The twelve apostles were the men Jesus chose to send out in his name. Matthew names them: Simon Peter and Andrew, James and John the sons of Zebedee, Philip, Bartholomew, Thomas, Matthew the tax collector, James son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him (Matthew 10:2–4). After Judas died, Matthias took his place. They were ordinary men, most of them from Galilee, and at least four were fishermen. Simon Peter stands first in every list,…

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