Mark · Odd one out

Some of the twelve apostles. Which one does not belong?

The options

  • Barnabas
  • Thaddaeus
  • Andrew
  • Bartholomew
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Barnabas

Barnabas was called an apostle in Acts, but he was not one of the twelve Jesus chose.

“And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Canaanite,”

Mark 3:18 · KJV

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