Jesus changed the disciples' names to symbolize a new identity and purpose in their lives as followers of him.
A:In the story of the Transfiguration, Jesus took Peter, James and John up into a high mountain, where his appearance changed, and they saw him talking to two strangers. Somehow, the disciples knew without question that the strangers talking to Jesus were Moses and Elijah. In spite of this life-changing event, and its absolute proof that Jesus was the Messiah, Peter went on to deny Jesus. If the Transfiguration ever happened, it must be that the disciples were less sure of who the strangers were than is suggested in the gospel story. Why they even thought the men were Moses and Elijah is not stated.Read literally, the sole reason for this journey was to let the three disciples see Jesus talking to Moses and Elijah, yet they learnt nothing from the experience and were even instructed to tell no one. The names of these individuals and the fact of the Transfiguration thus remained unknown to the world at large for some forty years, until the first gospel, now known as Mark's Gospel, was written. The anonymous author provides no information on how he had such detailed knowledge of this secret event, but because of his account we know that the individuals were Moses and Elijah.
The names of the 12 disciples of Jesus were Peter, Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, Thomas, Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas Iscariot.
Peter was one of the earliest of Jesus' disciples, being led to Jesus by Andrew, a disciple of John the Baptizer. (Joh 1:35-42)
Zero. They had other names for him, such as "Teacher" and Peter called him "The Christ" but they never called him "Jesus".
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the twelve disciples i know of for sure
The names of Jesus' 12 disciples were Peter, Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, Thomas, Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas Iscariot. They were mostly fishermen and tax collectors.
The name of the first four disciples were Andrew, Peter, James and john. These four were fishermen.
Their names were common names for the time period. Example: Jude, Judas, Jesus are all variations of the same name.
Beside the 12 disciples that followed Jesus there were many disciples mentioned, in fact too many to mention. Their names are found in almost all the books of the New Testament.
The bible does not give their names, but tells us that there were two disciples on the way to Emmamus.