{"id":4982,"date":"2024-06-15T13:05:33","date_gmt":"2024-06-15T13:05:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=4982"},"modified":"2026-10-27T16:19:50","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T16:19:50","slug":"who-were-the-12-apostles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/who-were-the-12-apostles\/","title":{"rendered":"Wie waren de 12 apostelen? Petrus, Andreas, Jakobus, Johannes en 8 anderen"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>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\u20134). 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,\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\/nl\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/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>The twelve men Jesus chose and sent, from Peter to Judas and Matthias: who they were, what he called them to, and what each is remembered for.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104358,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36],"tags":[],"series":[82],"class_list":["post-4982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bible-study","series-the-life-of-jesus"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":54815,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/interesting-facts-12-apostles\/","url_meta":{"origin":4982,"position":0},"title":"What Were the Names of the 12 Apostles? 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