He was not one of the 12 disciples.
It depends on what you call a disciple. If you mean 'one of Jesus's disciples' then yes. Jesus says in John "I am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life. No one can come to the father exept though me." So in that case, yes, you have to be a Christian to be a disciple of Jesus.
Because St. Joseph of Arimathea was the one who took the initiative to ask Pilate for the Body Of Christ & then to bury Him in his own Sepulchre.
Judas Iscariot was the disciple who betrayed Jesus.
Is it Judas.
Every true follower of Jesus is a disciple
Mark was a disciple of Jesus.
The cast of Nadveren - 1971 includes: Anders Bohr as Jesus Henning Christiansen as Disciple John Davidsen as Disciple Allan De Waal as Disciple Knud Erik Arvel as Jesus Paul Gernes as Disciple Erik Hagens as Disciple Annie Hansen Kjeld Hansen Erik Kragsholt as Jesus Bo Lynnerup as Jesus Axel Mathiesen as Jesus Jeffrey Nedergaard as Disciple Preben Nygaard Andersen as Disciple Dale Robinson as Jesus Erik Thygesen as Disciple Bent Volf Jensen as Jesus Finn Wulf as Jesus
Mark was a follower/ disciple of Jesus. He was of no blood kin.
Peter and Andrew were brothers.
A disciple is actually a follower who allows himself to be discipled by his teacher. Jesus had many followers, then and today, who refused to be discipled. As Mary Magdalene was one of the first people at the tomb, it seems likely that she was a disciple.
Mark, who wrote the Gospel of Mark, was a disciple of Peter, who was a disciple of Jesus.
The disciple John was the youngest of the 12 , so he was closer to Jesus.