Photo: Joss Applegate. Jesus chose and sent twelve apostles. These were "Simon, whom He also gave the name Peter, and Andrew, Simon's brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew, Matthew and Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon who was called the Zealot, Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot who later became a traitor" (Luke 6:14-16).