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Monument of Jesus and the Twelve Apostles in Domus Galilaeae, Israel. Each of the four listings of apostles in the New Testament [26] indicate that all the apostles were men. According to Christian tradition they were all Jews. [27] [28] The canonical gospels and the book of Acts give varying names of the Twelve Apostles. The list in the Gospel ...
Agrippa I, called "King Herod" or "Herod" in Acts 12; Felix governor of Judea who was present at the trial of Paul, and his wife Drusilla in Acts 24:24; Herod Agrippa II, king over several territories, before whom Paul made his defense in Acts 26. Herod Antipas, called "Herod the Tetrarch" or "Herod" in the Gospels and in Acts 4:27; Herodias ...
Eusebius reports that he was a disciple of the apostles (auditor apostolorum) and that he was appointed as bishop after the martyrdom of his predecessor Publius. [ 30 ] [ 31 ] Quadratus's major work is the Apology , which was apparently read to Emperor Hadrian to convince him to improve imperial policy toward Christians.
Bartholomew [a] was one of the twelve apostles of Jesus according to the New Testament. Most scholars today identify Bartholomew as Nathanael, [6] who appears in the Gospel of John (1:45–51; cf. 21:2). [7] [8] [9] Bartholomew the Apostle, detail of the mosaic in the Basilica of San Vitale, Ravenna, 6th century
Since it means that he is either the younger or shorter of two, he seems to be compared to one other James. In the lists of the twelve apostles in the synoptic Gospels, there are two apostles called James, who are differentiated there by their fathers: James, son of Zebedee, and James, son of Alphaeus. Long-standing tradition identifies James ...
The Acts of Peter and the Twelve [1] [2] or the Acts of Peter and the Twelve Apostles [3] [4] is a Christian text from about the 4th century. [5] It is the first treatise in Codex VI of the Nag Hammadi library texts, [6] [7] taking up pages 1–12 of the codex's 78 pages. [6] The writing extends the Parable of the Pearl from Matthew 13:45–46.
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