Top 16 Bible Verses About The Apostles

Update on February 24, 2020 by Pastor Jack Wellman

The Twelve Apostles were Jesus’s most important disciples. They were divinely inspired to spread the word of God and follow Jesus. It’s difficult to fully understand the role the apostles had in the Bible, so here are our top 16 Bible verses about the Apostles.

Enjoy these top 16 Bible verses about Apostles as you learn more about their significance in the Bible.

And when day came, he called his disciples and chose from them twelve, whom he named apostles:

- Luke 6:13

But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of it, they tore their garments and rushed out into the crowd, crying out,

- Acts 14:14

When they came to Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and the apostles and the elders, and they declared all that God had done with them.

- Acts 15:4

And they cast lots for them, and the lot fell on Matthias, and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.

- Acts 1:26

And awe came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were being done through the apostles.

- Acts 2:43

built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone,

- Ephesians 2:20

“‘I know your works, your toil and your patient endurance, and how you cannot bear with those who are evil, but have tested those who call themselves apostles and are not, and found them to be false.

- Revelation 2:2

And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers,

- Ephesians 4:11

Greet Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen and my fellow prisoners. They are well known to the apostles, and they were in Christ before me.

- Romans 16:7

And with great power the apostles were giving their testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was upon them all.

- Acts 4:33

And when day came, he called his disciples and chose from them twelve, whom he named apostles: Simon, whom he named Peter, and Andrew his brother, and James and John, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon who was called the Zealot, and Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.

- Luke 6:13-16

And he called to him his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every affliction.

- Matthew 10:1

But I saw none of the other apostles except James the Lord’s brother.

- Galatians 1:19

And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

- Revelation 21:14

And God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, helping, administrating, and various kinds of tongues.

- 1 Corinthians 12:28

Now many signs and wonders were regularly done among the people by the hands of the apostles. And they were all together in Solomon’s Portico.

- Acts 5:12

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5 Stories From The Bible About the Apostles

Here are 5 stories from the Bible about the apostles.

The Appointed

It was Jesus Christ, Who after praying all night, chose the twelve apostles. Contrary to what they might have thought, they did not choose Him, but He chose them! The Scripture says that Jesus “appointed twelve (whom he also named apostles) so that they might be with him and he might send them out to preach” (Mark 3:14). The word “appointment” in the Greek means it was determined or really, predetermined and fixed by God to occur ahead of time, so this was no random set of circumstances when Jesus called the twelve apostles.

The Members

Notice in the 4^th chapter of Ephesians that it is God Who commissions and appoints and places those in the Body of Christ as He sees fit. He always knows best, and in fact, He had already determined who would be in which part of the Body of Christ, the church. The Scripture say that God “gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers” (Ephesians 4:11). Why does it say “he gave” them? God gave them to the church “to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ” (Ephesians 4:12).

The Chosen

For many years, I was part of the “frozen chosen” and not active in the Body of Christ, but then I saw I that the Great Commission was not just given to the apostles; it was given as an imperative command given to all of us (Matthew 28:18-20), but in order to keep us humble, we must ask ourselves: “Did we really choose Jesus?” Just as He told the apostles, He would tell us: “You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide” (John 15:16a), so has He chosen us “from before the foundation of the world” (Ephesians 1:4).

The Commissioned

For most Christians, it’s not possible to go into all the world, but we can at least go next door; or share Christ with a co-worker, family member, or friend. There is no plan B in proclaiming Christ to the lost. Jesus told the apostles, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation” (Mark 16:15), but since they’re gone, we must take up the torch and share the Light of the World, which is living in darkness.

The Foundation

The church is like a building. God has been building upon it for thousands of years, and if you’ve trusted in Christ, “you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God” (Ephesians 2:19), but the foundation has already been laid. That explains why there are no more apostles today since we all are being “built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone” (Ephesians 2:20).

Many today are self-proclaimed apostles, but be very careful. It was God Who chose the 12 apostles and God alone Who chooses leaders to be in the Body of Christ. It is God Who appoints and places those of us within the Body of Christ, and we can certainly trust God with that.

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