{"id":9339,"date":"2007-04-07T21:15:56","date_gmt":"2007-04-08T02:15:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=9339"},"modified":"2019-09-09T21:23:02","modified_gmt":"2019-09-10T02:23:02","slug":"what-were-the-professions-of-the-twelve-apostles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/what-were-the-professions-of-the-twelve-apostles\/","title":{"rendered":"What were the professions of the twelve apostles?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t<h2>Question:<\/h2>\n<p>What were the professions of the twelve apostles?\u00a0 I know four were fishermen.\u00a0 What about the rest?<\/p>\n\t<h2>Answer:<\/h2>\n<p>The original twelve apostles were:<\/p>\n<table border=\"4\" width=\"75%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"50%\">Simon Peter or Cephas<\/td>\n<td>fisherman &#8211; Matthew 4:18<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Andrew<\/td>\n<td>fisherman &#8211; Matthew 4:18<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>James<\/td>\n<td>fisherman &#8211; Matthew 4:18<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>John<\/td>\n<td>fisherman &#8211; Matthew 4:18<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Philip<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Nathaniel or Bartholomew<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Levi or Matthew<\/td>\n<td>tax collector &#8211; Matthew 10:3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Thomas<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>James the son of Alphaeus or Cleopas<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Simon, the Zealot<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Judas the son of James or Labbaeus Thaddaeus<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Judas Iscariot<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Two apostles were replaced:<\/p>\n<table border=\"4\" width=\"75%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"50%\">Matthias replaced Judas Iscariot<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Paul replaced James<\/td>\n<td>tentmaker &#8211; Acts 18:2-3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Nothing is said in the Bible regarding the occupations of the rest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: What were the professions of the twelve apostles?\u00a0 I know four were fishermen.\u00a0 What about the rest? Answer: The original twelve apostles were: Simon Peter or Cephas fisherman &#8211; Matthew 4:18 Andrew fisherman &#8211; Matthew 4:18 James fisherman &#8211; Matthew 4:18 John fisherman &#8211; Matthew 4:18 Philip Nathaniel or Bartholomew Levi or Matthew tax&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[20],"tags":[170],"class_list":["post-9339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-apostles"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2164,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/what-were-the-names-of-jesuss-twelve-apostles\/","url_meta":{"origin":9339,"position":0},"title":"What were the names of Jesus&#8217; twelve apostles?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"January 31, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: What were the names of Jesus's twelve apostles? 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