Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot, AndrewThe name "Andrew" is derived from the Greek "Andreas," meaning "manly" or "brave." Andrew was the brother of Simon Peter and one of the first disciples called by Jesus. His willingness to follow Christ exemplifies the courage and commitment required to be a disciple. Historically, Andrew is known for his missionary work, spreading the Gospel to regions such as Scythia and Greece, where he was martyred. His life encourages believers to embrace their calling with boldness and dedication. Philip
The name "Philip" comes from the Greek "Philippos," meaning "lover of horses." Philip was from Bethsaida, the same town as Andrew and Peter. He is known for his practical nature and inquisitive mind, as seen in his interactions with Jesus in the Gospel of John. Philip's role in bringing Nathanael (Bartholomew) to Jesus highlights the importance of personal evangelism and the impact of inviting others to "come and see" the Messiah. Bartholomew
Often identified with Nathanael, "Bartholomew" is a patronymic, meaning "son of Tolmai." His encounter with Jesus, as recorded in John 1:45-51, reveals his honest and straightforward character. Jesus commended him as "an Israelite indeed, in whom there is no deceit." Bartholomew's life challenges believers to live with integrity and transparency, reflecting the truth of the Gospel in their lives. Matthew
Formerly known as Levi, "Matthew" means "gift of Yahweh" in Hebrew. As a tax collector, Matthew was considered a sinner and outcast by Jewish society. His calling by Jesus demonstrates the transformative power of grace and the inclusivity of the Gospel. Matthew's authorship of the first Gospel underscores the importance of using one's past experiences and skills to further God's kingdom. Thomas
Known as "Didymus," meaning "twin" in Greek, Thomas is often remembered for his doubts about Jesus' resurrection. However, his declaration of faith, "My Lord and my God!" (John 20:28), reveals a profound recognition of Jesus' divinity. Thomas' journey from doubt to faith encourages believers to seek truth earnestly and embrace the reality of Christ's resurrection with conviction. James son of Alphaeus
Also known as "James the Less," to distinguish him from James, the brother of John. The name "James" is derived from the Hebrew "Ya'akov," meaning "supplanter." Little is known about this James, but his inclusion among the apostles signifies the value of humble service and faithfulness in obscurity. His life reminds believers that every role in the body of Christ is significant, regardless of public recognition. Thaddaeus
Also referred to as "Judas son of James" or "Lebbaeus," the name "Thaddaeus" may mean "heart" or "courageous." His question to Jesus in John 14:22 reflects a desire for understanding and clarity about Jesus' mission. Thaddaeus' example encourages believers to seek deeper knowledge of Christ and to be courageous in their faith, even when faced with uncertainty. Simon the Zealot
The term "Zealot" indicates Simon's association with a Jewish political movement that sought to overthrow Roman rule. His transformation from a revolutionary to a follower of Christ illustrates the power of the Gospel to transcend political and social boundaries. Simon's life challenges believers to prioritize their allegiance to Christ above all earthly affiliations and to pursue peace and unity within the body of Christ. Persons / Places / Events 1. AndrewOne of the first disciples called by Jesus, brother of Simon Peter, known for bringing others to Jesus. 2. PhilipA disciple from Bethsaida, known for his questioning nature and for bringing Nathanael to Jesus. 3. BartholomewOften identified with Nathanael, known for his initial skepticism about Jesus being from Nazareth. 4. MatthewAlso known as Levi, a former tax collector who became a disciple and authored the Gospel of Matthew. 5. ThomasKnown as "Doubting Thomas" for his initial disbelief in Jesus' resurrection until he saw Jesus' wounds. 6. James son of AlphaeusOften referred to as "James the Less," distinguishing him from James, the brother of John. 7. ThaddaeusAlso known as Judas son of James, not to be confused with Judas Iscariot. 