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Re: Seen Of The Eleven Or Twelve?
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Originally Posted by Sam
"The twelve" could just be a collective term to describe the original apostles of the Lamb.
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I was thinking this, too. Rather than an actual count of the disciples, they were referring to the group as a whole.
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Another thought, Matthias was chosen to replace Judas. Matthias is described by Peter as one who has "accompanied us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us, beginning at the baptism of John to that day when he was taken up from us," and "a witness with us of His resurrection." So, Matthias was an apostle and he had seen the resurrected Christ. He was not an apostle yet when He saw Jesus in His resurrected body but he could accurately be referred to later as "one of the twelve" and "one who saw Jesus after His resurrection."
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Good answer.
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