{"id":54815,"date":"2026-10-02T16:39:57","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T16:39:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=54815"},"modified":"2026-10-26T15:11:28","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T15:11:28","slug":"interesting-facts-12-apostles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/learn\/interesting-facts-12-apostles\/","title":{"rendered":"Quali erano i nomi dei 12 apostoli? Tutti e dodici, i loro altri nomi e Mattia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Jesus chose twelve men from among his followers, and three Gospels list the same twelve. They are Simon Peter and his brother Andrew, James and John the sons of Zebedee, Philip, Bartholomew, Thomas, Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot and Judas Iscariot, whose place was later taken by Matthias. Mark tells us why they were chosen, in a single line. &quot;He goeth up into a mountain, and calleth unto him whom he would: and they came\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peter, Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, Thomas, Matthew, James, Thaddaeus, Simon and Judas: the twelve apostles, their second names, and Matthias.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":109387,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[541],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-54815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-facts-stats"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1469,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/learn\/judas-iscariot-bible-study\/","url_meta":{"origin":54815,"position":0},"title":"Who Was Judas Iscariot? 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