8. Simon the ZealotA former member of the Zealots, a Jewish political movement, known for his zeal for the Jewish law. Teaching Points Diversity in UnityThe list of disciples shows a diverse group united in Christ. This diversity reflects the church's call to unity despite differences. Evangelistic SpiritLike Andrew and Philip, believers are called to bring others to Jesus, emphasizing personal evangelism. Transformation through ChristMatthew's transformation from a tax collector to a disciple illustrates the power of Jesus to change lives. Faith and DoubtThomas' account encourages believers to bring their doubts to Jesus, who meets us where we are. Zeal for the GospelSimon the Zealot's passion is redirected from political zeal to zeal for the Gospel, reminding us to channel our passions for God's purposes. Bible Study Questions 1. How does the diversity of the disciples' backgrounds encourage us to embrace diversity within the church today? 2. In what ways can we follow Andrew and Philip's example in bringing others to Jesus in our daily lives? 3. How does Matthew's account of transformation inspire us to believe in the power of Jesus to change lives, including our own? 4. What can we learn from Thomas' journey from doubt to faith, and how can we apply this to our own struggles with doubt? 5. How can we channel our personal passions and zeal into serving God's kingdom, as Simon the Zealot did? Connections to Other Scriptures Andrew and Peter In John 1, Andrew is depicted as bringing his brother Peter to Jesus, highlighting his role as a connector. Philip and Nathanael In John 1, Philip invites Nathanael to meet Jesus, showing his evangelistic spirit. Matthew's Calling In Matthew 9, Jesus calls Matthew from his tax booth, demonstrating Jesus' outreach to sinners. Thomas' Doubt and Faith In John 20, Thomas' journey from doubt to faith is a powerful testament to the reality of the resurrection. Simon the Zealot His background as a Zealot is a reminder of the diverse backgrounds of Jesus' disciples, as seen in Luke 6. People Alphaeus, Andrew, Bartholomew, Beelzebub, Boanerges, Herodians, James, Jesus, John, Judas, Matthew, Peter, Philip, Simon, Thaddaeus, Thomas, Zabdi, ZebedeePlaces Capernaum, Galilee, Idumea, Jerusalem, Jordan River, Judea, Sea of Galilee, Sidon, TyreTopics Alphaeus, Alpheus, Andrew, Bartholomew, Canaanite, Cananaean, Cananite, James, Matthew, Philip, Simon, Thaddaeus, Thaddeus, Thomas, ZealotDictionary of Bible Themes Mark 3:13-19 6622 choice Mark 3:14-19 6641 election, responsibilities
7944 ministry, qualifications Mark 3:16-19 8370 zeal Library And Judas Iscariot
AND JUDAS ISCARIOT TEXT: "And Judas Iscariot."--Mark 3:19. There is something about the name of this miserable man which commands our attention at once. There is a sort of fascination about his wickedness, and when we read his story it is difficult to give it up until we have come to its awful end. It is rather significant, it would seem to me, that his name should come last in the list of the Apostles, and the text, "And Judas Iscariot," would suggest to me not only that his name was last, but …
J. Wilbur Chapman—And Judas Iscariot 'He is Beside Himself'
'And when His friends heard of it, they went out to lay hold on Him: for they said, He is beside Himself'--Mark iii. 21. There had been great excitement in the little town of Capernaum in consequence of Christ's teachings and miracles. It had been intensified by His infractions of the Rabbinical Sabbath law, and by His appointment of the twelve Apostles. The sacerdotal party in Capernaum apparently communicated with Jerusalem, with the result of bringing a deputation from the Sanhedrim to look into …
Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture Christ's Relations
'Whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is My brother, and My sister, and mother.'--Mark iii. 35. There was a conspiracy to seize Jesus because He is 'mad,' and Mary was in the plot! I. The example for us. (1) Of how all natural and human ties and affections are to be subordinated to doing God's will. Obedience to Him is the first and main thing to which everything else bows, and which determines everything. If others compete or interfere, reject them. Out of that common obedience new ties …
Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture The Anger and Grief of Jesus
He looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts.'--Mark iii. 5. Our Lord goes into the synagogue at Capernaum, where He had already wrought more than one miracle, and there He finds an object for His healing power, in a poor man with a withered hand; and also a little knot of His enemies. The scribes and Pharisees expect Christ to heal the man. So much had they learned of His tenderness and of His power. But their belief that He could work a miracle did not …
Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture The Mistakes of Christ's Foes and Friends
'And the scribes which came down from Jerusalem said, He hath Beelzebub, and by the prince of the devils casteth He out devils. 23. And He called them unto Him, and said unto them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan? 24. And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. 25. And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand. 26. And if Satan rise up against himself, and be divided, he cannot stand, but hath an end. 27. No man can enter into a strong man's …
Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture Christ's Kindred
'There came then His brethren and His mother, and, standing without, sent unto Him, calling Him. 32. And the multitude sat about Him; and they said unto Him, Behold, Thy mother and Thy brethren without seek for Thee. 33. And He answered them, saying, Who is My mother, or My brethren? 34. And He looked round about on them which sat about Him, and said, Behold My mother and My brethren! 35. For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is My brother, and My sister, and mother.'--Mark iii. 31-35. …
Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture Ambassadors for Christ
'And the Pharisees went forth, and straightway took counsel with the Herodlans against Him, how they might destroy Him. 7. But Jesus withdrew Himself with His disciples to the sea: and a great multitude from Galilee followed Him, and from Judaa 8. And from Jerusalem, and from Idumaa beyond Jordan; and they about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when they had heard what great things He did, came unto Him. 9. And He spake to His disciples, that a small ship should wait on Him because of the multitude, …
Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture The Necessity of Divine Influences. [*Continued]
Luke xi. 13.--"If ye, then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children; how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him." In expounding the doctrine of these words, in the preceding discourse, the argument for the necessity of Divine influences had reference to the more general aspects of man's character and condition. We were concerned with the origin of seriousness in view of a future life, and the production of a sense of moral corruption and …
William G.T. Shedd—Sermons to the Natural Man Jesus Angry with Hard Hearts
But I must not let imagination mislead me: they did nothing of the kind. Instead of this, they sat watching the Lord Jesus, not to be delighted by an act of his power, but to find somewhat of which they might accuse him. When all came to all, the utmost that they would be able to allege would be that he had healed a withered hand on the Sabbath. Overlooking the commendation due for the miracle of healing, they laid the emphasis upon its being done on the Sabbath; and held up their hands with horror …
Charles Haddon Spurgeon—Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 32: 1886 Mutual Help.
(Female Friendly Society.) S. MARK iii. 35. "Whosoever shall do the Will of God, the same is My brother, and My sister, and My mother." There are just two points which I want to put before you to-day. First, what you as Christian women ought to be. Secondly, how you can help each other to be so. On the first point I would ask you to remember the glory and dignity of womanhood. You get this dignity from Jesus Christ, who was born of a woman, and who said, "Whosoever shall do the Will of God, the …
H. J. Wilmot-Buxton—The Life of Duty, a Year's Plain Sermons, v. 2 The Eccentricity of Religion
"They said, He is beside Himself,"--MARK iii. 21. THE most pathetic life in the history of the world is the life of the Lord Jesus. Those who study it find out, every day, a fresh sorrow. Before He came it was already foretold that He would be acquainted with grief, but no imagination has ever conceived the darkness of the reality. It began with one of the bitterest kinds of sorrow--the sorrow of an enforced silence. For thirty years He saw, but dared not act. The wrongs He came to redress were there. …
Henry Drummond—The Ideal Life The Hardening Operation of Love.
