Wednesday, 13 May 2026

Jesus and the Twelve - the Eleven - the ..

 There are some gaps in knowledge of Jesus' inner band after his resurrection.



These rock stacks are a tourist attraction off the coast of Victoria, Australia. (They have their own Marine National Park.) Strangely, they are called "The Twelve Apostles". I suppose once there were 12. The ocean has been working on their removal!

Itinerant Jesus had a specific band of 12 men. He named them "Apostles". One betrayed Jesus to the religious unbelievers who wanted him dead. Thereafter the text mentions "the Eleven", but rarely, and apparently not as Peter intended.