Commentaries:
People's Commentary (NT)
Matthew 10:2-4
Now the names of the twelve apostles are these. Of the twelve
apostles there are four lists, found in Matthew 10:2-4 Mr 3:16-19
Luke 6:14-16 Ac 1:13. They differ in the following particulars: (1)
Luke, in the book of Acts, does not insert the name of Judas Iscariot,
who was then dead; (2) both in the Gospel and in Acts he entitles the
Simon, who, here and in Mark, is called the Canaanite, Simon Zelotes;
Matthew gives as the tenth disciple, Lebbeus; Mark calls him Thaddeus;
(3) Luke and Acts, Judas of James, i.e., either son or brother of
James; and Mark says that James and John were surnamed by Christ,
Boanerges, i.e., the sons of thunder. In other respects the four lists
are identical. There are three pairs of brothers among them. Andrew
and Peter, James and John, James the Less and Judas, or Thaddeus. James
and John I believe to have been cousins of our Lord. With the exception
of Judas Iscariot, all were Galileans; several of them were by trade
fishermen, a laborious and profitable calling; there was neither priest
nor scribe among them; all were from the ranks of the common people.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Matthew 10:2-4
Matthew 28:18
Mark 3:13
Mark 6:7
Luke 6:13
Luke 6:13
Luke 9:1-6
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