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Acts 1:13

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an: Acts 9:37-39, Acts 20:8; Mark 14:15; Luke 22:12

Philip: John 1:43-46, John 6:5-7, John 12:21-22, John 14:8-9

Thomas: John 11:16, John 20:26-29, John 21:2

Matthew: Matthew 9:9; Mark 2:14; Luke 5:27-29, Levi

James: Acts 12:17, Acts 15:13; 1 Corinthians 15:7; Galatians 1:19, Galatians 2:9; James 1:1

Alphaeus: Mark 2:14, Mark 3:18

Simon: Matthew 10:4; Mark 3:18, Canaanite, Luke 6:15

Judas: Matthew 10:3, Lebbaeus whose surname was Thaddaeus, Mark 3:18, Thaddaeus, Jude 1:1

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