Frequent question: What were the names of the apostles?

How many 12 apostles were brothers?

In the Gospel of Matthew, the disciples are listed in pairs. Three of those pairs are sets of brothers, including Peter and Andrew, James and John, and James the Lesser and Thaddaeus (although some believe the latter was Jesus’s on brother).

Did Jesus have a wife?

Jesus Christ was married to Mary Magdalene and had two children, a new book claims.

Was Luke a disciple or an apostle?

He was not one of the original 12 Apostles but may have been one of the 70 disciples appointed by Jesus (Luke 10). He also may have accompanied St. Paul on his missionary journeys.

How do you remember the 12 apostles names?

Mnemonic Device:

This is the way the disciples run: Peter, Andrew, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas next and Matthew too, James the less and Judas the greater, Simon the zealot and Judas the traitor. Explanation: the names of the twelve disciples. “Judas the greater” was also known as Jude.

Did Jesus have a child?

Jacobovici and Pellegrino argue that Aramaic inscriptions reading “Judah, son of Jesus“, “Jesus, son of Joseph”, and “Mariamne”, a name they associate with Mary Magdalene, together preserve the record of a family group consisting of Jesus, his wife Mary Magdalene and son Judah.