Prophets Flashcards
was named simon, was a fisherman, betrayed jesus by denying him three times, peter repented jesus forgave
Peter
fisherman and peters brother, jesus’ first disciple
andrew
zebedees son johns (brother) was a fisherman with john nicknamed james and john “Sons of thunder”
James
was at the lasts supper, source of fourth gospel; a fisherman was the “beloved disciple” jesus’ entrusted may to johns care as he was hung on the cross
john
was asked by jesus before he performed the miraculous multiplication of loaves and fish where he could get loaves of bread
philip
means son of thiamin, he preached in India and flayed and beheaded for his faith, probably the same as nathanial john writes in his gospels, when e hears jesus is the messiah he asked “can anything good come form nazareth”
Bartholomew
eager ti profess his faith in who jesus is, saying he would die with him, doubts the others when they say jesus appeared to them after his resurrecting and thus became “doubting thomas”
Thomas
also known as levi and was a tax collector and wrote a gospel in aramid
matthew
son of alphaeus. marks gospel calls him “James the younger” not that important; stoned to death
james
zealots were revolutionaries who worked to over throw roman rule; jesus told him to stop so he did
simon the zealot
son of james, also known as jude. Matthew and mark call him Thaddeus ; was at the last supper . don’t confuse him with triator
judas
was considered a traitor, sername meant “from kerioth” he was an outlaw and betrayed jesus for 30 pieces of silver and hung himself because of gilt. treasurer the apostles and he was dishonest
judas iscariot
