Topic
Eleven, The
7 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Matthew 28:16ISBE
¶ Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into a mountain where Jesus had appointed them.
- Mark 16:14ISBE
¶ Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen.
- Luke 24:9ISBE
And returned from the sepulchre, and told all these things unto the eleven, and to all the rest.
- Luke 24:33ISBE
And they rose up the same hour, and returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered together, and them that were with them,
- Acts 1:26ISBE
And they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.
- Acts 2:14ISBE
¶ But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judæa, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words:
- 1 Corinthians 15:5ISBE
And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve:
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 7 references
e-lev'-'-n, (hoi hendeka):
The eleven apostles remaining after the death of Judas. The definite article used serves to designate them as a distinct and definite group whose integrity was not destroyed by the loss of one of the twelve. The college of "the Twelve" had come to be so well recognized that the gospel writers all used on occasions the word with the definite article to represent the Twelve Apostles chosen by Jesus. This custom still remained and the numeral merely changed, as, "Afterward he was manifested unto the eleven" (Mr 16:14; compare Lu 24:9,33; Ac 2:14). On the other hand, however, the substantive is also sometimes used, as "The eleven disciples went into Galilee" (Mt 28:16; compare also Ac 1:26). As an illustration of the fixedness of usage, Paul refers to the eleven as "the twelve" when he recounts the appearances of Jesus after His resurrection: "And that he appeared to Cephas; then to the twelve" (1Co 15:5).
Walter G. Clippinger
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.