Mark 3:13-19

Listen to Mark 3:13-19

The Twelve Apostles

13 1And he went up on the mountain and called to him those 2whom he desired, and they came to him.
14 3And he appointed twelve (whom he also named apostles) so that they might be with him and he might send them out to preach
15 4and have authority to cast out demons.
16 He appointed the twelve: 5Simon (to whom 6he gave the name Peter);
17 7James the son of Zebedee and John the brother of James (to whom he gave the name Boanerges, that is, Sons of Thunder);
18 Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and 8Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Zealot, [a]
19 and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.

Cross References 8

  • 1. 3:13 Matt. 10:1; Luke 6:12, 13; [ch. 6:7-13; Luke 9:1, 2]
  • 2. 3:13 John 13:18; 15:16, 19
  • 3. 3:14 [See ver. 13 above]
  • 4. 3:15 [See ver. 13 above]
  • 5. 3:16 For ver. 16-19, see Matt. 10:2-4; Luke 6:14-16; Acts 1:13
  • 6. 3:16 Matt. 16:18; John 1:42
  • 7. 3:17 Matt. 4:21
  • 8. 3:18 Matt. 9:9

Footnotes 1

  • [a] 3:18 Greek 'kananaios', meaning 'zealot'
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