Bible verses about "apostles" | Thomson

³¹ you shall not go after belly speakers, nor attach yourselves to sorcerers to be polluted by them. I am the Lord your God:

¹ When he, having called together the twelve disciples, gave them power and authority over all the demons, and to cure diseases; ² and was sending them to proclaim the reign of God, and to heal the sick; ³ he said to them, Take nothing for the journey; neither staves, nor scrip, nor bread, nor money, nor two coats apiece. ⁴ And into whatever house you enter, abide there till you leave the place. ⁵ And wherever they will not receive you, when you are leaving that city, shake off the dust from your feet, for a testimony against them.

²⁸ Thereupon Jesus said to him, Verily I say to you, With respect to you who have followed me, at the renovation, when the son of man shall sit on the throne of his glory, you also shall sit on twelve thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

¹ Now while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper provinces came to Ephesus, where finding2 certain disciples ² he said to them, Did you receive a holy spirit when you believed? Upon which they said to him, We have not so much as heard that a holy spirit is [received.] ³ There upon he said to them, To what then were ye baptized? And they said, To the baptism of John. ⁴ Then Paul said, John indeed baptized the baptism of reformation, telling the people that they should believe in one coming after him, namely in Jesus The Christ. ⁵ Upon hearing this they were baptized to the name of the Lord Jesus; ⁶ and Paul having laid his hands on them, the holy spirit came upon them and they spoke with tongues and prophesied. ⁷ Now they were in all about twelve men. ⁸ Now having gone to the synagogue he spoke boldly for three months, reasoning and recommending the things concerning the kingdom of God. ⁹ But as some were stubborn disbelievers and continued to revile the way before the multitude, he withdrew from them and separated the disciples, discoursing daily in the school of one Tyrannus. ¹⁰ And this he continued to do for the space of two years, so that all the inhabitants of Asia, both Jews and Greeks, heard the word of the Lord Jesus. ¹¹ And God wrought extraordinary miracles by the hands of Paul, ¹² so that handkerchiefs and aprons were carried from his body to them who were sick, and the diseases were removed from them, and evil spirits went out of them. ¹³ Upon this some of the strolling Jewish exorcists attempted to name the name of the Lord Jesus, over them who had these evil spirits, saying, "We adjure you by that Jesus whom Paul proclaimeth" ¹⁴ Now there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, who did this. ¹⁵ Upon which the evil spirit in reply said, Jesus I know, and I have some knowledge of Paul: but who are ye? ¹⁶ Then the man, in whom was the evil spirit, springing upon them, and getting a mastery over them, prevailed against them so that they fled out of his house naked and wounded. ¹⁷ And this was known to all, both Jews and Greeks, who dwelt at Ephesus; and fear fell upon them all. And the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified. ¹⁸ And many of them who believed came and confessed, and made a public acknowledgment of their deeds. ¹⁹ And several of them having practised magical arts, brought their books and burned them publicly, the value of them by computation amounting to fifty thousand pieces of silver. ²⁰ So powerfully did the word of the Lord increase and prevail. ²¹ Now when these things were accomplished, Paul resolved in his mind, after passing through Macedonia and Achaia to go to Jerusalem, saying, after I have been there, I must also see Rome. ²² So having sent forward two of them who attended him, namely Timothy and Erastus, into Macedonia, he himself tarried some time in Asia. ²³ And during that time there was a considerable disturbance about this way. ²⁴ For one Demetrius, a silversmith, a maker of silver shrines of Diana, kept in employ a great number of artists; ²⁵ and having assembled these and the workmen of like occupation, he said, "Men, you know that on this manufacture dependeth our maintenance. ²⁶ And you see and hear that not only in Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul by his persuasion hath perverted a vast multitude, saying that they which are made with hands, are not gods. ²⁷ So that not only this occupation of ours is in danger of being brought into disrepute; but the temple also of the great goddess Diana, of .being set at naught; and her majesty destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worshippeth." ²⁸ Upon hearing this and being full of rage they shouted, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians. ²⁹ And the whole city was filled with confusion. And they rushed with one accord into the theatre, dragging along with them Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul's fellow travellers. ³⁰ Upon this Paul had a mind to go to the people, but the disciples did not permit him. ³¹ And some of the chiefs of Asia also, who were his friends, sent to him and advised him not to venture into the theatre. ³² Now some cried one thing; and some, another. For the congregation was in the utmost confusion, and the greater part did not know for what particular purpose they had convened. ³³ But when they had thrust Alexander out of the crowd, the Jews pushing him forward, and Alexander waving his hand wished to make a defence to the people, ³⁴ they knowing that he was a Jew, there was, for about two hours, one continued shout from all, crying out, Great is Diana of the Ephesians. ³⁵ At length the recorder having stilled the crowd, said, Men of Ephesus, who is there who doth not know that the city of the Ephesians is a humble devotee of the great goddess Diana, and of the image which fell from Jupiter? ³⁶ Since these things are incontestable you ought to be quiet, and to do nothing rashly. ³⁷ For you have brought hither these men, who have neither violated things sacred, nor reviled your goddess. ³⁸ If now Demetrius and his fellow craftsmen have an action against any one, the courts are open and there are proconsuls to judge: let them bring their suits. ³⁹ And if you seek any thing in respect to other matters, let it be discussed in a legal assembly of the people. ⁴⁰ For we indeed are in danger of being called in question for this day's riot, there being no cause which we can assign for this tumultuous concourse. 41 Having said this, he dismissed the assembly.

¹³ Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and found that they were illiterate men, and in private stations of life, they wondered; and recollected their having been with Jesus.

¹¹ and he hath given some to be apostles, and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some pastors, and teachers,

²⁰ built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the corner stone,

¹⁵ Then he said to them, Go to all the world, and proclaim the glad tidings to all mankind.

¹³ Then he goeth up to the mountain, and calleth to him whom he would, and they went up to him. ¹⁴ And he appointed twelve, that they might be with him, and that he might send them to make proclamation; ¹⁵ and to have power to cure diseases, and expel demons; ¹⁶ namely, Simon, whom he surnamed Peter, ¹⁷ and James, the son of Zebedee, and John, the brother of James, [these he surnamed Boanerges, that is, sons of thunder] ¹⁸ and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alpheus, and Thaddeus, and Simon the Chananite, ¹⁹ and Judas Iscariot, who delivered him up. Upon their going into a house,

¹² and by the hands of the apostles many signs and wonders were done among the people: Now they were all with one accord in Solomon's porch, ¹³ and of the rest no one presumed to join himself to them, but the people magnified them, ¹⁴ and believers in the Lord, multitudes both of men and women were more and more added ¹⁵ so that in every street they brought out the sick and laid them on beds and couches, that the shadow of Peter as he went along might overshadow some of them. ¹⁶ But when the multitude also of the cities around flocked to Jerusalem, bringing the sick and those who were tormented with unclean spirits, who were all cured;

² Now the names of the twelve disciples were these. First, Simon, called Peter, and Andrew his brother, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, ³ Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew the publican, James the son of Alpheus and Lebbeus called Thaddeus, ⁴ Simon the Chananite and Judas Iscariot, even he who delivered him up.

¹² The signs indeed of the apostle have been wrought among you with all patience, with signs and wonders and miracles.