One by one, these disciples would infect the nations with grace. It wasn't a call to take the sword or the throne and force the world to bow. Rather, they were to live the contagious love of God, to woo the nations into a new future.
Disciples and devotees…what are most of them doing? Worshipping the teapot instead of drinking the tea!
Among the disciples of Jesus, it seems most likely that at least Philip was bilingual in Aramaic and Greek.
Jesus was all right, but his disciples were thick and ordinary. It's them twisting it that ruins it for me.
Disciples who are steadfast and immovable do not become fanatics or extremists, are not overzealous, and are not preoccupied with misguided gospel hobbies.
We are disciples of Krishna, and we look at ourselves like Arjun in the battlefield.