Bible Verses About Apostles: Selection of

As Yeshua walked by Lake Kinneret, he saw two brothers who were fishermen -- Shim`on, known as Kefa, and his brother Andrew -- throwing their net into the lake.

Yeshua said to them, "Come after me, and I will make you fishers for men!"

At once they left their nets and went with him.

Going on from there, he saw two other brothers -- Ya'akov Ben-Zavdai and Yochanan his brother -- in the boat with their father Zavdai, repairing their nets; and he called them.

At once they left the boat and their father and went with Yeshua.

As Yeshua passed on from there he spotted a tax-collector named Mattityahu sitting in his collection booth. He said to him, "Follow me!" and he got up and followed him.

WhileYeshua was in the house eating, many tax-collectors and sinners came and joined him and his talmidim at the meal.

These are the names of the twelve emissaries: First, Shim`on, called Kefa, and Andrew his brother, Ya`akov Ben-Zavdai and Yochanan his brother,

Philip and Bar-Talmai, T'oma and Mattityahu the tax-collector, Ya`akov Bar-Halfai and Taddai,

Shim`on the Zealot, and Y'hudah from K'riot, who betrayed him.

Then he went up into the hill country and summoned to himself those he wanted, and they came to him.

He appointed twelve to be with him, to be sent out to preach

and to have authority to expel demons:

Shim`on, to whom he gave another name, "Kefa";

Ya`akov Ben-Zavdai and Yochanan, Ya`akov's brother -- to them he gave the name "B'nei-Regesh" (that is, "Thunderers");

Andrew, Philip, Bar-Talmai, Mattityahu, T'oma, Ya`akov Ben-Halfai, Taddai, Shim`on the Zealot,

and Y'hudah from K'riot, the one who betrayed him. Then he entered a house;

When day came, he called his talmidim and chose from among them twelve to be known as emissaries:

Shim`on, whom he named Kefa; Andrew, his brother; Ya`akov; Yochanan; Philip; Bar-Talmai;

Mattityahu; T'oma; Ya`akov Ben-Halfai;

Shim`on, the one called the Zealot; Y'hudah Ben-Ya`akov; and Y'hudah from K'riot, who turned traitor.