What did each disciple do before they followed Jesus?

Answer 1

We don't know. The Gospels describe Peter and Andrew as being fisherman and Matthew as being a tax collector, but for the others we have either no record or only a record from an unofficial document, like the Gospel of Thomas.

Answer 2

Answer

Matthew was a tax collector who left his job to follow Jesus.

The twelve apostles were from laboring classes with the exception of Matthew.

Matthias was selected to replace Judas Iscariot who betrayed Jesus.

Peter was a fisherman. When Jesus called on him He told him to follow him and leave the fish nets behind. Jesus called him 'A rock' on which He will build the new church. He became the first Pope at the Vatican and was also executed in Rome.

Paul was some sort high rank army officer who would persecute Jesus followers until he was struck by lightening and left him blind for 3 days and the Lord asked him "why are you persecuting me?' Paul became a firm believer in Jesus and an Apostle from then on. He wrote one of the Gospels. Paul became a leading champion of Gentile Christianity, denying the need for Christians to observe Jewish law. Supported himself as a tentmaker. Around AD 62 he was arrested and imprisoned, then he and apostle Luke were transported to Rome for trial. On the way to Rome they were shipwrecked on the island of Malta where they stayed for three months and spread the Gospel to the people of the island. Later they were shipped and executed in Rome.

Luke traditionally considered to be the author of the third Gospel ( written between AD 80 and AD 90 ) and the Acts of the Apostles, was a companion and fellow worker of Paul. He was a Gentile and a physician. Later he was known as an artist. He is the patron Saint of physicians and artists. Feast day October 18.

Answer 3

Peter, Andrew, James, and John were fishermen. The occupations of the rest of the original 5 are currently unknown Paul who became an apostle after Jesus death was originally a Jewish religious leader known as a pharisee, but later he supported himself financially by making tents.Matthew was a tax collector, Luke was a Physician, Simon was a Zealot.

Answer 4

Mt:4:18: And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.

Mt:9:9: And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.

Mt:10:3: Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus;

Their occupations varied from fisherman to tax collectors called publicans;some of their occupations are not even mentioned, but we know that Jesus' followers came from many occupations even the priesthood.

John:3:1-2:1: There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:2: The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.

Lk:19:2: And, behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus, which was the chief among the publicans, and he was rich.

Mt:21:31: Whether of them twain did the will of his father? They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.

Answer 5

They said goodbye to their family and friends and gave everything they had to the poor.

As for occupations:

Peter and his brother Andrew were fishermen.

James and his brother John were the sons of Zebedee, also a fisherman, and so these would have helped their father in his business.

Matthew was a hated tax collector in cahoots with the Roman occupying forces.

Judas Iscariot was the keeper of the purse for the 12 apostles, and so many believe that he had a previous job as some sort of accountant or moneylender.

The Bible does not specify the occupations of any of the other apostles.

Answer 6

Church tradition gives us a profession and a partial life story for all of the disciples. However, church tradition should be taken with a grain of salt. That is not to say that it is wrong, just that it is not authoritative.

From Scripture, we see a few answers. Simon Peter & Andrew were fishermen who seemed to work in partnership with a fisherman named Zebedee, the father of James & John. All four of the most prominent disciples were fishermen. This is why Jesus often used fishermen lingo (I will make you fishers of men.).

Matthew Levi was a tax collector. This meant that as a Jew, he was working for the Romans to tax fellow Jews. If he was like the average tax collector, he was probably corrupt before coming to Christ.

These are the only disciples that we are sure of.

Simon the Zealot may have been a soldier. Judas Iscariot may have been some sort of financial manager, making him a logic choice to handle the group's money. I say this because otherwise, Matthew would have been the logical choice, as a former tax collector, unless of course the others didn't trust him. Nathanael Bartholomew may have been too young to have had a job. Jesus tells Nathanael that he saw him under a fig tree. Rabbinic tradition suggests that those who sit under fig trees are studying scripture, meaning that Nathanael was a scholar or still a student. If Nathanael was a scholar, surely he would have been one of those who wrote extensively in the First Century, but there is no evidence that he wrote anything. Finally, Philip may have had a job that brought him in close contact with Greeks, for the Greeks come to him in Jesus' last week with a request to see him.

Two others who are called "apostles" have careers that we can be sure of. Paul was a tent-maker. Since James (not the disciple James) was Jesus' half brother, he was raised by his father Joseph, and was surely trained as a carpenter.

Answer 7

The Gospels reveal that Simon Peter had partners in his fishing business. Those who came to help Peter haul in a miraculous catch were his "partners in the other boat." (Luke 5:3-7) Scholars explain that "fishermen could form 'cooperatives' . . . in order to bid for fishing contracts or leases." This may have been the way that the sons of Zebedee, Peter, Andrew, and their partners obtained authorization to carry on their fishing business.

Answer 8

john was a baptist peter was a carpenter, and the rest i am unsure

Answer 9

fisherman