Matthew 10:2

Verse of the Bible

Matthew 10:2 is the second verse in the ninth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament.

In this verse we find Simon Peter placed first, even though he was called after his brother Andrew (see primacy of Peter). Some Roman Catholics will cite this verse to argue for the primacy of the Roman see which Peter founded. It is said that Christ chose twelve apostles to correspond to the twelve Patriarchs, the sons of Jacob. Because just as these were the fathers of the Jewish people, so were the apostles to be the parents of all Christians.

Jerome: " A kind and merciful Lord and Master does not envy His servants and disciples a share in His powers. As Himself had cured every sickness and disease, He imparted the same power to His Apostles. But there is a wide difference between having and imparting, between giving and receiving. Whatever He does He does with the power of a master, whatever they do it is with confession of their own weakness, as they speak, In the name of Jesus rise and walk. (Acts 3:6.) A catalogue of the names of the Apostles is given, that all false Apostles might be excluded. The names of the twelve Apostles are these; First, Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother. To arrange them in order according to their merit is His alone who searches the secrets of all hearts. But Simon is placed first, having the surname of Peter given to distinguish him from the other Simon surnamed Chananæus, from the village of Chana in Galilee where the Lord turned the water into wine."