The Process of Jesus's Calling Disciples, Part 1 (TMF:2993)
Wednesday, October 28, 2026
by Daniel Litton Listen to the Feature
Verse 43: “The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, “Follow me.” Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. Philip found Nathanael and said to him, “We have found him of whom Moses in the Law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.” Nathanael said to him, “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see.” As Jesus is calling his early disciples, it should not be surmised that Jesus was rounding out the select Twelve. It’s likely that these early accounts were brought into the Scripture because of what these disciples would become—that is, part of the Twelve. What is meant is that as Jesus is going around calling these early disciples, it’s possible he didn’t even know yet who was going to be part of a select group of Twelve, or that there would even be a select group of Twelve. Luke tells us that, “In these days he went out to the mountain to pray, and all night he continued in prayer to God” (Luke 6:12, ESV).