Sorry for the fact dump...
Fact? LOL. ...In any case.
John 13:22 The disciples began looking at one another, at a loss to know of which one He was speaking.
John 13:23 There was reclining on Jesus' bosom
one of His disciples, whom Jesus loved.
John 19:26 When Jesus then saw His mother, and
the disciple whom He loved standing nearby, He *said to His mother, "
Woman, behold, your son!"
John 19:27 Then He *said to the disciple, "Behold, your mother!" From that hour the disciple took her into his own household.
John 20:1 Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene *came early to the tomb, while it *was still dark, and *saw the stone already taken away from the tomb.
John 20:2 So she *ran and *came to Simon Peter and to
the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and *said to them, "They have taken away the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid Him."
John 20:3 So Peter and the other disciple went forth, and they were going to the tomb.
John 20:4 The two were running together; and the other disciple ran ahead faster than Peter and came to the tomb first;
John 21:1 After these things Jesus manifested Himself again
to the disciples at the Sea of Tiberias, and He manifested Himself in this way.
John 21:2 Simon Peter, and Thomas called Didymus, and Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and
the sons of Zebedee, and two others of His disciples were together.
John 21:3 Simon Peter *said to them, "I am going fishing." They *said to him, "We will also come with you." They went out and got into the boat; and that night they caught nothing.
John 21:4 But when the day was now breaking, Jesus stood on the beach; yet the disciples did not know that it was Jesus.
John 21:5 So Jesus *said to them, "
Children, you do not have any fish, do you?" They answered Him, "No."
John 21:6 And He said to them, "
Cast the net on the right-hand side of the boat and you will find a catch." So they cast, and then they were not able to haul it in because of the great number of fish.
John 21:7 Therefore
that disciple whom Jesus loved *said to Peter, "It is the Lord." So when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put his outer garment on (for he was stripped for work), and threw himself into the sea.
John 21:8 But the other disciples came in the little boat, for they were not far from the land, but about one hundred yards away, dragging the net full of fish.
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Matt 10:2 Now the names of the twelve apostles are these: The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; and James the son of Zebedee, and
John his brother;
Matt 10:3 Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;
Matt 10:4 Simon the Zealot, and Judas Iscariot, the one who betrayed Him.
Mark 3:16 And He appointed the twelve: Simon (to whom He gave the name Peter),
Mark 3:17 and James, the son of Zebedee, and
John the brother of James (to them He gave the name Boanerges, which means, "Sons of Thunder");
Mark 3:18 and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Zealot;
Mark 3:19 and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Him.
Luke 6:13 And when day came, He called His disciples to Him and chose twelve of them, whom He also named as apostles:
Luke 6:14 Simon, whom He also named Peter, and Andrew his brother; and James and
John; and Philip and Bartholomew;
Luke 6:15 and Matthew and Thomas; James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon who was called the Zealot;
Luke 6:16 Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.
Acts 1:13 When they had entered the city, they went up to the upper room where they were staying; that is, Peter and
John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon the Zealot, and Judas the son of James.
In all of these verses John is named an apostle or disciple. Now Jesus did appointment other disciples... for example...
Luke 10:1 Now after this the Lord appointed seventy others (some translations say disciples), and sent them in pairs ahead of Him to every city and place where He Himself was going to come.
Luke 10:17 The seventy returned with joy, saying, "Lord, even the demons are subject to us in Your name."
John 8:31 So Jesus was saying to those Jews who had believed Him, "
If you continue in My word, then you are truly disciples of Mine;
However many of Jesus's "other" disciples abandoned Him.
John 6:66 As a result of this many of His disciples withdrew and were not walking with Him anymore.
John 6:67 So Jesus said
to the twelve, "
You do not want to go away also, do you?"
John 6:68 Simon Peter answered Him, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have words of eternal life.
It seems Jesus was back to twelve at this point.
