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Luke 6:13

And when it was day, he called unto him his disciples: and of them he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles;

KJV

καὶ ὅτε ἐγένετο ἡμέρα, προσεφώνησεν τοὺς μαθητὰς αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐκλεξάμενος ἀπ’ αὐτῶν δώδεκα, οὓς καὶ ἀποστόλους ὠνόμασεν,

Greek NT

Et cum dies factus esset, vocavit discipulos suos : et elegit duodecim ex ipsis (quos et apostolos nominavit) :

Vulgate

And when it was day, he called his disciples; and he chose from them twelve, whom also he named apostles:

ASV

And when day was come, he called unto him his disciples: and he chose twelve of them (whom also he named apostles):

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In the original Greek

14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γίνομαι
ginomai
verb · 667×
δώδεκα
dodeka
adjective · 75×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
μαθητής
mathetes
noun · 261×
προσφωνέω
prosphoneo
verb · 7×
ἀπό
apo
preposition · 640×
ἀπόστολος
apostolos
noun · 79×
ἐκλέγομαι
eklegomai
verb · 22×
ἡμέρα
emera
noun · 388×
ὀνομάζω
onomazo
verb · 9×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×
ὅτε
ote
adverb · 100×

Historic Christian voices

7 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§880When Christ instituted the Twelve, "he constituted [them] in the form of a college or permanent assembly, at the head of which he placed Peter, chosen from among them."398 Just as "by the Lord's institution, St. Peter and the rest of the apostles constitute a single apostolic college, so in like fashion the Roman Pontiff, Peter's successor, and the bishops, the successors of th…
§1577"Only a baptized man (vir) validly receives sacred ordination."66 The Lord Jesus chose men (viri) to form the college of the twelve apostles, and the apostles did the same when they chose collaborators to succeed them in their ministry.67 The college of bishops, with whom the priests are united in the priesthood, makes the college of the twelve an ever-present and ever-active r…
Texts of Holy Scripture used by these heretics to support their opinions. 1. Such, then, is the account they give of what took place within the Pleroma; such the calamities that flowed from the passion which seized upon the æon who has been named, and who was within a little of perishing by being absorbed in the universal substance, through her inquisitive searching after the F…
Chapter 49.—Of the Indiscriminate Increase of the Church, Wherein Many Reprobate are in This World Mixed with the Elect. In this wicked world, in these evil days, when the Church measures her future loftiness by her present humility, and is exercised by goading fears, tormenting sorrows, disquieting labors, and dangerous temptations, when she soberly rejoices, rejoicing only in…

Cross-references

  • Acts 1:2 — Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen:
  • Eph 2:20 — And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;
  • John 6:70 — Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?
  • John 15:16 — Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he ma
  • Luke 9:1 — Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases.
  • Luke 9:1 — Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases.
  • Mark 3:13 — And he goeth up into a mountain, and calleth unto him whom he would: and they came unto him.
  • Mark 6:7 — And he called unto him the twelve, and began to send them forth by two and two; and gave them power over unclean spirits;
  • Mark 6:7 — And he called unto him the twelve, and began to send them forth by two and two; and gave them power over unclean spirits;
  • Mark 6:30 — And the apostles gathered themselves together unto Jesus, and told him all things, both what they had done, and what they had taught.
  • Matt 5:1 — And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him:
  • Matt 9:36 — But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.
  • Matt 10:1 — And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease.
  • Rev 21:14 — And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.