Biblical Reading and Reflections: September 11th (Nahum 2 & Matthew 9:35—10:23)
Alastair's Adversaria
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The Apostles in the Gospels of Luke and Mark
Matthew is the only one whose vocation is given here. Thomas and philip are prominent within the gospel of john in a way that they are not within the synoptics. So simon was a common name, so he needd t be distinguished from others by being a zealot or by being called peter. James had to be distinguished by being the son of alpheus. And there are other sorts of distinctions that need to be made,. Not just within the group of the apostles themselves, like thes two jameses and there's two simons., but also within the larger group of disciples and within people of those days.
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