What Does “Disciple” Mean in the Bible?
Office or title
Someone who follows a teacher to learn from him and live as he lives.
A detail
- Careful: the disciples of Jesus were many; the apostles were the Twelve.
Where it appears in the Bible
John 1:35-37; Luke 6:13
What the Bible says
John 1:35-37
35The next day again John stood, and two of his disciples. 36And beholding Jesus walking, he saith: Behold the Lamb of God. 37And the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus.
Luke 6:13
And when day was come, he called unto him his disciples; and he chose twelve of them (whom also he named apostles).
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
Source: John 1:35-37; Luke 6:13; Mark 3:14