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Prayers for all Occasions, Needs, and Intentions
THE TWELVE APOSTLES
The names of the apostles are listed in four places. Some of them had two names, either a surname or a name given otherwise. Four were fishermen and one was a tax collector. There were two sets of brothers (Simon and Andrew, James and John) and two, Matthew and John, were traditionally considered evangelists. All were martyred except John. Judas Iscariot betrayed Jesus and was replaced in the early Church by Matthias (Acts 1:21-26). In the following lists, "Alph" is son of Alphaeus, "Zlt" is the Zealot, "Isc" is Iscariot, and "Jms" is son of James. Bartholomew has been identified by some as the Nathanael of John 21:2.
| Matthew 10:2-4 | Mark 3:16-19 | Luke 6:12-19 | Acts 1:13, 26 | |||
| Simon | Simon | Simon | Simon | |||
| Andrew | James | Andrew | James | |||
| James | John | James | John | |||
| John | Andrew | John | Andrew | |||
| Philip | Philip | Philip | Philip | |||
| Bartholomew | Bartholomew | Bartholomew | Thomas | |||
| Thomas | Matthew | Matthew | Bartholomew | |||
| Matthew | Thomas | Thomas | Matthew | |||
| James, Alph | James, Alph | James, Alph | James, Alph | |||
| Thaddaeus | Thaddaeus | Simon, Zlt | Simon, Zlt | |||
| Simon, Zlt | Simon, Zlt | Judas, Jms | Judas, Jms | |||
| Judas Isc | Judas Isc | Judas Isc | Matthias |
FAVORED APOSTLES
Peter, James, and John are mentioned three times as accompanying Jesus apart from the others (for the raising of Jairus's daughter, at the transfiguration, and during the agony in the garden).
The Apostles' in Scripture | Symbols of the Apostles' | Stories of the Apostles' Death