Seventy Disciples

Seventy Disciples

The Seventy Disciples or Seventy-two Disciples were early followers of Jesus mentioned in the Gospel of Luke ]
# Zenas the Lawyer, Bishop of Diospolis
# Aristarchus, Bishop of Apamea in Syria
# Pudens
# Trophimus
# Mark, Bishop of Apollonia
# Artemas, Bishop of Lystra
# Aquila
# Fortunatus
# Achaicus

Matthias, who would later replace Judas Iscariot as one of the Twelve Apostles, is also often numbered among the Seventy. [cite web|url=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10066a.htm|title=Catholic Encyclopedia: St. Matthias|year=1911|accessdate=2008-02-21]

Also, some lists name a few different disciples than the ones listed above. Other names commonly included are:
*Another Stephen
*Rodion
*Cephas, Bishop of Iconium
*Caesar, Bishop of Dyrrhachium
*Another Mark, Bishop of Apollonias
*Another Tychicus of Chalcedon, Bishop of Chalcedon in Bithynia

These are usually included at the expense of the aforementioned Timothy, Titus, Archippus, Crescens, Olympas, Epaphroditus, Quadratus, Aquila, Fortunatus, and/or Achaicus.

Solomon, Nestorian bishop of Basra in the 13th century offers the following list:

:"The names of the seventy. James, the son of Joseph; Simon the son of Cleopas; Cleopas his father; Joses; Simon; Judah; Barnabas; Manaeus (?); Ananias, who baptised Paul; Cephas, who preached at Antioch; Joseph the senator; Nicodemus the archon; Nathaniel the chief scribe; Justus, that is Joseph, who is called Barshabbâ; Silas; Judah; John, surnamed Mark; Mnason, who received Paul; Manaël, the foster-brother of Herod; Simon called Niger; Jason, who is (mentioned) in the Acts (of the Apostles); Rufus; Alexander; Simon the Cyrenian, their father; Lucius the Cyrenian; another Judah, who is mentioned in the Acts (of the Apostles); Judah, who is called Simon; Eurion (Orion) the splay-footed; Thôrus (?); Thorîsus (?); Zabdon; Zakron."

aint Georgeous Church archaeological discovery

In June 2008 Abdul Qader al-Husan, head of Jordan's Rihab Centre for Archaeological Studies, announced the discovery of what he claimed was "...the first church in the world, dating from 33 AD to 70 AD," and that "We have evidence to believe this church sheltered the early Christians -- the 70 disciples of Jesus Christ," who are described in a mosaic as "the 70 beloved by God and Divine,". [ [http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=080610132718.9c6r9ify&show_article=1 Jordan archaeologists unearth 'world's first church'] Accessed 11 June 2008]

References

External links

* [http://www-users.cs.york.ac.uk/~fisher/cgi-bin/gnt?id=0310 Luke 10 in Greek]
* [http://bibledbdata.org/onlinebibles/greek_translit/42_010.htm Luke 10 in Greek transliterated]
* [http://www.orthodox.net/saints/70apostles.html The Seventy Apostles]
* [http://www.sacred-texts.com/chr/bb/bb49.htm "The Book of the Bee", chapter XLIX "The names of the Apostles in order"] by Solomon, Nestorian bishop of Basra, 13th century (edited by Ernest A. Wallace Budge, 1886).
* [http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?SID=4&ID=1&FSID=100017 Synaxis of the Seventy Apostles] Orthodox Synaxarion


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