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Scripture Analysis

Mark 3:16

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Questions where the Bible appears to say two different things, with the passages on each side set together.

  • What were the names of the apostles?

    The New Testament gives four lists of the Twelve (Matt 10:2-4; Mark 3:14-19; Luke 6:13-16; Acts 1:13) and they don't match. Matthew and Mark name "Thaddaeus" (or in some Matthean manuscripts "Lebbaeus whose surname was Thaddaeus"); Luke and Acts replace this figure with "Judas the brother of James"; and Simon is called "the Cananaean" in Matthew/Mark and "the Zealot" in Luke/Acts.

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