"And when it was day, he called {unto him} his disciples: and of them he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles;" — Luke 6:13

Luke 6:13 · KJV

“And when it was day, he called {unto him} his disciples: and of them he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles;”

— Luke 6:13

Verse 12

And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.

Verse 14

Simon, (whom he also named Peter,) and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew,

Luke 6 — Context

And they were filled with madness; and communed one with another what they might do to Jesus.

And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.

And when it was day, he called {unto him} his disciples: and of them he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles;

Simon, (whom he also named Peter,) and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew,

Matthew and Thomas, James the {son} of Alphaeus, and Simon called Zelotes,

Cross References

Mark 3:13-19

And he goeth up into a mountain, and calleth {unto him} whom he would: and they came unto him.

Matthew 9:36

But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd. {fainted...: or, were tired and lay down}

Revelation 21:14

And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

Mark 6:30

And the apostles gathered themselves together unto Jesus, and told him all things, both what they had done, and what they had taught.

Luke 9:1-2

Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases.

Ephesians 2:20

And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner {stone};

Mark 6:7

And he called {unto him} the twelve, and began to send them forth by two and two; and gave them power over unclean spirits;

Luke 11:49

Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and {some} of them they shall slay and persecute: