Matthew 10:2, who were the Twelve Apostles?


Now the names of the twelve apostles are these;
//I won't bore you with the rest of the verse. You probably won't recognize some of the names anyway. Ever hear of Lebbaeus?
The four gospels, the book of Acts, and Paul all agree there were twelve. In fact, they insist. Twelve men, to govern the twelve tribes of Israel when the Messiah returns. But who are these twelve men?
Different writers give different lists, and this has led to endless research, tracking down just exactly who is whom. Here's the full collection, borrowed from the Skeptic's Annotated Bible, if you'd like to try your hand at this exercise.

APOSTLES of JESUSMATMARLUKJOHACTGAL1ANDREWXXX
X
2BARTHOLOMEWXXX
X
3JAMES ALPHAEUSXXX
X
4JAMES, BROTHER of JESUS




X5JAMES ZEBEDEEXXXXX
6JOHN ZEBEDEEXXXXX
7JUDAS, BROTHER of JAMES

X
X
8JUDAS ISCARIOT, SON of SIMONXXXX

9JUDAS, NOT ISCARIOT

XX

10LABBAEUS THADDEUSXX



11LEVI ALPHAEUS, the PUBLICAN
XX


12MATTHEW, the PUBLICANXXX
X
13NATHANAEL of CANA


X

14NICODEMUS?


?

15PHILIPXXXXX
16SIMON PETERXXXXXX17SIMON the CANAANITEXX



18SIMON ZELOTES

X
X
19THOMAS DIDYMUSXXXXX

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