10 AMAZING Facts about the 12 APOSTLES

whilst Jesus Christ was on earth he chose 12 men to be his personal disciples they followed him learnt from him and were trained by him despite being in the very presence of Christ our Lord they were but mere ordinary men whom God would later use in an extraordinary manner after witnessing Jesus's resurrection and ascension into heaven the Holy Spirit guided the Apostles into spreading the gospel which turned the world upside down here are 10 amazing facts about these apostles you probably didn't know number one two of the Apostles were brothers to Jesus Christ the Apostle Jude sometimes called Goethe or fattiest and the Apostle James known as the son of Alphaeus were brothers their mother was Mary who also was the same Mary the mother of Jesus Christ this indicates that Joseph the adoptive father of Christ must have died and Mary was remarried to Alphaeus in the Bible there is no such thing as a half-brother or half-sister they were simply brothers to Christ even despite this in Jude's opening statement from his gospel he merely refers to himself as the servant of Jesus Christ this is a great example of the humbleness and humility that all Christians should have number two all of the Apostles died violent deaths except for John there are many reports myths and legends to the eventual fate of each apostle however one thing is clear they all suffered greatly for their faith and this led to violent ends for example Peter and Paul were both executed in Rome roughly 66 AD during the persecution and the Emperor Nero was poor was beheaded Peter was crucified upside down at his request since he did not feel he was worthy to die in the same manner as his god John was the only one that the original disciples not to die a violent death instead he passed away peacefully in Pattin in his old age sometime around a hundred ad this is also where he wrote the Book of Revelations number three John's Gospel was probably written last John's book is very different from the other free John seems to have already read the other Gospels before he wrote his own book often instead of telling his version of an event or a parable the others have already written about he instead writes about things the other writers did not include about 90% of his material is unique and only found in his gospel it was as though he was filling in any missing gaps that the other apostles missed also John's Gospel includes the testimony of John the Baptist it seems likely that he had some of the reigns of John the Baptist number four Luke and Paul never actually met Christ although Luke wrote one of the four Gospels he was not one of the original twelve apostles he did not know Christ personally and most likely he got his information by interviewing various witnesses his description of Jesus's birth for example he probably got from Mary the mother of christ herself poor originally persecuted Christians yet he wrote the majority of the New Testament and is widely considered to be the second most influential person in the history of Christianity he traveled all around Europe wrote many letters to Christian communities and even testified of the gospel before the emperor of Rome himself number five there were more than twelve disciples whilst the Twelve Apostles are certainly the most famous of Christ's disciples is evident that Christ had many many more followers throughout his ministry for example in Luke 10 Jesus sends seventy disciples to prepare the way for him Paul mentions that over five hundred people saw Christ after his resurrection and we also know there were many female followers of Christ for example the Apostle Mark his mother was a prominent follower of Jesus Christ there are likely many more women as well as men who aren't mentioned number six the Apostles already knew Christ before he started his ministry when the Free Magi saw out the christ-child word began to spread all around Judea that the Messiah had been born we learn in John 1 that even some of the Sumerians were expecting the Messiah and in Luke 24250 to the Christ even at a young age would teach to large crowds in Luke 14 to 15 we learned that news of Christ were spreading all around the countryside so by the time Christ encounters Peter as he's fishing it's no surprise that PR already refers to him as master or rather teacher a clear sign of respect and that Peter already knew him number 7 Paul was the replacement for Judas Iscariot after Judas hanged himself the twelve apostles had been reduced to 11 the question was who would replace Judas the Apostles took it upon themselves to nominate someone for the spot and to this they cast lots between two candidates and Matthias won although they prayed and although they had good intentions the Apostles are taking it upon their own initiative to nominate two men as candidates and a lot had to fall on one or the other neither of them was not an option as Christ told the Apostles you have not chosen me I have chosen you as from Matthias nothing ever became of his ministry none of his writings appeared in the Bible and you never hear of him again Christ had revealed his own selection in paul of tarsus this reflects the actual will of God and it shows when the devices of men are not aligned with his will nothing will ever become of them Paul went on to become the most influential figure besides Jesus in the beginning of Christian a number a some apostles were married when you picture the Apostles traveling to spread the good news of the gospel you may picture a lone wanderer unattached from family and loved ones however we know for sure that Peter had a wife since Jesus killed his mother-in-law we also know that Peter was accompanied by Mark and Paul was accompanied by Luke as well as various others and we learned that Philip the Evangelist had four daughters so despite what we see in modern churches today where sir living celibate lives the Apostles certainly were not necessarily unmarried and childless for their travels they very likely had revenues that could have included their own wives number 9 Peter James and John were part of the inner circle there are free occasions in the gospel where Jesus takes these free particular apostles aside from the rest firstly in Matthew 5 at the raising of Jairus daughter from death Jesus had only the free accompany him as he restored her to life secondly Matthew 17 the famous event at the mountaintop way was transfigured and shine forth brighter than the Sun we have Moses and Elijah long gone from the world reappearing and discussing matters with Jesus and lastly the night just before his crucifixion he has the free accompany him as he went to a secluded spot to pray all free teachers lessons the first showed us Christ's power over death and that light the gale we will all be raised on the great day the second showed that Jesus is the true and only begotten Son of God in other words God in the flesh the Messiah who was to come and was prophesized all throughout the Old Testament and thirdly this showed that like Christ we all have a destiny a mission in life if you will and we must follow the Father's will if Christ willingly gave his life for us so too must we dedicate our whole lives to our fellow brothers number 10 Judas Iscariot was an Edomite the name itself FISC area actually means a man from carrier is a Greek translation of the Hebrew word is carry off now carry off was one of the seas Joshua conquered and it was an Edomite City all the other disciples were from Galilee and were Israelites it's no surprise then in John's Gospel we learned that Judas was the money holder of the Apostles and that he used to steal from the purse and when Mary anointed Jesus with an expensive perfume Judas objected as he claimed he wanted to sell the perfume poor but in reality he was only interested in the money for himself Judas is also the only disciple that Christ refers to as a devil so what did Jesus mean well Esau married into the Hittites and if you understand the origin of the Hittites that being both from the Kenites ie children of Cain became from Satan and also the ref Aim who came from the Genesis six fallen angels you begin to understand it was in his genetics this may also give you a hint to the true reason Judas betrayed Christ thanks for watching if you liked this video subscribe for future ones praise Yahweh and hail Yeshua Christ

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Length: 9min 18sec (558 seconds)

Published: Fri Mar 23 2018