The Twelve Apostles
The Twelve Apostles · Historical & Religious Figures
First-century Jewish followers of Jesus who spread his teachings and founded early Christian communities.
Galilee, Judea and the wider Roman Mediterranean world
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The Twelve Apostles were first-century Jewish followers of Jesus, most of them Galileans, who spread his teachings and founded the earliest Christian communities. As Jews they carried a movement rooted in Jewish scripture and practice into the wider world. Christian tradition holds that several were martyred while preaching across the Roman Empire.
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Source: New Testament / mainstream historical scholarship
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First-century Jewish followers of Jesus who spread his teachings and founded early Christian communities.
Source: New Testament / mainstream historical scholarship
