Jesus Appoints the Twelve Apostles
13Jesus went up the mountain, summoned those he wanted, and they came to him. 14He appointed twelve whom he designated apostles,[] so that they would be with him and so that he could send them out to preach 15and to have authority to drive out demons. 16He appointed the Twelve: Simon, to whom he gave the name Peter; 17then James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James, to whom he gave the nickname Boanerges, which means “Sons of Thunder”; 18also Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus; finally Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot, 19and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.