Bible Strands
Luke 6:15
Matthew and Thomas; James son of Alphaeus and Simon called the Zealot;
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator continues the formal enumeration of the twelve apostles immediately after listing the first half of the group. This occurs during the structured recording of Jesus's chosen followers.
The words — Ἰάκωβον (Iakōbon) = James and τὸν τοῦ (ton tou) = the son of. These terms explicitly attach James to the paternal identifier Alphaeus.
The thread — Parallel apostolic catalogs in Mark 3:18 and Acts 1:13 repeat this naming pattern to preserve the foundational roster.
Why it lands — The verse requires precise identification of named individuals within the apostolic list. It directs the reader to track concrete historical identities rather than general roles.
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The Greek words
King James Version
Matthew and Thomas, James the son of Alpheus, and Simon called Zelotes,
Cross-references
- Matthew 9:9 As Jesus went on from there, He saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax booth. “Follow Me,” He told him, and Matthew got up and followed Him.
- Acts 1:13 When they arrived, they went to the upper room where they were staying: Peter and John, James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James.
- Mark 3:18 Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot,
- Matthew 10:3 Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;
- Galatians 2:9 And recognizing the grace that I had been given, James, Cephas, and John—those reputed to be pillars—gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, so that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcised.
- James 1:1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes of the Dispersion: Greetings.
- Mark 2:14 As He was walking along, He saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax booth. “Follow Me,” He told him, and Levi got up and followed Him.
- Luke 5:27 After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax booth. “Follow Me,” He told him,
- John 11:16 Then Thomas called Didymus said to his fellow disciples, “Let us also go, so that we may die with Him.”
- John 20:24 Now Thomas called Didymus, one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came.