Jesus chooses the twelve apostles
Luke 6:12–16; Mark 3:13–19; Matthew 10:2–4
After a night of prayer on a mountain, Jesus chose twelve of his disciples and named them apostles, to be with him and to be sent out to preach.
He appointed twelve, that they might be with him, and that he might send them out to preach
Mark 3:14 (World English Bible)
The twelve were Simon Peter and his brother Andrew; James and John, the sons of Zebedee; Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew; James the son of Alphaeus and Thaddaeus (also called Judas son of James); Simon the Zealot; and Judas Iscariot, who would betray him. Their number echoes the twelve tribes of Israel.
Dating notes
Ussher: AD 31. The month shown is estimated from the order of events in Ussher's harmony, so that events of the same year appear in sequence.