What were the names of Jesuss twelve apostles?
At times, names can be confusing because we use a variety of names for ourselves. There is our birth name, our common name, and our nickname. We find that happening in Scriptures. One of Jesus’s apostles was named Simon, but Jesus gives him the nickname Peter (stone), but Peter in Greek is Cephas. Hence, one apostle is called by three different names in the New Testament. The original twelve apostles were: Simon, son of Jonas (also known as Peter or Cephas) (John 1:42) Andrew, son of Jonas James, son of Zebedee (nicknamed with his brother, Sons of Thunder) (Luke 5:10) John, son of Zebedee (nicknamed with his brother, Sons of Thunder) (Luke 5:10) Philip Bartholomew Matthew (also known as Levi) Thomas James, son of Alpheaus Simon, the Canaanite (nicknamed the Zealot) Judas, son of James (also called Lebbaeus or Thaddaeus) Judas Iscariot This list is found in Matthew 10:2-4; Mark 3:16-19; and Luke 6:13-16. After Judas Iscariot betrayed Jesus and committed suicide, he was replaced by Matth
