Overlooked
Growing up in the Sunday school programs of black churches and in Catholic elementary school, I was taught that although there were many disciples, but there were only twelve apostles. That is, there were many people who followed Jesus, but there were only twelve men who Jesus handpicked to preach the gospel. These were the twelve men who were very close to Jesus, having been with him for the duration of his public ministry. I remember having to list them from memory in religion classes. They were the people in Jesus’ inner circle. But Acts 1:15-26 records something quite...
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