Luke 6:13 (DBY)

Passage

And when it was day he called his disciples, and having chosen out twelve from them, whom also he named apostles:

Nearby Context

Luke 6:11 But *they* were filled with madness, and they spoke together among themselves what they should do to Jesus.

Luke 6:12 And it came to pass in those days that he went out into the mountain to pray, and he spent the night in prayer to God.

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

Luke 6:14 Simon, to whom also he gave the name of Peter, and Andrew his brother, [and] James and John, [and] Philip and Bartholomew,

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

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "called", "disciples", "having", "chosen", "twelve", "named", and "apostles". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "called" and "disciples", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 12's "And it came to pass in those..." into verse 14's "Simon to whom also he gave the...", so "called" and "disciples" 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 "disciples" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.