Disciple

Passages on this topic

From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), a historical reference index. The groupings are Nave’s; the verses are shown in the text used across this site.

A name given to the followers of any teacher

Of John the Baptist

• Matthew 9:14 Then John’s disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Why is it that we and the Pharisees fast so often, but Your disciples do not fast?”

Of Jesus

• Matthew 10:1 And calling His twelve disciples to Him, Jesus gave them authority over unclean spirits, so that they could drive them out and heal every disease and sickness.
• Matthew 20:17 As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, He took the twelve disciples aside and said,
• Acts 9:26 When Saul arrived in Jerusalem, he tried to join the disciples, but they were all afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple.
• Acts 14:2 But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers.
• Acts 21:4 We sought out the disciples in Tyre and stayed with them seven days. Through the Spirit they kept telling Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.

The seventy (better mss. have "seventy-two") followers of Jesus are sent forth

• Luke 10:1 After this, the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them two by two ahead of Him to every town and place He was about to visit.

First called (divinely, from the Greek word, chrematizo) "Christians" at Antioch (of Syria)

• Acts 11:26 and when he found him, he brought him back to Antioch. So for a full year they met together with the church and taught large numbers of people. The disciples were first called Christians at Antioch.

See Apostles

See Righteous