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<p><strong><span style="font-size: x-large; font-family: 'times new roman', times; color: #3366ff;" data-mce-mark="1">How Many Apostles of Jesus Christ Are in the Bible?</span></strong></p>
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<p><strong><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: large; line-height: normal;" data-mce-mark="1">How many Apostles are there of Jesus Christ in the Bible?</span></strong><br style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;" /><br style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;" /><span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: large; line-height: normal;" data-mce-mark="1"></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: large; line-height: normal;" data-mce-mark="1">In <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+10:2-4">Matthew 10:2-4</a>, we read:</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: large; line-height: normal;" data-mce-mark="1">Mat 10:2 &nbsp;Now the names of the <strong>twelve</strong> apostles are these; The first, Simon,&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: large; line-height: normal;" data-mce-mark="1">who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: large; line-height: normal;" data-mce-mark="1">John his brother; Mat 10:3 &nbsp;Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: large; line-height: normal;" data-mce-mark="1">publican; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: large; line-height: normal;" data-mce-mark="1">Thaddaeus; Mat 10:4 &nbsp;Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: large; line-height: normal;" data-mce-mark="1">betrayed him.</span><br style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;" /><br style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;" /><span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: large; line-height: normal;" data-mce-mark="1">Judas Iscariot betrayed Jesus and the 11 remaining Apostles picked the</span><br style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;" /><span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: large; line-height: normal;" data-mce-mark="1">twelfth according to this criteria in <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=acts+1%3A21-22&amp;version=NIV">Acts 1:21-22</a>:</span><br style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;" /><br style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;" /><span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: large; line-height: normal;" data-mce-mark="1">Act 1:21 &nbsp;Wherefore of these men which have companied with us<strong> all the time&nbsp;</strong></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: large; line-height: normal;" data-mce-mark="1"><strong>that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us</strong>, Act 1:22 &nbsp;Beginning from the&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: large; line-height: normal;" data-mce-mark="1">baptism of John, unto that same day that he was taken up from us, must one&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: large; line-height: normal;" data-mce-mark="1">be ordained to be a witness with us of his resurrection.</span><br style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;" /><br style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;" /><span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: large; line-height: normal;" data-mce-mark="1">Matthias was chosen to replace Judas. In <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=acts+1%3A25-26&amp;version=NIV">Acts 1:25-26 </a>we read:</span><br style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;" /><br style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;" /><span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: large; line-height: normal;" data-mce-mark="1">Act 1:25 &nbsp;That he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: large; line-height: normal;" da
<p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: large; line-height: normal;" data-mce-mark="1">Finally, <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=john+20%3A14-18&amp;version=NIV">John 20:14-18</a>:</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large; font-family: 'times new roman', times;" data-mce-mark="1"></span><br style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;" /><span style="font-size: large; font-family: 'times new roman', times;" data-mce-mark="1">Joh 20:14 &nbsp;And when she had thus said, she turned herself back, and saw</span><br style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;" /><span style="font-size: large; font-family: 'times new roman', times;" data-mce-mark="1">Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus.</span><br style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;" /><span style="font-size: large; font-family: 'times new roman', times;" data-mce-mark="1">Joh 20:15 &nbsp;Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? whom seekest thou?</span><br style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;" /><span style="font-size: large; font-family: 'times new roman', times;" data-mce-mark="1">She, supposing him to be the gardener, saith unto him, Sir, if thou have</span><br style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;" /><span style="font-size: large; font-family: 'times new roman', times;" data-mce-mark="1">borne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take him away.</span><br style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;" /><br style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;" /><span style="font-size: large; font-family: 'times new roman', times;" data-mce-mark="1">Joh 20:16 &nbsp;Jesus saith unto her, <strong>Mary</strong>. She turned herself, and saith unto</span><br style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;" /><span style="font-size: large; font-family: 'times new roman', times;" data-mce-mark="1">him, Rabboni; which is to say, Master.</span><br style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;" /><span style="font-size: large; font-family: 'times new roman', times;" data-mce-mark="1">Joh 20:17 &nbsp;Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: large; font-family: 'times new roman', times;" data-mce-mark="1">my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my</span><br style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;" /><span style="font-size: large; font-family: 'times new roman', times;" data-mce-mark="1">Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.</span><br style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;" /><span style="font-size: large; font-family: 'times new roman', times;" data-mce-mark="1">Joh 20:18 &nbsp;<strong>Mary Magdalene</strong> came and told the disciples that she had seen the&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: large; font-family: 'times new roman', times;" data-mce-mark="1">Lord, and that he had spoken these things unto her.</span><br style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;" /><br style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;" /><span style="font-size: large; font-family: 'times new roman', times;" data-mce-mark="1">Paul's account has Peter seeing the Lord first and no mention of the Marys&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: large; font-family: 'times new roman', times;" data-mce-mark="1">seeing Jesus first or at all seeing Jesus.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large; font-family: 'times new roman', times;">[Paul then <em><strong>says next the 12 saw Jesus, Paul thereby recognizing he himself is not among the 12 apostles</strong></em>. Paul was writing at a point he already knew that Matthias was among the 12 apostles, and Matthias saw with the 11 then apostles Jesus in the next appearance event.][Edit by Doug] &nbsp;</span><br style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;" /><br style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;" /><span style="font-size: large; font-family: 'times new roman', times;">Paul then goes on to say that 500 people had seen the Lord at one time but&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: large; font-family: 'times new roman', times;">that some are now dead. But Luke records in <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=acts+1%3A13-15&amp;version=NIV">Acts 1:13-15</a> an apparently far smaller number of 120:</span><br style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;" /><br style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;" /><span style="font-size: large; font-family: 'times new roman', times;">Act 1:13 &nbsp;And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: large; font-family: 'times new roman', times;">abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas,&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: large; font-family: 'times new roman', times;">Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon Zelotes, and&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: large; font-family: 'times new roman', times;">Judas the brother of James.</span><br style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;" /><span style="font-size: large; font-family: 'times new roman', times;">Act 1:14 &nbsp;These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication,</span><br style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;" /><span style="font-size: large; font-family: 'times new roman', times;">with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.</span><br style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;" /><span style="font-size: large; font-family: 'times new roman', times;">Act 1:15 &nbsp;And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples,</span><br style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;" /><span style="font-size: large; font-family: 'times new roman', times;">and said, (the number of names together were<strong> about an hundred and twenty</strong>,)</span><br style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;" /><br style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;" /><span style="font-size: large; font-family: 'times new roman', times;">Clearly Luke says that their were only 120 people in all at that time of</span><br style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;" /><span style="font-size: large; font-family: 'times new roman', times;">Christ being seen.</span><br style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;" /><span style="font-size: large; font-family: 'times new roman', times;"></span><br style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;" /><br style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;" /><span style="font-size: large; font-family: 'times new roman', times;">It is now that Paul makes the bigest misstatement about the resurection of all. He&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: large; font-family: 'times new roman', times;">then says that he was there after the resurection and saw Jesus himself&nbsp;</span><span style="font-siz
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