More Q & A About the Disciples of Christ

In researching these facts about Jesus and his disciples, I have come across yet another unknown fact to me. Did you know that there was a man that replaced Judas Iscariot as an apostle after he died? The apostles and a group of believers had gathered together to pray according to Acts 1:12-26 one day. And the Apostle Peter stood up to tell them they needed to replace Judas. With someone that had been with them throughout the ministry of Jesus. Ultimately, a man named Matthias was the one that replaced Judas.

So who was he? What do we know of him?

Well, not much at all. In fact, practically nothing.

There have been various traditions that have been developed that may or may not fill in what his ministry was. One was that he evangelized in Ethiopia where he was martyred Another was that he went to Damascus and later died in Judea. Another says he spent most of his time in Jerusalem and died there. It is impossible to know what his ministry was because the bible does not mention him again.

Todays sources: Scripture and Who was Matthias in the Bible?

Another question I had was this: Were Mary and Martha and other women of the Bible considered to be disciples. And so I looked up the meaning of disciple.

It means: A  follower of Jesus while he was living.

Just a few facts:

 Websites I have looked at, say yes they were. We do know that Jesus allowed them to be taught right along with the men. Unlike most men, he spoke to them in public.Mary Magdalene traveled with a group of women that traveled with Jesus to various feasts.Never did he put any woman down in scripture. Even the prostitutes he encountered.Women consistently stayed with Jesus during his ministry. Throughout his agony and death and were the messengers that were sent from his empty grave to tell others that he was alive.

There are many other things that can be said of women of the bible. I especially loved some of the things that the following website has to say about this subject. Please feel free to go there for yourself.  How Jesus Discipled Women...... | CT Women | Christianity Today

Women of the bible-disciples? Indeed!

We women today were not among those women that actually lived in Jesus time. However, as we live our lives in this world we can still be disciples of him. In fact, we are called to be. Though he is not in a fleshly image now, he is still very much alive and working on our behalf. We should be doing the same for him. Are we? Or are we just existing, or working for ourselves to make our lives better and not caring about a sick and dying world. It is something for each of us to contemplate.


Thanks for coming by today. This ends our study on Christ's disciples. Please come back tomorrow and have a wonderful and blessed day!