Disciples of Jesus

Jesus, after trekking up a mountainside, summoned a select group of men to become His Disciples. There, He appointed the Twelve to be with him and send them out to preach (Mark 3:13-14) In this era of the Roman world, there were various religious, and political leaders with committed groups of followers. From those who followed Him, Jesus of Nazareth formed a special rabbi-student relationship. Although the Jews were used to having rabbis teaching only the brightest pupils. they hadn’t encountered the approach that Jesus used in gathering and instructing His group of disciples. The norm was for a person to approach a rabbi and ask to be taught, but Jesus did the reverse by choosing the men He wanted and calling them to follow Him. The group He chose was a diverse bunch—they weren’t from the hierarchical Jewish religion. Rather, the twelve men He chose came from various walks of life.
Our Messiah, Jesus Christ picked a diverse group of men to accomplish His divine purpose. Jesus wanted men who could understand the struggles of the brokenhearted, the poor, and the afflicted. With the exception that seven of them were fishermen, the Twelve had very little in common with one another. One was a tent maker, others were a political zealot, a detested tax-collector, a pessimistic skeptic, a thief, and two “Sons of Thunder.”