There were 13 apostles in the New Testament. There were 14 apostles in the New Testament. Paul was called an apostle, as were the 12 disciples who followed Jesus. Acts of the Apostles says that Matthias was appointed as a further apostle to replace Judas Iscariot.
Mathias was chosen as an Apostle to replace Judas Iscariot after Judas betrayed Jesus and died. The remaining Apostles prayed to God to select a replacement, and after casting lots, Mathias was chosen to join the Twelve Apostles.
Matthias the Apostle was chosen to replace Judas Iscariot as one of the Twelve Apostles. Before being chosen, Matthias was a witness to Jesus's ministry and resurrection.
In the Bible, after the betrayal and death of Judas Iscariot, the remaining apostles decided that a new apostle needed to be chosen to replace him. This decision is described in the book of Acts in the New Testament.
Around 11 of them and they add one for the replace of Judas Iscariot.
The original twelve disciples/apostles are listed in Matthew 10:2-4, "These are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon (who is called Peter) and his brother Andrew; James son of Zebedee, and his brother John; Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; Simon the Zealot and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Him." The Bible also lists the twelve disciples/apostles in Mark 3:16-19 and Luke 6:13-16. A comparison of the three passages shows a couple of minor differences in the names. It seems that Thaddaeus was also known as "Judas, son of James" (Luke 6:16) and Lebbaeus (Matthew 10:3). Simon the Zealot was also known as Simon the Canaanite (Mark 3:18). Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Jesus, was replaced in the twelve apostles by Matthias (see Acts 1:20-26). Some Bible teachers view Matthias as an "invalid" apostle and believe that Paul was God's choice to replace Judas Iscariot as the twelfth apostle.
The 12 chosen as apostles are called disciples at Matthew 10:1 and 11:1. Their names are Peter, James, John, Andrew, Philip, Bar‧thol′o‧mew, Matthew, Thomas, James the [son] of Al‧phae′us and Thad‧dae′us and Judas Is‧car′i‧ot, who later betrayed him. Later, the disciple Matthias were selected by lot to replace Judas Iscariot as an apostle.
In the olden times, Jesus had His disciples for teaching the words of God to many non-believers in His country. One incident changed the City of God as one of Jesus' disciples betrayed Him for his own profit. Judas Iscariot. After his sin, he became confused of what he had done and committed suicide.Days past and the 11 faithful disciples had a little election on who, between Barsabas and Matthias, would be the replacement for Judas Iscariot. Matthias won and he became St. Matthias, the apostle.
Mattias was chosen to be the 12th disciple to replace Judas Iscariot, who had betrayed Jesus. The other disciples prayed for guidance, cast lots, and ultimately decided on Mattias as the one to fill the vacant position as one of the Twelve Apostles.
No, there were not always 12 apostles. Initially, there were only 12 apostles chosen by Jesus, but after Judas Iscariot betrayed Jesus and died, Matthias was chosen to replace him, bringing the total back to 12.
The appointment of Saint Matthias as apostle was unique because it was not made personally by Jesus. Instead, he was chosen by the remaining eleven apostles to replace Judas.
No apostle could ever replace Jesus.Additional Answer:The above is absolutely correct, however, the questioner may have meant who was chosen to replace Judas? The answer can be found in Acts 1:23-26 which states that Matthias had the lot fall to him and he joined the other 11 Apostles.