What were the names of the Apostles?
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This Bible contradiction is from the Skeptic's Annotated Bible.

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Matthew 10:2-4 View context

Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James [the son] of Zebedee, and John his brother;

Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James [the son] of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus;

Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.


Mark 3:16-19 View context

And Simon he surnamed Peter;

And James the [son] of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and he surnamed them Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder:

And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the [son] of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Canaanite,

And Judas Iscariot, which also betrayed him: and they went into an house.


Luke 6:14-16 View context

Simon, (whom he also named Peter,) and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew,

Matthew and Thomas, James the [son] of Alphaeus, and Simon called Zelotes,

And Judas [the brother] of James, and Judas Iscariot, which also was the traitor.


Acts 1:13 View context

And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James [the son] of Alphaeus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas [the brother] of James.

Here is a table to help compare the lists:

Matthew 10:2-4
  1. Simon (Peter)
  2. Andrew
  3. James (son of Zebedee)
  4. John
  5. Philip
  6. Bartholomew
  7. Thomas
  8. Matthew
  9. James (son of Alphaeus)
  10. Lebbaeus (surname Thaddeus)
  11. Simon the Canaanite
  12. Judas Iscariot
Mark 3:16-19
  1. Simon (Peter)
  2. James (son of Zebedee)
  3. John
  4. Andrew
  5. Philip
  6. Bartholomew
  7. Matthew
  8. Thomas
  9. James (son of Alphaeus)
  10. Thaddeus
  11. Simon the Canaanite
  12. Judas Iscariot
Luke 6:14-16
  1. Simon (Peter)
  2. Andrew
  3. James
  4. John
  5. Philip
  6. Bartholomew
  7. Matthew
  8. Thomas
  9. James (son of Alphaeus)
  10. Simon (Zeolotes)
  11. Judas (brother of James)
  12. Judas (Iscariot)
Acts 1:13
  1. Peter
  2. James
  3. John
  4. Andrew
  5. Philip
  6. Thomas
  7. Bartholomew
  8. Matthew
  9. James (son of Alphaeus)
  10. Simon Zeolotes
  11. Judas (brother of James)
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