Jeus knew who He was and where He was going -back to the glory He had with the Father 'before the world existed'.
Jesus vision for His disciples was that they would be witnesses to Him, to every nation on the earth. This began on the day of Pentecost when the Holy Spirit came and 3000 were saved as a result of Peter's preaching. Many of these were from different nations and so Christianity thus spread to other countries very early.
Jesus had a total of 12 disciples, but only 11 were commissioned to go out in the world and make disciples , this was because Judas Iscariot hanged himself.
Jesus' disciples
They all faithly remained Jesus disciples after his death.
Jesus told his disciples on a couple of occasions to tell no man of what they had seen - as in - Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ. (Matthew 16.20) And - And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying, Tell the vision to no man, until the Son of man be risen again from the dead. (Matthew 17.9)
Jesus' disciples were primarily Jewish.
Jesus saw his future disciple Barthalemow under a fig tree. His friend Philip (one of Jesus's 12 disciples) brought Bartholomew to Jesus.
After Mary Magdalene found the tomb empty, she told the disciples , who then came running to the tomb to see for themselves.
The disciples viewed Jesus as the Messiah; the son of God.
The disciples asked Jesus to teach them how to pray.
Why did Jesus call the disciples?Jesus called the disciples because He wanted followers. The disciples (Jesus' followers) set an example for people back in Biblical times. The disciples were very helpful (most of them anyways.)
they were really the disciples of jesus. they just denied him in fear of being arrested because they were his disciples
Yes, the church is made up of Jesus's disciples.