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Field Apostles:. One day soon afterward Jesus went to a mountain to pray, and he prayed to God all night. At daybreak he called together all of his disciples
One day soon afterward Jesus went to a mountain to pray, and he
prayed to God all night. At daybreak he called together all of his
disciples and chose twelve of them to be apostles. (Luke 6:12-13,
New Living Translation )
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Simon Peter (Cephas Barjona) Andrew
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John Philip
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James Bartholomew
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Thomas Matthew Simon the Zealot
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Jude Thaddaeus James the Less Judas Iscariot
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So now we must choose another man to take Judass place. It must
be someone who has been with us all he time that we were with the
Lord Jesus -- from the time he was baptized by John until the day
he was taken from us into heaven. Whoever is chosen will join us as
a witness of Jesus resurrection. Acts 1:21-22,New Living
Translation)
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Jesus traveled through all the cities and villages of that
area, teaching in the synagogues and announcing the Good News about
the Kingdom. And wherever he went, he healed people of every sort
of disease and illness. He felt great pity for the crowds that
came, because their problems were so great and they didnt know
where to go for help. They were like sheep without a shepherd. He
said to his disciples, The harvest is so great, but the workers are
so few. So pray to the Lord who is in charge of the harvest; ask
him to send out more workers for his fields. (Matt 9:35-38, New
Living Translation)
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P H A R I S E E S The Pharisees were the largest and powerful
group. They were not only a religious group, but a political party
as well in Palestine. Pharisees is an Aramaic word, for paras
meaning separate Pharisees were predominantly laymen who isolated
themselves from the Gentiles. Purity of religion was the goal of
the Pharisees. They observed the law of Moses.
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S A D D U C E E S Sadducees were clerics Sadducees come from
the Hebrew word tsaddigim, meaning the righteous ones. They were of
the priestly class, they only accept the teachings contained in the
written scroll. The Sadducees rejected the Pharisees belief of the
immortality of the soul, the resurrection of the dead and the life
after.
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E S S E N E S The Essenes were the esoteric group of the Jewish
mystics. They got their names from the Aramaic asayya, meaning
healer The Essenes devoted themselves to study and prayer. They are
the precursor to Christian monasticism. They gathered away from
crowded places and sought solace near the Dead Sea.
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THE ZEALOT PARTY The Zealot Party or simply the Zealots were
the activists, the revolutionary minded group. Simon was called the
Zealot because he belonged to the group before he was chosen as an
Apostle.
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M E S S I A H The Hebrew word mashiyach means the anointed one.
The Greek word is Christos which means the same thing.
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MAKE ME A CRISIS MAN, O LORD, NOT JUST A SIGN-POST ON THE
HIGHWAY OF LIFE, BUT A FORK IN THE ROAD SO THAT MEN WHO MEET ME
WILL COME TO KNOW JESUS CHRIST. Jim Elliot
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The word of God should not be bound in the synagogue, temple,
church or chapel. It must be shared in the hearts of the unreached
hearers, to all people.