Jesus' 12 Apostles, Ranked. Story by Laratee VanNieuwenhuyze • 1w. 12. Matthew, the Tax Collector. Matt was collecting taxes from Jesus’ poor people and giving them to the Romans who occupied ...

T he 12 apostles of Jesus were ordinary men who were like us in many ways. After the death of Christ, these men were like sheep without a shepherd.

Jesus was born to a family from a village called Nazareth, near the Sea of Galilee. As he was growing up, Judaea was collapsing into chaos. Its population had split into hostile groups.