Apostles
Who is on this listThe BSB calls the person an apostle by name, or names the person among the apostles.
Everyone the Bible calls an apostle by name.
An apostle is one who is sent. Luke records that Jesus "chose twelve of them, whom He also designated as apostles" (Luke 6:13), and when the lot fell to Matthias, "he was added to the eleven apostles" (Acts 1:26). Those thirteen names make up The Twelve Apostles, and every one of them is on this list.
The word does not stop with the Twelve. At Lystra Luke writes of "the apostles Barnabas and Paul" (Acts 14:14), naming Barnabas alongside Paul. Paul greets Andronicus and Junia as "outstanding among the apostles" (Romans 16:7). Recalling his first visit to Jerusalem, he says he saw "none of the other apostles except James, the Lord’s brother" (Galatians 1:19), which counts James among them. The letter to the Thessalonians opens in the names of Paul, Silas and Timothy (1 Thessalonians 1:1), and goes on to say that "as apostles of Christ we had authority to demand it" (1 Thessalonians 2:6).
This list follows the word. It admits a person only where a verse applies it to that person by name, so it is wider than the Twelve but no wider than the text.
Everyone in this list
Andrew
Apostle of Jesus and the brother of Simon Peter who was the first to be called by Christ
Andronicus
Jewish Christian in Rome whom Paul calls a fellow prisoner and outstanding among the apostles
Barnabas
Prophet and leader in the Antioch church who mentored the Apostle Paul
James son of Zebedee
Apostle and brother of John who was the first of the Twelve to be martyred
James, Brother of Jesus
Leader of the early Jerusalem church and author of the New Testament Epistle of James
John the Apostle
Apostle and brother of James who received the visions of Revelation
Judas Iscariot, Betrayer of Jesus
Apostle who betrayed Jesus for thirty pieces of silver
Judas son of James
Apostle of Jesus Christ also known as Thaddaeus who questioned Jesus during the Last Supper
Junia
Jewish Christian woman described as outstanding among the apostles and a fellow prisoner of Paul
Peter
Apostle who served as the spokesman for the Twelve and the leader of the early Church in Jerusalem
Silas
Prophet and companion of Paul who sang in the Philippian jail
Thomas
Apostle who required physical proof of Jesus' Resurrection before believing
Timothy
Protégé of the Apostle Paul and recipient of the two Pastoral Epistles whom Paul stationed at Ephesus