february 2 2016

February 2, 2016

Life of Jesus story #8

Jesus Twelve Disciples

·         Jesus chose twelve men to be with him all the time to share and his work and to learn from him.

·         Jesus prayed for a whole night before he finally chose the disciples.

·         Twelve Disciples of Jesus were:

·         Andrew was a fisherman. Andrew was the brother of Simon.

·         Simon Peter and Andrew were fishing when Jesus called to them to follow him. They were to catch men instead of fish.'

·         Philip came from the lakeside town of Bethsaida As soon as Jesus called him he went off to find his friend Bartholomew.

·         Bartholomew also called Nathanael. Jesus told Bartholomew you are a true man of Israel. There is nothing false in you.

·         Matthew also called Levi Matthew was a tax collector. Who worked for the Romans.

·         James and John these brothers were also fisherman. Jesus nicknamed them the sons of thunder because they had bad tempers.

·         Simon was a zealots believed in fighting to get rid of the Romans.

·         Thomas is sometimes known us Doubting Thomas because at first he would not believe Jesus had risen from the dead.

·         James was the sons of Alphaeus.

·         Thaddeus he was also called Judas son of James.

·         Who was Judas Iscariot? Judas Iscariot loved money more than Jesus. He looked after the only disciple's money. It was Judas who betrayed Jesus. In the end he killed himself.