Chosen as an Apostle

The Fisherman Called

2 accounts of this passage

Mark 3:13–19

¹³Jesus went up on a mountainside and called the ones he wanted, and they came to him. ¹⁴He appointed twelve, that they should be with him, and that he might send them out to preach. ¹⁵And to have power to heal sicknesses and to cast out demons. ¹⁶He gave Simon the name Peter; ¹⁷James son of Zebedee and his brother John — Jesus nicknamed them Boanerges, which means "Sons of Thunder"; ¹⁸Andrew; Philip; Bartholomew; Matthew; Thomas; James son of Alphaeus; Thaddaeus; Simon the Canaanite; ¹⁹and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him. Then they went into a house.

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About this event

What happened?

Jesus went up on the mountain and called to him the ones he wanted. He appointed 12 of them as apostles, to be with him, to be sent out to preach, and to have authority to drive out demons. The first was Simon, whom he named Peter. Every list of the Twelve puts him first.

Who is here?

Jesus
The other apostles

Where this fits

Event 5 of 5 in The Fisherman Called: Simon, a fisherman from Galilee, meets Jesus, leaves his nets and is named Peter.

Good to know

Luke 6:12 says Jesus spent the night before this in prayer. In Mark 3:15 the KJV adds “to heal sicknesses.”

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