They were quick in temper and given to quarreling and they were very chivalrous men.' The Talmud says this of the Galileans, 'They were more anxious for honor than for gain, quick-tempered, impulsive, emotional, easily aroused by an appeal to adventure, loyal to the end.' They were ever ready to follow the leader and to begin an insurrection. Josephus described the Galileans this way, 'They were ever fond of innovation and by nature disposed to change and delighted in sedition. Peter was also a Galilean as was typical of many of the other disciples. Jesus probably made His headquarters there when He visited Capernaum. He was a married man (1 Corinthians 9:5) and his home was Capernaum. The Arabic meaning of Cephas is also rock.Д«y trade, Peter was a fisherman. His Hebrew name was Cephas (1 Corinthians 1:12 3:22 9:5 and Galatians 2:9). So his Greek name was Simon (Mark 1:16 John 1:40, 41). At the time of Christ, the common language was Greek and the family language was Hebrew. In every apostolic list, the name Peter is mentioned first. Tradition says he was crucified, head downward, in Rome. He was a member of the Inner Circle and authored the two New Testament epistles which bear his name. He did evangelistic and missionary work among the Jews, going as far as Babylon. Simon Peter, son of Jonas, was a fisherman who lived in Bethsaida and Capernaum. We do feel, however, that they do have value in the study of the lives of these men who 'вЂ¦turned the world upside downвЂ¦' We do not mean to infer, that legend and tradition constitute historical fact. The following biographical information about the 12 original disciples of Jesus uses the New Testament accounts along with the most respected legends and traditions. It is evident, therefore, that God attaches great importance to these 12 men.ДЄs we study these courageous first-century lives, and what discipleship meant in the time of Jesus, we may expect to be aided in developing a Spirit-directed twenty-first-century discipleship as Christ must have meant it to be. In Revelation 21:14 we are told that the twelve foundations of the wall of the New Jerusalem will have in them the names of the twelve disciples/apostles. The 12 disciples/apostles of Jesus were the foundation stones of His church, several even wrote portions of the Bible. The names of the twelve disciples of Jesus are Simon Peter, Andrew, James (the son of Zebedee), John, Philip, Bartholomew, Thomas, Matthew, James (the son of Alphaeus), Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot and Judas Iscariot.

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