Jesus's twelve disciples

[Neal]

who where Jesus's twelve disciples?

[sddsddean]

According to a search on google, they are SIMON PETER, ANDREW, JAMES, JOHN, PHILIP, BARTHOLOMEW, MATTHEW, THOMAS, JAMES SON OF ALPHAEUS, SIMON THE ZEALOT, JUDAS SON OF JAMES, JUDAS ISCARIOT. I can't put my hand on my heart and say its correct!

[sft42]

And can anyone tell us how come 12 guys who lived (supposedly) over 2000 years ago nearly all had anglo-saxon names then?

[xyzzyplugh]

With Jesus himself in the count [13] and the fact that at the last supper; they consumed bread to represent the body of christ, wine ( blood of christ) were they a coven of cannibal vampires?

[Quizmonster]

I guess Sft is offering us a newer version of the hoary old question: "If he was king of the Jews, how come Jesus had a Mexican name?" (No offence to anyone intended.)

In case not, the names are Anglo-Saxon because we are familiar only with the English translation of the Bible. 'Simon' is just our version of 'Shimon' which is Hebrew for 'hearing', as in Shimon Peres, the ex-Prime Minister of Israel; it might also be Greek for 'snub-nosed'. 'Peter' is from Greek/Latin for 'rock', Philip is a Greek 'horse-lover' and Judas is Hebrew for 'praise'. 'Jesus' is a variant of 'Joshua', which is a common name in modern Arabic, too, as 'Issa'. The same applies to all the others, of course...they're just our versions of much older names.

[Cetti]

Matthias also became part of the twelve - after the death of Judas Iscariot.

[xyzzyplugh]

13 again then. :-)

[Cetti]

No xyzzy, 12. :-D

[xyzzyplugh]

Who can't count Cetti? you or me? Jesus, and his 12 disciples 12 +1 =13 the original christian coven. No? [probably me, i haven't actually counted erm.. Simon, Peter, John Phillip...... :-)

[Cetti]

You xyzzy, Jesus wasn't even there! Matthias replaced Judas AFTER the ascension, making 12. I'm not shouting -I just can't do those clever bold bits!

[xyzzyplugh]

oh right, Cetti. Well, i don't know squit about it really, i was just guessing that there were 13 at the Last Supper. And if you want to do bold you type it like this; Substitute my ( and ) for < and > ; so it's -
blah blah blah (b)this will be bold (/b) blah blah blah. Though of course, it isn't bold in the example because i used ( and )instead of < and > or you wouldn't have seen them.and also that / bit in the second pair is the closer; you need that bit in the second pair just before the b. And if you want italic, just put i instead of b :-)

[chakka35]

The question is unanswerable. The four sources - Mark, Luke, Matthew, John and Acts - cannot agree, so all sorts of assumptions and dubious adjustments have to be made to form a list of twelve. We shouldn't be too surprised: nothing at all was written during the supposed time of Jesus' life or for about 25 years afterwards. The four anonymous evangelists, about whom we know nothing, were writing years afterwards when everyone connected with the story would have been dead. Treat it all as a myth.