at that remark] they stormed at him and jeered, “You are His disciple, but we are disciples of Moses!

Then He said to His disciples, “Let us go back to Judea.”

The disciples said to Him, “Rabbi (Teacher), the Jews were only recently going to stone You, and You are [thinking of] going back there again?”

The disciples answered, “Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover.”

For that reason Jesus no longer walked openly among the Jews, but left there and went to the district that borders on the uninhabited wilderness, to a town called Ephraim; and He stayed there with the disciples.

But Judas Iscariot, one of His disciples, the one who was going to betray Him, said,

His disciples did not understand [the meaning of] these things at first; but when Jesus was glorified and exalted, they remembered that these things had been written about Him and had been done to Him.

Then He poured water into the basin and began washing the disciples’ feet and wiping them with the towel which was tied around His waist.

Jesus said to him, “Anyone who has bathed needs only to wash his feet, and is completely clean. And you [My disciples] are clean, but not all of you.”

The disciples began looking at one another, puzzled and disturbed as to whom He could mean.

One of His disciples, whom Jesus loved (esteemed), was leaning against Jesus’ chest.

By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you have love and unselfish concern for one another.”

Some of His disciples said to one another, “What does He mean when He tells us, ‘A little while, and you will not see Me; and again a little while, and you will see Me’; and, ‘because I am going to My Father’?”

His disciples said, “Ah, now You are speaking plainly to us and not in figures of speech!

Having said these things, Jesus left with His disciples and went across the ravine of the Kidron. There was a garden there, which He and His disciples entered.

Now Judas, who was betraying Him, knew the place, because Jesus had often met there with His disciples.

Then the servant girl who kept the door said to Peter, “You are not one of this Man’s disciples, are you?” He said, “I am not.”

Then the high priest questioned Jesus about His disciples and about His teaching.

Now Simon Peter was [still] standing and warming himself. So they said to him, “You are not one of His disciples, are you?” He denied it and said, “I am not.”

Then the disciples went back again to their own homes.

Mary Magdalene came, reporting to the disciples that she had seen the Lord and that He had said these things to her.

So when it was evening on that same day, the first day of the week, though the disciples were [meeting] behind barred doors for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them, and said, “Peace to you.”

After He said this, He showed them His hands and His side. When the disciples saw the Lord, they were filled with great joy.

So the other disciples kept telling him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he said to them, “Unless I see in His hands the marks of the nails, and put my finger into the nail prints, and put my hand into His side, I will never believe.”

Eight days later His disciples were again inside the house, and Thomas was with them. Jesus came, though the doors had been barred, and stood among them and said, “Peace to you.”

There are also many other signs (attesting miracles) that Jesus performed in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book;

After this Jesus revealed Himself again to the disciples at the Sea of Tiberias (Galilee). And He did it in this way:

Simon Peter, and Thomas who is called Didymus (the twin), and Nathanael from Cana of Galilee, as well as [John and James] the sons of Zebedee, and two others of His disciples were together.

As morning was breaking, Jesus [came and] stood on the beach; however, the disciples did not know that it was Jesus.

But the other disciples came in the small boat, for they were not far from shore, only about a hundred yards away, dragging the net full of fish.

Jesus said to them, “Come and have breakfast.” None of the disciples dared to ask Him, “Who are You?” They knew [without any doubt] that it was the Lord.

This was now the third time that Jesus appeared to the disciples, after He had risen from the dead.