'Twelve' in the Bible
And He appointed twelve, so that they would be with Him and that He could send them out to preach,
And He appointed the twelve: Simon (to whom He gave the name Peter),
As soon as He was alone, His followers, along with the twelve, began asking Him about the parables.
Immediately the girl got up and began to walk, for she was twelve years old. And immediately they were completely astounded.
And He *summoned the twelve and began to send them out in pairs, and gave them authority over the unclean spirits;
and they picked up twelve full baskets of the broken pieces, and also of the fish.
when I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces you picked up?” They *said to Him, “Twelve.”
Sitting down, He called the twelve and *said to them, “If anyone wants to be first, he shall be last of all and servant of all.”
They were on the road going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking on ahead of them; and they were amazed, and those who followed were fearful. And again He took the twelve aside and began to tell them what was going to happen to Him,
Jesus entered Jerusalem and came into the temple; and after looking around at everything, He left for Bethany with the twelve, since it was already late.
Then Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, went off to the chief priests in order to betray Him to them.
And He said to them, “It is one of the twelve, one who dips with Me in the bowl.
Immediately while He was still speaking, Judas, one of the twelve, *came up accompanied by a crowd with swords and clubs, who were from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.