Lexicon :: Strong's G652 - apostolos

These are the names of the twelve apostles: First, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;

The apostles gathered around Jesus and reported to him all that they had done and taught.

When daylight came, he summoned his disciples, and he chose twelve of them, whom he also named apostles:

When the apostles returned, they reported to Jesus all that they had done. He took them along and withdrew privately to a[fn] town called Bethsaida.

“Because of this, the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will kill and persecute,’

The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith.”

When the hour came, he reclined at the table, and the apostles with him.

Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the other women with them were telling the apostles these things.

“Truly I tell you, a servant is not greater than his master,[fn] and a messenger is not greater than the one who sent him.

until the day he was taken up, after he had given instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles he had chosen.

Then they cast lots for them, and the lot fell to Matthias and he was added to the eleven apostles.

When they heard this, they were pierced to the heart and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brothers, what should we do? ”

They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching, to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread, and to prayer.

With great power the apostles were giving testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was on all of them.

and laid them at the apostles’ feet. This was then distributed to each person as any had need.

However, he kept back part of the proceeds with his wife’s knowledge, and brought a portion of it and laid it at the apostles’ feet.

Many signs and wonders were being done among the people through the hands of the apostles. They were all together in Solomon’s Colonnade.

So they arrested the apostles and put them in the public jail.

Peter and the apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than people.

But a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law who was respected by all the people, stood up in the Sanhedrin and ordered the men[fn] to be taken outside for a little while.

After they called in the apostles and had them flogged, they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus and released them.

They had them stand before the apostles, who prayed and laid their hands on them.

Saul agreed with putting him to death.

On that day a severe persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout the land of Judea and Samaria.

When the apostles who were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them.

When Simon saw that the Spirit[fn] was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money,

Barnabas, however, took him and brought him to the apostles and explained to them how Saul had seen the Lord on the road and that the Lord had talked to him, and how in Damascus he had spoken boldly in the name of Jesus.

The apostles and the brothers and sisters who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God.

But the people of the city were divided, some siding with the Jews and others with the apostles.

The apostles Barnabas and Paul tore their robes when they heard this and rushed into the crowd, shouting,

After Paul and Barnabas had engaged them in serious argument and debate, Paul and Barnabas and some others were appointed to go up to the apostles and elders in Jerusalem about this issue.

When they arrived at Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church, the apostles, and the elders, and they reported all that God had done with them.

The apostles and the elders gathered to consider this matter.

Then the apostles and the elders, with the whole church, decided to select men who were among them and to send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas: Judas, called Barsabbas, and Silas, both leading men among the brothers.

After spending some time there, they were sent back in peace by the brothers and sisters to those who had sent them.[fn][fn]

As they traveled through the towns, they delivered the decisions reached by the apostles and elders at Jerusalem for the people to observe.

Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called as an apostle[fn] and set apart for the gospel of God ​— ​

Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. Insofar as I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry,

Greet Andronicus and Junia, my fellow Jews[fn] and fellow prisoners. They are noteworthy in the eyes of the apostles,[fn] and they were also in Christ before me.

Paul, called as an apostle of Christ Jesus by God’s will, and Sosthenes our brother:

For I think God has displayed us, the apostles, in last place, like men condemned to die: We have become a spectacle to the world, both to angels and to people.

Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord?

Don’t we have the right to be accompanied by a believing wife[fn] like the other apostles, the Lord’s brothers, and Cephas?

And God has appointed these in the church: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, next miracles, then gifts of healing, helping, leading, various kinds of tongues.[fn]

Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles.