Luke 6:15 (ASV)

Passage

and Matthew and Thomas, and James [the son] of Alphaeus, and Simon who was called the Zealot,

Nearby Context

Luke 6:13 And when it was day, he called his disciples; and he chose from them twelve, whom also he named apostles:

Luke 6:14 Simon, whom he also named Peter, and Andrew his brother, and James and John, and Philip and Bartholomew,

Luke 6:15 and Matthew and Thomas, and James [the son] of Alphaeus, and Simon who was called the Zealot,

Luke 6:16 and Judas [the son] of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor;

Luke 6:17 and he came down with them, and stood on a level place, and a great multitude of his disciples, and a great number of the people from all Judaea and Jerusalem, and the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "called", "matthew", "thomas", "james", "alphaeus", "simon", and "zealot". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "called" and "matthew", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 14's "Simon whom he also named Peter and..." into verse 16's "and Judas the son of James and...", so "called" and "matthew" belong inside that flow. In Luke context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "called" and "matthew" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.