"Being grieved for the hardness of their heart."--Mark iii. 5. Love may also be reversed. Failing to cherish, to uplift, and to enrich, it consumes and destroys. This is a mystery which man can not fathom. It belongs to the unsearchable depths of the divine Being, of which we do not wish to know more than has been revealed. But this does not alter the fact. No creature can exclude itself from the divine control. No man can say that he has nothing to do with God; that he or any other creature exists …
Abraham Kuyper—The Work of the Holy Spirit Life and Character of John
"Volat avis sine meta, Quo nec votes nec propheta Evolavit altius: Tam implenda quam impleta, Numquam vidit tot secreta Purus homo purius. (Adam of St. Victor.) The Mission of John. Peter, the Jewish apostle of authority, and Paul, the Gentile apostle of freedom, had done their work on earth before the destruction of Jerusalem--had done it for their age and for all ages to come; had done it, and by the influence of their writings are doing it still, in a manner that can never be superseded. Both …
Philip Schaff—History of the Christian Church, Volume I Whether the Sin against the Holy Ghost is the Same as the Sin Committed through Certain Malice?
Objection 1: It would seem that the sin against the Holy Ghost is not the same as the sin committed through certain malice. Because the sin against the Holy Ghost is the sin of blasphemy, according to Mat. 12:32. But not every sin committed through certain malice is a sin of blasphemy: since many other kinds of sin may be committed through certain malice. Therefore the sin against the Holy Ghost is not the same as the sin committed through certain malice. Objection 2: Further, the sin committed through …
Saint Thomas Aquinas—Summa Theologica The Great Schism
If a house be divided against itself.--Mark iii, 25. From such a revival as that of the Great Awakening, parties must of necessity arise. Upon undisciplined fanaticism, the Established church must frown. But when it undertook to discipline large numbers of church members or whole churches, recognizedly within its embracing fold and within their lawful privileges, a great schism resulted, and the schismatics were sufficiently tenacious of their rights to come out victorious in their long contest for …
M. Louise Greene, Ph. D.—The Development of Religious Liberty in Connecticut The Abrogation of the Saybrook Platform
That house cannot stand.--Mark iii, 25. The times change and we change with them.--Proverb. The omission of all persecuting acts from the revision of the laws in 1750 was evidence that the worst features of the great schism were passing, that public opinion as a whole had grown averse to any great severity toward the Separatists as dissenters. But the continuance in the revised statutes of the Saybrook Platform as the legalized constitution of the "Presbyterian, Congregational or Consociated Church," …
M. Louise Greene, Ph. D.—The Development of Religious Liberty in Connecticut The Apostle Judas
"And Judas Iscariot, which also betrayed Him." MARK 3:19 (R.V.) THE evidential value of what has been written about the apostles will, to some minds, seem to be overborne by the difficulties which start up at the name of Judas. And yet the fact that Jesus chose him -- that awful fact which has offended many -- is in harmony with all that we see around us, with the prodigious powers bestowed upon Napoleon and Voltaire, bestowed in full knowledge of the dark results, yet given because the issues of …
G. A. Chadwick—The Gospel of St. Mark The Withered Hand
"And He entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there which had his hand withered. And they watched Him, whether He would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse Him. And He saith unto the man that had his hand withered, Stand forth. And He saith unto them, Is it lawful on the sabbath day to do good or to do harm? to save a life, or to kill? But they held their peace. And when He had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved at the hardening of their heart, He …
G. A. Chadwick—The Gospel of St. Mark Characteristics of the Twelve
"And He appointed twelve, that they might be with Him, and that He might send them forth to preach, and to have authority to cast out devils: and Simon He surnamed Peter; and James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and them He surnamed Boanerges, which is, Sons of thunder; and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddeaus, and Simon the Cananean, and Judas Iscariot which also betrayed Him." MARK 3:14-19 (R.V.) THE pictures …
G. A. Chadwick—The Gospel of St. Mark Christ and Beelzebub
"And the multitude cometh together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread. And when his friends heard it, they went out to lay hold on Him: for they said, He is beside Himself. And the scribes which came down from Jerusalem said, He hath Beelzebub, and, By the prince of the devils casteth He out the devils. And He called them unto Him, and said unto them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan? And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. And if an house be …
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