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Jul 15, 2020 at 9:00 history tweeted twitter.com/StackChristian/status/1283325454762614796
Jun 29, 2020 at 18:01 comment added user46876 Larger than the Twelve, yes; but see Seventy Disciples. Also, notice that disciple, along with its various derivatives, never appears outside of the Gospels-and-Acts, whereas apostle, and its various derivatives, almost never appears inside the Gospels (eight occurrences, mostly in Luke), but is quite frequent in the rest of the New Testament. (Acts uses each term about thirty times).
Jun 29, 2020 at 11:18 comment added Mike Borden @Lucian Matthew 18 appears addressed to the disciples which is usually understood as a larger group than the 12, I think.
Jun 28, 2020 at 21:51 comment added user46876 Not all apostolic churches interpret the above passages in exactly the same manner. Secondly, as far as I can tell, it is the Apostles, rather than the multitudes at large, that Christ is addressing.
Jun 28, 2020 at 21:09 history asked Mike Borden CC BY-SA 4.0