The 12 Disciples of Jesus
"Disciple means pupil or student, and the disciples were people who chose to follow Jesus and to listen to his teaching. They called him rabbi, or teacher. The twelve disciples were followers of Jesus whom he had chosen to become his core group, the people he talked things over with and depended on. Their mission was to announce that the kingdom of God was at hand as John the Baptist had done and Jesus too. They were sent ahead to districts not yet covered, still in Israel. By virtue of the power they had just received, cure the infirm, cleanse lepers, drive out unclean spirits, and even raise the dead to life. Theirs was the mission of Jesus transmitted now from one to twelve but with the same purpose and methods".
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